The Controversial Faith of Barack Obama

President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious views onto the front pages. In defending his position, Obama stressed that he and his wife were “practicing Christians” and that his stance was supported by Christ’s teaching… Read More

Obama Wishes You a Very Religious Easter

President Obama, as I’ve been reporting, has of late been proclaiming his religiosity, sounding like he’s been perusing the Bible every chance he gets and has suddenly become steeped in its phrases.
Meanwhile, he’s actually started attending church, with cameras… Read More

God Is Dead! Can I Have His Stuff?

Celebrated philosopher and author Alain de Botton expects to upset a great number of religious people and atheists alike with hisproposal that: “it must be possible to remain a committed atheist and nevertheless to find religions sporadically useful, interesting and… Read More

God’s Will and the White House

In case you didn’t notice: with George W. Bush out of office and a Democrat in the White House, the secular media stopped its handwringing over the president mentioning God. With Rick Santorum’s surge, the hysteria has started again. Every… Read More

Medicine and Religion: Twin Healing Traditions

Many today might think that religion and medicine are two very different endeavors, that the mere suggestion that religion is relevant to health and healthcare is something new and different. However, this is not true.

Do Religion and Compassion Go Hand-in-Hand?

Tremendous needs exist in the world around us both locally and more distant. There is little doubt that it is often the religious people who are meeting those needs.

Archbishop Donald Wuerl and the World

[Yesterday was] the day we [ran] our full-page ad in the Washington Times weekly edition. It is a full-color ad in which we pay tribute to the 16 Catholic bishops who have chosen to protect Christ from sacrilege by enforcing… Read More

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