We need to think about gender parity as not equal expenditure by an employer on male and female employees, but equal treatment as to the physiological needs of each sex.
Let's not allow the political noise of an election year to distract us from basic facts or reject pragmatic solutions that will help the American people.
The Amish are exempt from the entire health care reform law. Yet, when the Catholic Church asks for a religious exemption from just one regulation issued under the law, the Administration balks.
No matter how much some individuals would like to put the sexual abuse scandal behind them, they can no longer appeal to an obedient laity to ignore or downplay the crimes, according to new research.
I can enjoy a good chuckle over many such religious beliefs, as long as they don't intrude on my daily life.
I am calling on those of us Christians who vigorously disagree with the folks like Santorum, to do so with a little more care than others might.
Kennedy stated that, "... I am not the Catholic candidate for president. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president, who happens also to be a Catholic."
Catholic college and university presidents walk an extremely fine line in the contemporary environment. We must vigorously uphold free speech and academic freedom even as we also must protect our religious identity.
Verbum Domini underscores the importance of The Green Collection and private repositories. It shows that the preservation of the Bible, much like its survival throughout the ages, is alive and well in private hands.
An esteemed Hispanic theologian is the latest victim of the American Catholic Church's apparent campaign to shame and marginalize LGBT people and silence the voices of those who support them.
This is not a question of whether Catholics want to use birth control. This is a question of who has the right to debate what goes on in my uterus.
Mr. Santorum, don't talk about who belongs to which "stripe of Christianity"; embrace all the stripes, colors and stars. Don't hint about who is the real Christian candidate; instead, be the real American candidate.
There's an increasingly sensitive tripwire between faith and policy these days. To question the latter is to incite charges you're denigrating the former. It's especially difficult when you're talking about the Catholic Church.
The tragedy is that people listen to Limbaugh's program and actually believe he is an intelligent, responsible and caring person. Even more outrageous is the fact that he has Republicans so cowed they are unwilling to speak out against him when he says something maliciously hateful.
Look, I don't really give a sh*t what you do with your life, and I want government out of my bedroom as much as the next female of child-bearing age. ...
You've likely heard the story of Barbara Johnson, who was denied holy communion by the priest officiating at the funeral of her beloved mother. But that priest is the sole villainous Catholic in a story starring a great many heroes.