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Commonweal writer slams the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops

John Fea   |  June 29, 2021

Molly Wilson O’Reilly, a practicing Catholic, pulls very few punches in this piece at The Atlantic. The context, of course, is the bishops’ efforts to ban Joe Biden from communion for his views on abortion. Here is a taste: It […]

Late afternoon Tuesday at the SBC Annual Meeting: elections, abortion, CRT, sexual abuse, leadership, and no air conditioning

John Fea   |  June 15, 2021

The Southern Baptists voted for their next president earlier today. Kate Shellnut has the first ballot results: As we reported in our last post, Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, is the new president. It was […]

Supreme Court will take-up Mississippi abortion case

John Fea   |  May 17, 2021

We will keep an eye on this. Here is CNN: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a key abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to […]

Joe Biden’s Georgetown pastor: “The Eucharist is not to be used as a weapon”

John Fea   |  April 29, 2021

The U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops is divided over whether Joe Biden can uphold pro-choice policies on abortion and still partake of communion. Here is a taste of Michelle Boorstein’s piece at The Washington Post: The Rev. Kevin Gillespie, pastor […]

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