http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksetProfessor Anthony Stevens-Arroyo looks at Church, culture and change.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyWed, 03 Apr 2013 23:42:30 GMTWed, 03 Apr 2013 23:42:30 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksethttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2a4e9493/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Ehas0Emoved0C20A130C0A40C0A30Ce82890A240E9c9b0E11e20E9a790Eeb5280Ac81c630Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/catholic-america/2013/02/13/37672d7e-7629-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_page.html">Catholic America </a>is moving to a new format and a new page.<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/catholic-america/2013/02/13/37672d7e-7629-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_page.html"> Follow Anthony Stevens-Arroyo at his new online home, here.</a> </p> <p> Go to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith">washingtonpost.com/onfaith</a> for the latest religion news and commentary from around the world. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/catholic-america-has-moved/2013/04/03/e8289024-9c9b-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2a4e9493/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Catholic+America+has+moved&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fcatholic-america-has-moved%2F2013%2F04%2F03%2Fe8289024-9c9b-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991276625/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2a4e9493/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991276625/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2a4e9493/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991276625/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2a4e9493/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:27:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/catholic-america-has-moved/2013/04/03/e8289024-9c9b-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaElizabeth Tenetyhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2875c024/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwill0Eall0Epopes0Eafter0Ebenedict0Exvi0Eabdicate0C20A130C0A20C110C2b449e0A0A0E748a0E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p/> <p/> <p/> <p>How does one explain why the conservative Pope Benedict XVI finishes his papacy with an almost radically liberal act of abdication, something not done for more than 600 years? Without dismissing politics entirely, I would observe that the Roman Catholic Church has endured for millennia partly because it can subordinate ideological issues to make paramount the survival of the church. Pope Benedict XVI, I believe, announced his retirement from the papacy for the good of Catholicism.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/will-all-popes-after-benedict-xvi-abdicate/2013/02/11/2b449e00-748a-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2875c024/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Will+all+popes+after+Benedict+XVI+abdicate%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwill-all-popes-after-benedict-xvi-abdicate%2F2013%2F02%2F11%2F2b449e00-748a-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985129403/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2875c024/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985129403/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2875c024/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985129403/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2875c024/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:59:17 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/will-all-popes-after-benedict-xvi-abdicate/2013/02/11/2b449e00-748a-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/284530dd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cimmigration0Eas0Eredemption0Efor0Eus0Ebishops0C20A130C0A20C0A50C864d52240E6eea0E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>Washington’s 2013 effort at<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/partisan-cracks-appear-early-in-house-immigration-debate/2013/02/05/17571e1c-6fae-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html"> comprehensive immigration reform </a>offers a chance at redemption to the United States bishops. </p> <p>For what I judge all too long a time, the USCCB and its member bishops have projected opposition to the Obama presidency. Witness their rejection to the Affordable Care Act. Health care for all had been a celebrated cause of America’s Catholic bishops since the last century. But instead they departed from nearly a hundred years of Catholic advocacy, to officially oppose Obamacare. Their rejection was partly based on nit-picking Obama’s executive order prohibiting federal funding of abortions. Thankfully, key Catholic organization engaged in health care refused to follow the bishops in denying the greater good in search of perfection. Will this happen again as Washington prepares legislation on comprehensive immigration reform? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/immigration-as-redemption-for-us-bishops/2013/02/05/864d5224-6eea-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/284530dd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Immigration+as+redemption+for+U.S.+bishops&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fimmigration-as-redemption-for-us-bishops%2F2013%2F02%2F05%2F864d5224-6eea-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984870107/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/284530dd/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984870107/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/284530dd/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984870107/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/284530dd/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:43:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/immigration-as-redemption-for-us-bishops/2013/02/05/864d5224-6eea-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/27d539e1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Care0Einstitutions0Ecatholic0Eenough0C20A130C0A10C230Cb0A2bd550A0E65a50E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The number of agencies calling themselves big-C “Catholic” will shrink. That is the inevitable result of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20121111_caritas_en.html"> <em>De Caritate Ministranda</em> </a>, delivered December 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI as a <em>motu proprio </em>(a decree from the pope himself). <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-demands-stronger-catholic-identity-charities">As analyzed by John L. Allen, Jr.,</a> this ecclesiastical legislation establishes new regulations for any charitable agency that wants to include “Catholic” in its name. Ironically, the papal mandate may play a role in deciding current court battles between the bishops and the Obama administration over the obligation to provide health insurance plans that include contraceptive services. