After an official investigation, the Vatican seems pretty upset with the Catholic Sisters here in the United States. After an official investigation, the Vatican seems pretty upse ...

Eighty percent of young evangelicals have engaged in premarital sex, according to a new video from the National Association of Evangelicals. and almost a third of evangelicals’ unplanned pregnancies end in abo ...

Last week, anonymous U.S. officials told the media that the U.S. military wouldn't stop the drone-launched missile attacks, which they have been carrying out for years within Pakistan. ...

Continuing the talking point of a “war on religion” might be good for political fundraising, but it is bad religion. I’m not a fan of calling things wars that aren’t really wars. ...

Some say Pope Paul VI predicted the dangers of loosening sexual morals: widespread divorce, disease and promiscuity. Others say he cracked open a culture of dissent that has seeped into every corner of the chu ...

Christian leaders are teaming with animal rights advocates to fight against cockfighting, calling the practice of watching and betting on roosters who fight to the death antithetical to biblical values. ...

abortion and same-sex marriage." According to the survey, Americans ages 18-29 (a.k.a., ...

After 20 years of opposition from the coal industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has released the first national standards for mercury and air toxin pollution. After years ...

Rose Marie Berger No one could stop Troy Davis' execution -- despite his apparent innocence. THE STATE O ...

Yesterday Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on all executions in the state Yesterday Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on all executions in the ...

Below is a compilation of recent media reports where the word "evangelical" is invoked. When you read these, evangelical brothers and sisters, do you recognize yourself in how the word is used and de ...

Institution in Washington, D.C. The most intriguing age group in the study are Millenials, ages 18 to 29. ...

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of 18 and learning the story of his biological mother who turned away from the option of an abortion. Gowe told me, "Ever since I discovered that I was adopted (at the age of 18), I've always ... her You see shes 18, and shes a bit conscious About her dress and the reflection of her own image ...

Includes abortion, torture, death penalty, etc. (Consistent Life Ethic, Life and Peace) Includes abortion, torture, death penalty, etc. ...

The health-care struggle culminating in Sunday's vote brought out the best and the worst of legislators' and citizens' behavior. The health-care struggle culminatin ...

<p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/Health-Care/10104725_XrdU4#694023328_ihUmp"></a>From the very beginning, more than a year ago, the faith community ...

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the state doesn't currently control all of the 18% of the economy that is healthcare, you're ... said healthcare spending, which currently accounts for about 18 percent of the country's economic ... currently consumes 18% of the country's economic output, which is frankly unacceptable to the White ...

I write as a minister and Bible teacher to urge pro-life members of Congress to vote for health insurance reform.</p> I write as a minister and Bible teacher to urge pro-lif ...

Jeannie Choi Two days after his inauguration, President Obama signed orders to end the CIA’s use of torture as an interrogation tool and t ...

Brian D. McLaren The Manhattan Declaration’s harder challenge. Nobody I’ve ever met likes abortion and conside ...

Is nothing sacred anymore?</p> Is nothing sacred anymore? With the exception of one Super Bowl in the '80s, I've generally looked at Super Bowl Sunday as an ex ...

of Houston and the University of Chicago, among others, found that for each murderer executed, five to 18 ... of Houston and the University of Chicago, among others, found that for each murderer executed, five to 18 ...

Rose Marie Berger In November, 1,150 cities around the world—including 60 capitals—lit up public buildings to support an end to the death ...

Elizabeth Fisher While reading Jim Wallis’ “Faith Principles for Health-Care Reform” (November 2009), I found this sentence dismaying: “Th ...

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Although there are several points I find troubling, inaccurate, or misleading in the recent <a href="http://manhattandeclaration.org/">Manhattan Declaration</a>, and although I noticed th ...

say of the 18 million women who will get health insurance for the first time -- a much smaller number ...

Last weekend, as a group of religiously-committed pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives found themselves at odds with the majority of their party over an abortion-related amendment in ...

<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/8/802231/-Does-the-Evangelical-Movement-Belong-in-the-Democratic-Party">A recent Daily Kos post asks this question</a>: Does the Evangel ...

Sometimes the things you read are so outrageous that you simply sit at your desk, unclear how to respond. Sometimes the things you read are so outrageous that you simply sit at yo ...

Just in time for Halloween, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is once again spooked about all those "radical secularists" lurking ominously behind ever corner. ...

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As a struggling Catholic, the uproar and division caused by conservative U.S. As a struggling Catholic, the uproar and division caused by conservative U.S. Catholic groups (with t ...

Catholic progressives are not the only faithful people worried about the dangers posed by some U.S. Catholic progressives are not the only faithful people worried about the danger ...

Vicki Harley Holland I applaud the commentary “When Governments Kill” (by Richard Viguerie, July 2009), as an American who used to support ...

I'm pleased to hear Jim say I'm pleased to hear Jim say that there is not one Christian method for fixing the problems of our health care system and that both he and Perkins agree that faith has a role to play in this debate. ...

Ed Spivey Jr. With all the mixed signals we’ve been getting these days about the use of torture, it’s hard to know what to believe. ...

In recent days, it seems that the Religious Right is trying everything they can to derail the health-care reform our country so desperately needs. In recent days, it seems that th ...

<strong></strong>The health-care reform debate in Washington, D.C., has many components, but one that has drawn enormous attention from the pro-life community is a concern over whether health-care ...

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one. The soul of our nation has been marred from a perpetual state of culture war. Want to know how to win a culture war? ...

When Pope Benedict XVI meets with President Obama in Rome today, a shy German theologian and a charismatic leader known for his international rock star appeal will find plenty to agree on despite s ...

Richard Viguerie A conservative argues for abolishing the death penalty. On most public policy matters, Jim ...

Valerie Elverton Dixon Torture leaves wounds that are slow to heal. Jesus taught, “For nothing is hidden that ...

under 18 years old at the time of the crime), including China, Iran, and the U.S. 93%: ...

He did it again. He did it again. Soon after my post about interviewing Jon Stewart , his interview with Mike Huckabee about abortion was brought to my attention. I was surpris ...

Yesterday on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/how-i-and-other-pro-life_b_209747.html"><em>The Huffington Post</em>, former religious-right leader Frank Schaeff ...

Glen Stassen The right supports can reduce abortion rates. Shirley Bogard was an impressive teenager in the Ke ...

Julie Polter A promising new movement leaves the bumper-sticker platitudes behind and offers the potential to actually reduce abortion. ...