D.C. archdiocese, other Catholic groups sue over birth control mandate
Five of Washington’s key Catholic institutions filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the White House’s mandate requiring employers to provide contraception coverage.
A Catholic conscience
It doesn’t take a theology degree to understand why Catholic institutions refuse to cover contraception.
HHS lawsuit: Read list of litigants
Forty-three Catholic institutions filed 12 separate lawsuits against HHS Monday.
With Sebelius invite, another blow to Georgetown’s Catholic identity
Sebelius’ role in the battle between HHS and the nation’s bishops has generated much outrage over the invitation.
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Pakistan blocks, then restores, Twitter access
Regulators had shut down Twitter for about eight hours Sunday because the site would not remove content the government found objectionable to Muslims.
After Hare Krishna visits ‘Mad Men,’ Hinduism enters American mainstream
The Hare Krishnas may have been seen as a highly visible, through fringe, movement in the ’60s, but today the ideas they worked to popularize are as mainstream as ever.
Andrew Sullivan on ‘coming out’ to God
The writer made a splash this week with his Newsweek cover story calling Obama “the first gay president.” WATCH: His interview with Sally Quinn.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews to gather at Citi Field for event on evils of Internet
The community seeks to protect traditions they feel are threatened by modernity.
Marvin Winans talks about carjacking
After being attacked at a Detroit gas station, the gospel legend makes an appeal to fathers everywhere.
‘A nation of Osteens and Obamas’
Can we overcome the very American temptation to make God in our own image?
The beef over beef: A student protest devolves in India
Is meat eating really a solution to inequality?
Most popular baby names have biblical roots
One baby name expert says it’s the retro vibe of Old Testament names that appeals to parents today.
Grandma or the economy?
With his family’s history of exile, should Romney be more sympathetic to Hispanics?
‘We need to be able to listen’
Archbishop Desmond Tutu responds to opposition to his commencement speech, planned for May 13 at Gonzaga University.
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Obama and Romney offer differing views of God
With Occupy protests this weekend at the G-8 and NATO summits, it’s clear President Obama and Mitt Romney view God and inequality differently.
Gay rights as civil rights
The black church’s struggle over gay marriage reflects the nation‘s evolution.
In Giles County school, will Ten Commandments stay or go?
Do the Ten Commandments have a place in public school?
Does Mona Eltahawy’s approach hurt women?
Most Arab women see no contradiction between the faith they cherish and the rights they deserve.
Talking Christianity, walking privilege
I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus and about why it’s so difficult for members of Congress to follow Him.
Romney at Liberty: Conservative evangelicals embrace their man
Mormonism isn’t hurting candidate with evangelical voters
The Vatican goes spring cleaning
The nuns at LCWR are simply the latest Catholic institution to be checked for orthodoxy. Big whoop.
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