The University of San Diego a Catholic institution has rescinded an invitation to a British theologian due to pressure from conservative Catholic groups including the Cardinal Newman Society From Inside Higher Ed The University of San Diego has rescinded an invitation to a British theologian w

With the election just days away Catholics are beginning to voice their closing arguments for candidates and causes A group of Catholics in Maine are voicing support for a same-sex marriage ballot measure in a year when the dioceses in that state are sitting this round out after a bitter contest

Tonight rsquo s debate moderator CBS News rsquo Bob Scheiffer did ask about the use of drones but failed to press either candidate on the controversial issue Here rsquo s the question Let me ask you Governor because we know President Obama s position on this what is -- what is your positi

Salon runs an excerpt of the book Faitheist How an Atheist Found Common Ground With the Religious in which the author explores atheist fundamentalism Our conversation continued and I offered up petitions that the positive contributions of religious people be considered with equal weight alongs

The economy was once again the primary theme in tonight rsquo s debate but one undecided voter asked the candidates about their views on immigration reform What do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society Romney

Oops Campaigning in Ohio Congressman Paul Ryan rsquo s campaign made plans to showoff the vice-presidential candidate rsquo s social justice side bringing him and his family to a soup kitchen to meet some volunteers and lend a helping hand So far so good But then this Ryan stood at the sink

So the candidates rsquo faith did come up tonight when the moderator ABC News Martha Raddatz asked this I want to move on and I want to return home for these last few questions This debate is indeed historic We have two Catholic candidates first time on a stage such as this And I would

Two Catholics vying for the vice-presidency will meet on a stage in Kentucky Thursday night for a debate whose stakes are quite high Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan will face each other in the first major political event since last week when Mitt Romney crushed a tired and seemi

Several Catholic bishops across the US have been at the forefront in the fight against same-sex marriage in recent weeks In Newark Archbishop John Myers released a pastoral letter apparently meant for August but held back until just weeks before November elections in which he suggested that Cath

NPR reporter Sonari Glinton recalls how Sr Rosemary Brennan the principal of St Philip Neri Catholic school in Chicago helped to show students how Jesus related to them on an episode of This American Life Sonari Glinton tells the story of how a Catholic nun teaches an entire school on Chicago s