u.s. bishops

The Catholic Bishops are the latest to mischaracterize the notorious Regnerus study—this time in a Supreme Court brief.

Last year’s big LGBT religion stories will get bigger in 2013.

An RD holiday sampler of stories & viewpoints we would have liked to read in 2012.

Despite dismal results for first “Fortnight for Freedom,” US Catholic bishops plan another.

Quick, what organization was founded to support justice for immigrants, boasts nearly two million (all-male) members, and loves a good parade? The Knights of Columbus still support immigrants’ rights, but those sober-faced men marching down Main Street in full parade regalia are also part of an organization that was the single largest donor in support of California’s Proposition 8. As it turns out, this venerable fraternal order has taken up the anti-equality baton in a big way since then.

“Seven kids! Seven kids!” one woman exlaimed at a Rick Santorum rally in Louisiana on March 21, when organizers asked people to say what they liked most about the ultra-conservative Catholic, homeschooling presidential candidate.

Death penalty remains.

The bishops might want to investigate…

Having now cracked down on U.S. nuns and the Girl Scouts the Catholic hierarchy is aiming to define womanhood. Problem is, both of those groups are held in far higher regard than the men at the helm of the crackdowns.

What they’d find in the committee overseeing the investigation may not sit well with the Girl Scouts’ values.