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Our health care system needs a heart transplant
Article Author: Thomas G. Pretlow, M.D. And our politicians need a brain transplant. Universal health care is the most compassionate option we have, argues a Catholic doctor, and it’s the smartest,...
View ArticleAnalysis: The religious politics of abortion are more nuanced than we think
Author: By Jacob Lupferc. 2015 Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON (RNS) Abortion politics are never very far beneath the surface in American life, but every year around the anniversary of the Supreme...
View ArticleEngland mulls legalization of in vitro technique giving baby DNA of three...
Author: By Trevor GrundyImage caption: c. 2015 Religion News ServiceCANTERBURY, England (RNS) Members of Parliament voted Tuesday (February 3) to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of...
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Executions are down and abolition may not be far behind
Author: By Shane Claibornec. 2015 Religion News Service(RNS) It looks like the death penalty may be on life support. January was set to be the deadliest month for U.S. executions in 2015, but nine of...
View ArticleNew online atlas ‘heat-maps’ views on abortion, same-sex marriage, immigration
Author: By Cathy Lynn Grossman Image caption: c. 2015 Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON (RNS) Anyone from politicians to scholars to the simply curious can now see just how deeply the nation is divided...
View ArticleAre we nearing a Catholic consensus on the death penalty?
As we wrote in our cover story last July, there has been a growing shift among both Catholics and the general U.S. population in opposition to the death penalty. Capital punishment has now been...
View ArticleKara Tippetts, Brittany Maynard, and ‘death with dignity’
Author: By Cathy Lynn GrossmanImage caption: c. 2015 Religion News Service(RNS) Metastatic breast cancer took Kara Tippetts from her pastor husband, Jason, and their four children on Sunday (March 22)....
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Pope Francis takes a dim view of the death penalty, but not all Catholics are...
Author: By David GibsonImage caption: c. 2015 Religion News Service(RNS) Pope Francis last week (March 20) issued his most forceful call yet to abolish the death penalty, one that seemed to go even...
View ArticleHoly Week spurs call from 400-plus Catholic and evangelical leaders to end...
Author: By Heather AdamsImage caption: c. 2015 Religion News Service(RNS) Holy Week is used by many Christians to reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday, and now more than 400 Catholic and...
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Seven steps for transforming your next mission trip
Article Author: Mike Gable Is your parish, school, or diocese planning a mission trip? Here are some recommendations to make it a better experience for all involved.If you’re planning on taking a...
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The Walter Scott shooting and use of police force
Article Author: A U.S. Catholic interview Catholic moral theologian—and former police officer—Tobias Winright offers his insight on when the use of lethal force by police in the line of duty is...
View ArticleParents of murdered boy want life for Boston bomber
Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonaldImage caption: c. 2015 USA TodayBOSTON – Parents of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings of April 2013, called on the government to end...
View ArticleHalf of U.S. states consider right-to-die legislation
Author: By Malak Monirc. 2015 USA TodayMore than a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, are considering controversial medically assisted death legislation this year.The laws would allow...
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How American Catholics can help Christians in the Middle East
Article Author: Michael La Civita, K.C.H.S.The ISIS blitzkrieg into northern Iraq last summer and the subsequent decimation of one of the oldest Christian communities of the church—coupled with the...
View ArticleSister Helen Prejean: Tsarnaev is ‘genuinely sorry for what he did’
Author: By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldPublished: Monday, May 11, 2015Tags: death penaltyhelen prejeanBoston bombingImage caption: c. 2015 USA TodayBOSTON — Sister of St. Joseph Helen Prejean, the Catholic nun...
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Troubled waters: A Catholic response to refugees
Article Author: Kevin ClarkePublished: Thursday, May 28, 2015 April proved to be an incredibly cruel month for economic and political refugees attempting to escape conflict and poverty in the Middle...
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The secrets of eco-friendly eating
Article Author: A U.S. Catholic interviewPublished: Friday, May 29, 2015Buying food from the grocery store instead of a local farm stand or farmer’s market is a choice you probably don’t even think...
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Murders in Charleston: What comes after anger?
Published: Saturday, June 27, 2015Image: On June 17, nine Christians were murdered as they gathered to pray, as Christians have been gathering every day for 2,000 years. Worshipping at a church with...
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The death penalty survives the Supreme Court—but for how much longer?
Published: Monday, June 29, 2015Image: This morning the Supreme Court denied the request of three Oklahoma prisoners to ban a controversial drug used in lethal injections that has been alleged to cause...
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Planned Parenthood’s video: Can we ever get beyond the banality of abortion...
Published: Monday, July 20, 2015Image: How disturbing it is to strain to hear the videoed conversation: Between sips of wine and tinkling salad forks, the discussion focuses on how best to crush human...
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