u.s. conference of catholic bishops

Catholics may well decide the election. But I daresay it won’t be because they line up behind the bishops.

The “Vote Catholic” campaign.

Though Gingrich got clobbered in today’s Florida primary, his echoing of the US Bishops’ war on religion talking point is likely to make it all the way to the 2012 election.

On sacrament-denial and slut-shaming: why Barbara Johnson is a Catholic hero.

In some quarters the Catholic Health Association’s rejection of the Obama administration’s compromise was treated as a reversal of position. But is it really all about contraceptive coverage?

Top 8 RD stories on religion and the use and abuse of history in U.S. political life.

Can religious activists influence religious voters?

Tourist buses are fixtures on Capitol Hill, but the arrival at the Methodist Building of “Nuns on the Bus: Nuns Drive for Faith, Family and Fairness” in noonday heat to the cheers of their colleagues had to be a first.

Will it be seen as emblematic of anti-abortion activism?

The Church has been put on notice.