religion

With tensions rising over the proper role of religion in society, the broader culture appears to be compartmentalizing religious faith and moral thinking into something akin to “a hobby,” said Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron Oct. 4.

To aid the promotion of families, Minnesota Catholic Conference staff are continuing to advocate for reforms to payday lending policies.

Democratic senators homed in on concern that Judge Barrett’s confirmation would lead to a vote to potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act when the legislation comes before the nation’s high court in November.
Republican senators emphasized the nominee’s qualifications for the role and stressed that her Catholic faith, shouldn’t be an issue in the current proceedings.

A new Pew Research Center survey issued Nov. 15 gauges the influence religion has on Americans’ lives and the hold Catholicism and other Christian religions has on their adherents.

If the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference, we may be having an outbreak of indifference in the realm of institutional religion. There may be a silver lining, however. Many people are spiritually hungry.

Author, Stephen Asma, a philosophy professor at Columbia College in downtown Chicago, offers this new volume, “Why We Need Religion,” as an “appreciation.”

Earlier this year, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, best known for promising to bring down Mexico’s “mafia of power,” stood solemnly at a lectern talking about religion.

Jean Twenge’s new book ‘iGen’ focuses on the generation born between 1995 and 2012 called “iGen’ers” and their disconnect with religion.