pope pius xii https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to pope pius xii en Did the Church Create or Co-Opt Human Rights? https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/28/did-church-create-or-co-opt-human-rights After Ireland made history in May 2015 by becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular referendum, the Vatican secretary of state did not make history by calling the event a “defeat for humanity.” Speaking to the press… Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:22:09 EDT Austin Dacey 8475f624-ff68-4406-bc9f-f67849fc25d3 How Can You Exclude The NAACP and Liberal Protestants from Human Rights History? https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/05/how-can-you-exclude-naacp-and-liberal-protestants-human-rights-history No, we can’t simply thank anti-communist, anti-Enlightenment Catholics for the elevation of human rights language. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:36:35 EDT Austin Dacey 7792f6dc-86eb-4472-ae3d-8cd7bf3e892f Do We Owe Human Rights to the Christian Right? https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/19/do-we-owe-human-rights-christian-right Historian Samuel Moyn argues that the history of “human rights” begins only in the twentieth century—and it may owe more to Christianity than to secular ideals. Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:40:13 EDT Austin Dacey 198fc15c-ed49-4df4-b8c7-f8862d3ec4e7 Secret Treasure, Bible’s Real Housewives, & ‘Dear Lord, please don’t let me f-up’ https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/08/secret-treasure-bibles-real-housewives-dear-lord-please-dont-let-me-f Billions, miracles, and trial deaths marked this week in religion. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:21:16 EDT Michael J. Altman d374dba1-124d-41fc-906f-7c81a825c266 Pope Benedict’s Blind Spot on Holocaust https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/20/pope-benedicts-blind-spot-holocaust On numerous occasions Pope Benedict has ignored the connection between Christian anti-Semitism and Nazi racial anti-Semitism, and when posed a question about German responsibility for the Holocaust he fails to address it directly. Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:39:35 EST Kevin P Spicer a2af0c6f-6ed1-4ff9-9db2-d3d7f6808665 In Crisis, Catholic Church Plays ‘The Jew’ https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/26/crisis-catholic-church-plays-jew Why has the Catholic Church made so many controversial statements about Jews as it wrestles with a sexual abuse crisis? One could argue that, in the heart of a wounded Church, a play is being made for the shroud of the victim. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:38:26 EDT Benjamin Weiner 130e2b6f-f281-41dd-a006-4faca45b15c3 Catholic-Jewish Tension and the Rededication of Catholic Holocaust Memorial https://religiondispatches.org/2009/03/30/catholic-jewish-tension-and-rededication-catholic-holocaust-memorial At a time when the Pope isn’t doing much to help Jewish-Catholic relations, the Boston Diocese reaches out. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:13:19 EDT Benjamin Weiner 28bf25ed-7f8d-40d6-ace0-4fb27f92635e