What Tim Kaine and Mike Pence say about the diluted politics of the American Catholicism Source: Tim Kaine’s Faith, Mike Pence’s Faith, and the Diluted Identity of American Catholics – The Atlantic
What do user-friendly portrayals of God in movies — whether a burning bush, an 11-year-old or the approachable-but-serious Morgan Freeman — say about the society in which they’re created? Source: When Hollywood puts God on screen | Deseret News
A cultural sea change for millions of white Americans. Source: What the end of white Christian America has to do with Trump (Part 1) – The Washington Post
The State of the Church 2016 Source: The State of the Church 2016 – Barna Group – Barna Group
The study tallied the revenues of churches as well as religious hospitals, schools, charities, books, music and more. Source: Study: Religion contributes more to the U.S. economy than Facebook, Google and Apple combined – The Washington Post
Kenneth A. Briggs has been on the “Godbeat” for years, as a religion reporter for Newsday, as religion editor at The New York Times and now as a contributor to the National Catholic Report Source: Veteran religion reporter looks for the Bible in public life in new book | Deseret News
Can the state force someone to communicate a message he fundamentally disagrees with? The case againt Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop will decide. Source: How A Cakemaker Became An Enemy Of The State
DEQUINCY, LA (AP) — Early this morning, a small town in Louisiana suspended one of its firefighters, 39-year-old Ronnie Edwards, without pay for praying while on duty at the scene of a fire. Edwards, who has been with the DeQuincy Fire Department since he was 21, was also arrested and sentenced to 30 days in […]
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was canonized yesterday by Pope Francis. In 1994, she submitted an amicus brief, filed by her counsel Robert P. George, pleading with the United States Supreme Court to reverse its decision in Roe v. Wade. The text of her brief appears below. Source: Mother Teresa’s 1994 Message to the Supreme Court […]
By Isla Binnie VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death. Tens of thousands of pilgrims packed Source: Pope proclaims ‘dispenser of […]
