https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to charles chaput en https://religiondispatches.org/2021/07/02/bishops-did-send-message-their-vote-biden-and-communion-are-we-sure-it-was-one-they I hate to say “told you so,” but the opportunity comes along so infrequently I feel obliged to take it when I can. The plan among U.S. Catholic bishops to bludgeon Pres. Biden with a statement on the Eucharist that… Fri, 02 Jul 2021 02:46:40 EDT Daniel Schultz 19be3d14-5789-4306-9188-61eb8350e55d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/24/catholic-archbishop-takes-jesuit-magazines-slam-ecumenism-hate-and-more-global-lgbt Earlier this month, the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica published an article on the political alliance between conservative evangelicals and Catholics in the U.S., calling it an “ecumenism of hate.” From the Jesuit-run America magazine: U.S. politics have become increasingly… Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:05:04 EDT Peter Montgomery c12496b4-e74c-4b60-a012-7ee9cd2e03ba https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/19/vatican-fires-shot-us-religious-right-calls-out-religious-liberty-industry-and An article being described as “ explosive,” written by two allies of Pope Francis in a Vatican-reviewed publication, is taking on the “spurious alliance between politics and religious fundamentalism” in the United States. Antonio Spadaro and Marcelo Figueroa call out… Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:36:07 EDT Patricia Miller ec404178-0b18-424b-aa88-77b7bbf801c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/08/pences-prayer-breakfast-appearance-underscores-fractured-american-catholicism The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is hardly a bipartisan or nonpolitical event. It was founded in 2004 as part of an effort to cement ties between conservative Catholics, the Catholic hierarchy, and the GOP. Among those associated with it… Thu, 08 Jun 2017 02:34:44 EDT Patricia Miller 70ccb19c-1745-45c8-9460-67b65319c489 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/15/rejecting-stranger-why-rod-drehers-vision-communal-christian-life-not-so-benedictine Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities. Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:14:18 EDT Kaya Oakes 543f073e-d655-4b4e-9530-6b2f9eaa1e40 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/01/unified-catholic-opposition-trumps-muslim-ban-wishful-thinking It’s understandable that with people grasping for a light in the darkness in the wake of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, they would look to the leadership of the Catholic Church. After all, the institutional Catholic Church has consistently been a… Wed, 01 Feb 2017 04:33:02 EST Patricia Miller 9f19c1b7-f3aa-4f02-a290-22d9f494ac02 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/21/donald-trump-scares-lgbt-people-worldwide-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-recap Backlash At UN & Elsewhere; Religious Leaders Rally Against Marriage Equality in Taiwan & El Salvador. Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:55:57 EST Peter Montgomery 3cc00fba-e5c7-4c11-b4ec-92940832e086 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/10/trump-support-will-harm-catholic-church-america White Catholics voted for Trump at 52 percent to the 45 percent they gave Hillary Clinton. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:38:48 EST Kaya Oakes 0919413f-62a6-4803-85ba-a71a89c56eea https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/16/anti-gay-campaign-indonesia-leads-arrests-mexicos-religious-right-wars-against-secular Indonesia: Arrests Reflect Impact of Ongoing Anti-LGBT Panic Two men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested after people complained after they posted a photo of them kissing on Facebook. Religious and political leaders have pushed a campaign of homophobic rhetoric… Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:29:41 EDT Peter Montgomery c5a060ca-b997-4e4b-98cc-5545ebfb4454 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/20/its-not-me-its-you-catholic-values-dumping-trump Evangelicals will seemingly overlook anything about Trump, but Catholics won’t. Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:58:05 EDT Patricia Miller 075eefb9-79ae-497f-a20a-7a2cc6d07d71 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/08/bishop-says-gay-couples-cannot-be-part-parish-life-does-rising-evangelical-political The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law released “A Development Agenda for Sexual and Gender Minorities.” A group of Arab LGBTQ activists living in the U.S. and Canada are planning a retreat in August to help them “mobilize… Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:49:36 EDT Peter Montgomery 9d5d66c3-4cc2-49fb-aea7-a99e7f52b293 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/11/who-will-catholic-bishops-turn-trump-era Many people are questioning whether Donald Trump’s dominance in the GOP nominating process, and his dismissal of evangelical leaders like Russell Moore, spells the end of the religious right as a key force in the Republic Party. As Sarah Posner… Wed, 11 May 2016 12:59:01 EDT Patricia Miller e0233561-7783-4fae-84ef-4f6915be4672 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/19/us-bishops-reject-pope-francis-priorities The U.S. Catholic bishops have now gathered four times for their semi-annual meeting since Pope Francis was elected in March of 2014: twice for the fall plenary and twice for their spring meeting. It’s understandable that their earliest meetings during… Thu, 19 Nov 2015 02:01:02 EST Patricia Miller c61c6daa-7e59-4867-962e-2364f5bdcf09 