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It may indeed be a good sign that a man calling himself a vampire is more trusted than our nation’s banks. Can we set aside our differences for the economy’s sake?

The loss on Prop 8 is like a death for gay and lesbian people, who have witnessed their civil rights murdered at the polls—the grieving is just beginning.

As this article goes to press, a wrongful death claim has just been filed against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on behalf of the family of Daniel Neill, a former altar boy who committed suicide in 2009 after reporting his sexual abuse by a priest. This is the fifth civil suit to be filed since a grand jury report issued in February.

Though the majority of Catholics reside in Latin America and Africa, the majority of Cardinals (the Pope pool) are European. Still, many are looking ahead to the first Pope of color.

Many US Catholics defied bishops and voted for Obama, but this has only invigorated the Catholic Right.

For a people who bear the burden of slavery, legalized apartheid and the continued vestiges of both, for a moment the elusive goal of feeling fully part of America’s democratic project was realized.

Reflections of an American Muslim sometimes Democrat…

A pair of desperate Republicans attempt to smear their opponents with suspect claims about their religious commitments. Responses were swift and harsh.

The AFA, a star in the religious right constellation, all but claims that if Obama wins, your teenage daughters will suddenly become pregnant and we’ll all get terrible hangnails and bad teeth.

Unromantic as it may sound, the celebration of the transformative power of consumption seems to be part of the magic of the wedding day for many women. On this day I am more beautiful, elegant, and radiant than any other. On this day everything is perfect and lavish and matching. A real-life royal wedding, televised and celebrated by millions, represents and encapsulates this magic. It might be tempting for some to argue that the wedding-as-princess-pageant represents a secularization of the marriage rite. But the truth is that the celebration of consumption, the acting-out of the princess ritual, is its own expression of what has become sacred.