The Barna Group, a firm that studies faith in American life, released the findings of a survey matching Christians up with those who have "no faith." The firm found that most atheists and agnostics (56%) think radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam. In addition, the faithless, who comprise 9% percent of the population, [...]
When the Vatican's Renato Cardinal Martino released "Guide-lines for Pastoral Care of the Road," now commonly known as the "Ten Commandments of Driving," many news media outlets took a light-hearted look at the cardinal's words. While playful, most stories managed to be respectful at the same time. Not everyone was so well behaved, however. On NBC's [...]
On June 16, the New York Times ran an Associated Press story, "Data Shed Light on Child Sexual Abuse by Protestant Clergy." It said, "the three companies that insure a majority of Protestant churches say they typically receive upward of 260 reports a year of children younger than 18 being sexually abused by members of the clergy, church [...]
The Associated Press reported on June 1 that Catholic voters "support legalized abortion in all or most circumstances by 53 percent to 43 percent, according to 2004 exit polling." Such polls typically don't separate practicing Catholics from those who haven't been to Mass in ages. When that distinction is made, the numbers are much more revealing. [...]
On April 18, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the congressional ban on partial-birth abortion by a margin of 5-4; all five Catholics on the high court affirmed the ban. We predicted—accurately as it turned out—that the bigots would seize on the outcome. "The pushback from conservative Catholics was immediate—even pre-emptive," the New York Times said on its website. [...]
On April 25, Rosie O'Donnell said on the ABC show, "The View," that she was not coming back next season; she is quitting in June. We are proud that the New York Times credited the Catholic League for playing a major role in taking her down; it cited all the protesting e-mails we triggered. In the week prior [...]
William A. Donohue How many times have we been lectured by elites that the U.S. needs to get its laws in line with the Europeans on everything from welfare to the environment? Well, on April 18 our laws moved in a European direction, but the elites weren't applauding. That's because the U.S. Supreme Court moved the [...]
by Dan Kurzman As soon as Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was ousted from power on July 25, 1943, Adolf Hitler began hatching a plan to kidnap Pope Pius XII and plunder the Vatican. Clearly, the Fuehrer thought, the "Jew-loving" pope had encouraged King Victor Emanuel II and some rival fascist leaders to overthrow his Italian puppet. [...]
In 1960, Catholic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy went to Houston to clarify his position on church and state. On May 11, Catholic presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani spoke in Houston to clarify his position on abortion. Kennedy succeeded in assuaging the fears of his skeptics. Giuliani failed. From the Associated Press report on Giuliani's speech, it [...]
Pop singer Sheryl Crow performed in St. Louis at an April 28 benefit concert for the Bob Costas Cancer Center at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, chairman of the board of governors of the Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation (which raises money for the Medical Center), resigned from the board to protest [...]