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/27/own-your-heresy-argument-over-who-gets-do-public-theology-takes-sharp-turn The topic of Ross Douthat’s Erasmus Lecture for First Things magazine this week was “ The Crisis of Conservative Catholicism,” a timely one given the recent public tussles over the Synod of the Family in Rome. On the same evening… Tue, 27 Oct 2015 05:27:20 EDT Kaya Oakes ac4987ee-0740-4d5f-bac0-d47b8f5f3b29 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/18/conservative-bishops-unhappy-synod-ignore-walkout-call-australian-religious-leaders-step Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize. “However,” writes Joe Williams at Pink News, “a number of Jamaican commentators have highlighted that while being celebrated as a Jamaican author, James in fact… Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:08:08 EDT Peter Montgomery 41f48f0b-bff5-4d66-8fd9-b74e355d2711 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/29/god-may-weep-church-sexual-abuse-bishop-chaput-prefers-bark When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines, not only because he confessed that he “deeply regret that some bishops failed in their responsibility to protect children,” but because it was the… Tue, 29 Sep 2015 05:25:12 EDT Anthea Butler 565c8cb7-f6d9-45fc-a330-1a4c1c7a32ee https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/27/popes-us-visit-provokes-intense-attention-new-vatican-book-man-woman-complementarity-new The United Kingdom’s Stonewall has published “Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality,” a booklet that tells the stories of 20 Christians from 15 countries on six continents, with a foreward by Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda. The report is also… Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:33:22 EDT Peter Montgomery 31876a19-2a8f-427a-b7bb-dd1b3280ba70 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/14/pricey-tickets-cranky-citizens-and-priests-behind-bars-philadelphia-prepares-papal-visit On the eve of the papal visit, William Penn’s City of brotherly love, Philadelphia, is feeling anything but. With each twist and turn over the long hot summer in the planning for the papal visit, Philadelphia’s citizens have become restless… Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:18:42 EDT Anthea Butler d592f859-d2fa-4e7e-98ce-0c5a3b52d448 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/29/marriage-vote-transforms-not-so-catholic-ireland-activist-malaysian-pm-love-not Islamic State: Nine men reportedly executed for sodomy; UN Security Council hears testimony Islamic State militants reportedly executed nine men on Sunday “on charges of sexual perversion.” The killings came a day before the United Nations Security Council heard testimony… Sat, 29 Aug 2015 02:19:58 EDT Peter Montgomery 474794c3-3943-4b1f-b206-941fe48ef1bd https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/20/istanbul-haven-sorts-lgbt-syrians-and-iraqis-cayman-islands-affirm-marriage-ban-holy Richard Blanco, the openly gay Cuban-American poet who read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration, composed and read a poem for the ceremony reopening the U.S. embassy in Havana. Guatemalan photographer Eny Roland Hernandez’s large-scale portraits of LGBT people taken in… Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:52:40 EDT Peter Montgomery 32803bef-5196-4844-af17-a9894827af3b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/18/archbishop-boots-lgbt-catholics-philly-church A coalition of LGBT Catholics planning to hold a workshop (sponsored by the New Ways Ministry) on LGBT and gender identity issues during the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia have been told they many not use St. John… Tue, 18 Aug 2015 05:11:35 EDT Patricia Miller ac1ff646-6159-461c-9dae-f0ef3fcb97a4 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/jews-violate-their-own-beliefs-conservative-christians-say A group of interdenominational conservative Christian clergy (plus professor) quietly released a statement on Passover/Good Friday titled, “Now Is the Time to Talk About Religious Liberty.” Now? Really? There’s no timestamp, but I’m tempted to believe it was posted at… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:01:41 EDT Evan Derkacz 662357f6-15dc-4eff-9b9a-6e5202ce745e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/us-bishops-who-lit-religious-liberty-fuse-urge-civility With the flames still smoldering after Indiana’s bruising fight over the limits of “religious liberty,” the Catholic bishops are calling for calm, temperate discussion—in the culture war fight they ginned up in the first place. On NBC’s Meet the Press… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:15:54 EDT Patricia Miller 31473104-a2a1-41d1-a115-7bd8da0c4811 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/02/global-precap-5-religion-and-lgbt-stories-look-2015 There’s no reason to think the increasingly global culture war between advocates and opponents of LGBT equality will let up this year. In fact, the opposite is true: opponents of LGBT equality are working hard to build a stronger transnational… Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:00:54 EST Peter Montgomery ffed76ff-5b1e-48aa-9e86-73b4c0110a3c https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/09/pope-francis-vs-bishops-overblown-narrative Writing in Crux, associate editor John Allen cautions against the “overblown” narrative of “perceived resistance from conservative American bishops to Pope Francis’ progressive agenda,” despite the very public pushback to Francis’ agenda from prominent American conservatives such as Archbishop Charles… Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:52:01 EST Patricia Miller c04d9f1e-efe0-477f-96d1-a1678c7cbc60