RealClearReligion (@RealClearRelig)

8 Aug 2018

OPINION | Pope Francis & the Death Penalty realclearreligion.org/articl…

Pope Francis & the Death Penalty

On August 2, Pope Francis revised the official Catechism of the Catholic Church to state that the death penalty was “inadmissible” under all circumstances. He used the key phrase “th

RealClearReligion

13 Sep 2018

Is the Mormon Church Amping Up Its Homophobia?

The Mormon Church seems to keep getting more anti-LGBTQ, with a recent update to its guide for missionaries including the so-called November Policy against baptizing children of same-sex couples. But

RealClearReligion

13 Sep 2018

'CrossFit Is My Church'

A 2012 Pew study tracked the rise of a new religious group: the “nones,” or the religiously unaffiliated. One-fifth of Americans — and a full third of adults unde

RealClearReligion

13 Sep 2018

To Reform the Church, Make Women Cardinals

In the reforms being mentioned in light of the contemporary crisis in the Catholic Church, I see lots of punitive proposals but I don't see enough constructive models of empowerment.I believe that unt

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

Macron Wants to Create 'French Islam' for Secular Society

French President Emmanuel Macron will review a new report that lays out proposals to reform Muslim society in France and create a “French Islam.”The report's author, Hakim El Karoui, who i

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

Poll: Voters Open to Candidates Who Aren't Very Religious

Religion's role in politics and public policy is in the spotlight heading toward the midterm elections, yet relatively few Americans consider it crucial that a candidate be devoutly religious or share

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

9/11: When John Paul II Grieved With America

As three airliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, and Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, at the time the dir

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

Look Outside America for Insight on American Evangelicals

Since the 1980s, when the Religious Right helped elevate California governor Ronald Reagan to the presidency, outside observers have typically understood American evangelicalism through the lens of Am

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

17 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still 'Presumed Guilty'

When people ask Todd Green why Muslims don't condemn terrorism — and they do ask, often — he has a quick response: “Have you ever Googled ‘Muslims condemning terrorism'?”

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

Rosh Hashanah Behind Bars

I awoke to the now familiar smell of a hard green pillow, its fire-resistant plastic pressed against my face. Nearby my friend lay on his cot several inches off the floor saying modeh ani, the pr

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

'CrossFit Is My Church'

A 2012 Pew study tracked the rise of a new religious group: the “nones,” or the religiously unaffiliated. One-fifth of Americans — and a full third of adults unde

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

Whose Religious Liberty Is It Anyway?

On day two of the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump's second nominee to the Supreme Court, Senator John Cornyn of Texas brought up the 2000 case Santa Fe In

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

What Francis Can Clarify About Vigano — And What He Can't

It has been more than two weeks since the former papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, released his 11-page “testimony” concerning what he called the &ld

RealClearReligion

12 Sep 2018

OPINION | Tolerance: A One-Way Street in Philadelphia? @CatholicAssoc realclearreligion.org/articl…

Tolerance: A One-Way Street in Philadelphia?

The Quinn home in Philadelphia is quiet for the first time in 30 years. No kids playing; no healthy cries of babies. The silence came after the City of Philadelphia stopped referring children for fost

RealClearReligion

6 Sep 2018

Who Gets to Define American Muslim Identity?

The various groups that were drawn (or in some cases, dragged) to the United States have themselves been made up of a variety of smaller identity groups: Italian Catholics and Irish Catholics; Polish

RealClearReligion

6 Sep 2018

A Buddhist Monk Who Became an Apostle for Sexual Freedom

Buddhist monks follow a lot of rules – 253 in one tradition, 200 in another. As the story goes, all of these rules were made by the Buddha himself. However, he did not announce them all at once,

RealClearReligion

6 Sep 2018

Scott Shay's Leap of 'Faith'

Scott Shay is a banker, not a rabbi or professor. He's a founder and chairman of Signature Bank, a New York lender catering to local middle-market businesses and one of the financial success stories o

RealClearReligion

6 Sep 2018

I'm a Catholic Priest. I'm Ashamed at This Abuse Crisis.

I should not be so shocked.As a Jesuit, a Roman Catholic priest — as somebody who lives and breathes the church — I should have understood already how broken the institution of the church

RealClearReligion

5 Sep 2018

A Fillip for Ukrainian Hopes of Spiritual Independence

UKRAINIANS who long for a globally recognised national church were left cautiously encouraged by a meeting in Istanbul on August 31st. It took place between two of the most prominent figures

RealClearReligion

5 Sep 2018

Child's Death Puts Spotlight on Medicine-Religion Clash

The case of a Michigan couple charged in the death of their 10-month-old daughter is bringing to light a debate about withholding medical care because of religious beliefs.Seth Welch and his wife, Tat

RealClearReligion

5 Sep 2018

Pope Francis Embraces Silence as Calls Grow for Response

As a clamor builds for Pope Francis to respond to the stunning allegations by his former ambassador in Washington that he covered up abuse and lied about a meeting with a prominent