Archbishop Charles nbsp Chaput of Denver has weighed in on the decision of the Catholic elementary school in Boulder part of nbsp the Denver archdiocese nbsp that has refused readmission to the child of a lesbian couple and about which we blogged here nbsp This was posted on the archdiocesan we

Good deeds at Loyola High in Los Angeles nbsp Woulda been nice if they mentioned the motivation for all those good deeds--gee let s see maybe it has something to do with the fact that the school has a beautiful chapel that the students seem to be gee praying that one guy has a photo of

Next week is the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress a giant Catholic cruise-ship of an event with typically upwards of 40 000 people from a broad array of pastoral work spending several days together in Anaheim for conversation inspiration and a hope for a holy break from the routin

Ben Smith rsquo s blog over at Politico com is a must-read on any day but today it is a stop-what-you-are-doing go-read-it-right-now read He looks at the growing suspicion among conservative evangelical voters of the libertarian impulses of the tea party movement The immediate worry is that the

It s nbsp not surprising that given all the problems with organized religion many people would say ldquo I rsquo m not religious rdquo They say ldquo I rsquo m serious about living a moral life maybe even one that centers on God but I rsquo m my own person rdquo ldquo Spiritual rdquo o

My colleague and friend Austen Ivereigh has an important post below about the sexual abuse crisis and the way Pope Benedict XVI is now involved in addressing it The situation in Germany itself and in Regensberg particularly has raised the possibility that some enterprising journalist will be sear