Team Spirit and Ol’ Time Religion: Sports and Christianity in US Public Life

Rannting with Ann Pellegrini This week, I took time out from watching one great American sports story unfold—namely, how do Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum say all those things with …Continue reading »

Winnipeg Free Press: B.C. Doukhobors seek redress from government

Kalyeena Makortoff | Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) VANCOUVER — It was between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m., and Elsie Erickson’s mother had just begun lighting the stove when four RCMP …Continue reading »

El Milenio: Batallas silenciosas

Roberto Blancarte | El Milenio (México) Mientras que el proceso electoral avanza de manera soporífera, sin mayores sobresaltos, en el país se está dando una batalla de grandes dimensiones, que …Continue reading »

El Nuevo Diario: Obispos debatirán sobre la diversidad sexual

Miguel Carranza Mena | El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) La Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua discutirá el miércoles y el jueves su posición frente a las exigencias de los movimientos de la …Continue reading »

Washington Post: Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith tangles with a quirk of Arkansas history

Sandhya Somashekhar | Washington Post (United States) CARROLLTON, Ark. — On the wildflower-studded slopes of the Ozarks, where memories run long and family ties run thick, a little-known and long-ago …Continue reading »

El Nuevo Diario: Sectores evangélicos piden la cabeza de Omar Cabezas

Miguel Carranza | El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) La Comunidad Evangélica Nicaragüense pidió la mañana de ayer al presidente Daniel Ortega, la destitución del Procurador de Derechos Humanos, Omar Cabezas, porque …Continue reading »

AP: Religious concerns over bullying bill

Christopher Wills | The Associated Press (United States) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some Illinois conservatives fear their children are about to face an assault on their morals and religious beliefs. They …Continue reading »

CNA: Catholics nationwide preparing ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ events

Kevin J. Jones | Catholic News Agency (United States) Washington D.C., May 20, 2012 / 05:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Various initiatives are planned throughout the country in response to the …Continue reading »

The New York Times: Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally to Discuss Risks of Internet

Michael M. Grynbaum | The New York Times (United States) It was an incongruous sight for a baseball stadium: tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, all dressed in black …Continue reading »

La Jornada: Cercanía de políticos con Iglesia, amago a laicidad

Carolina Gómez Mena | La Jornada (México) Bernardo Barranco, experto en asuntos religiosos, aseguró que una de las principales amenazas a la laicidad del Estado en México es la actitud …Continue reading »

The New York Times: Race and Religion Rear Their Heads

Michael D. Shear | The New York Times (United States) WASHINGTON — Perhaps the uglier side of politics is always close to the surface. President Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt …Continue reading »

CNA: Pope says immigrants could revitalize US Church

David Kerr | Catholic News Agency (United States) Vatican City, May 18, 2012 / 02:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI says that Catholic immigrants to the United States could …Continue reading »