‘Under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God’s’
Just checking in after finally crawling out of my sick bed. I’ve had something—Swine flu?—since Thursday. Whatever it is, don’t get it. I don’t have any idea what’s been going on, but a few emails...
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College star Tebow already making Super Bowl news
Another football item (hey, the Super Bowl is almost upon us): Tim Tebow, perhaps the biggest college football star ever, is preparing for the NFL draft in April. There are questions about his...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood urges ‘religion’ to stop blocking sex education for young...
I hadn’t heard about it before yesterday, but a new report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation has many conservative bloggers smoking mad. The report, called “Stand and Deliver: Sex,...
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At the Pavone house
Back when I was covering religion full-time, I had a list of stories I hoped to do when I could get to them. One of them had to do with Father Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, one of the...
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Health-care bill will fund abortions (or it won’t)
Despite having read hundreds—thousands?—of articles about health-care reform, I still can’t say that I have a real handle on the bill that the House may soon vote on. I understand pieces of it, but...
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Religious reactions to health-care vote coming forth
Health care reform is on its way and religious voices are issuing praise and condemnation. An email blast from Rabbi Michael Lerner and the Network of Spiritual Progressives is barely satisfied with a...
View ArticleAbortion and the life of the mother
You may have heard something about a Phoenix nun and hospital administrator who was excommunicated last month after she allowed an abortion in order to save the life of the mother. The case has...
View ArticleReligion affects thinking on some issues more than others, poll finds
So our religious beliefs affect our thinking on some social issues more than others, according to a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Not a surprise, I suppose, but an...
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Father Frank Pavone suspended from Priests for Life by his bishop
Last year, I wrote something of a profile of Father Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life and one of the main anti-abortion leaders in the country. He grew up in Port Chester, so I had long...
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Priests for Life’s Father Pavone looking for new church home
There’s been tremendous interest this week in the fate of Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life. As I wrote a few days ago, the bishop of Amarillo, Texas, has called Pavone away from PFL—questioning...
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