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An excerpt from The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building that explores how The Family Policy Advisory Board moved forward Christian organizing for “traditional” families in the 80s.

Ever since those velvet curtains parted to reveal that Robert Francis Prevost—aka Leo XIV—was the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church, journalists and meme-makers alike began joyously delighting in…

During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884 to, among other issues, discuss the establishment of the Catholic University of America, the…

A week before Christmas—as so many had already begun to tune out the news and focus on holiday plans—the House passed two draconian anti-trans bills fueled by Christian nationalist hatred. So much for…

Forty years ago today, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself. The city of Philadelphia let that fire burn for more than a day while firetrucks and firefighters stood watching the flames…

Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” made headlines by officially classifying the far-right Alternative für…

In the film Belén , released earlier this year, a woman suffering from incapacitating stomach cramps goes to an emergency room only to learn that she’s pregnant. After she miscarries and doctors…

This article was first published by Black Catholic Messenger, an independent, nonprofit digital media publication covering stories of interest to African American Catholics. The Catholic Church has a…

White smoke emerged over the Sistine Chapel this afternoon, notifying the world that the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope. While many Catholics are still mourning Francis, among best…