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/are-institutions-catholic-enough/2013/01/23/b02bd550-65a5-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/27d539e1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Are+institutions+Catholic+enough%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fare-institutions-catholic-enough%2F2013%2F01%2F23%2Fb02bd550-65a5-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984280741/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/27d539e1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984280741/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/27d539e1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984280741/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/27d539e1/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:21:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/are-institutions-catholic-enough/2013/01/23/b02bd550-65a5-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2715acd5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cinterfaith0Eis0Ea0Estate0Eof0Emind0C20A120C120C310Cfe426a20A0E53660E11e20Ebf3e0E76c0Aa789346f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-to-visit-town-shattered-by-school-shooting/1566087.html">interfaith service</a> held to heal the wounds of tragedy in Newtown, Conn., demonstrated America’s religious exceptionalism.  The nationally televised event left little doubt that religious differences are imprinted in this country’s culture in ways found few other parts of the globe. While the passage of time will unfold the effect the service had on people’s psychology, Newtown’s social interactions, and the politics of gun ownership, the theology of the moment deserves immediate comment.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/interfaith-is-a-state-of-mind/2012/12/31/fe426a20-5366-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2715acd5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Interfaith+is+a+state+of+mind&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Finterfaith-is-a-state-of-mind%2F2012%2F12%2F31%2Ffe426a20-5366-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540098078/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2715acd5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540098078/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2715acd5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540098078/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2715acd5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo; Sandy Hook; Newtown, Conn.; interfaith; prayerMon, 31 Dec 2012 16:47:28 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/interfaith-is-a-state-of-mind/2012/12/31/fe426a20-5366-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/268857c7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cremaking0Ethe0Eknights0Eof0Ecolumbus0Eas0Ea0Ebrotherhood0C20A120C120C120Ca6a990A580E44710E11e20E96480Ea2c323a991d60Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>It was wrong for the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/knights-of-columbus-donate-millions-to-anti-gay-marriage-effort-report-says/">Knights of Columbus to spend over a half million dollars in 2012</a> during <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/same-sex-marriage-on-the-ballot.aspx">four failed campaigns</a> against same-sex marriage laws. My claim that the expenditures were “wrong” has nothing to do with moral and doctrinal opinions on same-sex marriage, abortion, contraception, etc. The paid political propagandizing was wrong because it contradicts the original organizational purpose of the Knights of Columbus. We were founded in New Haven, Conn., in 1881 to provide spiritual and material brotherhood to Catholic men. The chasm separating the original vision from the current drift, I contend, is unhealthy to the Knights of Columbus future.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/remaking-the-knights-of-columbus-as-a-brotherhood/2012/12/12/a6a99058-4471-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/268857c7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Remaking+the+Knights+of+Columbus+as+a+brotherhood&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fremaking-the-knights-of-columbus-as-a-brotherhood%2F2012%2F12%2F12%2Fa6a99058-4471-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539478989/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/268857c7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539478989/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/268857c7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539478989/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/268857c7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo; Remaking the Knights of Columbus; brotherhood; Knights of Columbus; politics; Catholic men; K of C; Catholicism; council; Knight councilWed, 12 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/remaking-the-knights-of-columbus-as-a-brotherhood/2012/12/12/a6a99058-4471-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/261a1fb2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Clatino0Eblessing0Ethe0E20A120Eelection0C20A120C110C290C6e90A7d3c0E3a470E11e20Eb0A1f0E5f55b193f58f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>Sometimes an academic book is ahead of political commentary. Such is the case with “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9780313393891">Blessing La Política</a>,” a 2012 book published by Praeger about the religious factor in Latino voting. I know: I am co-author. The overwhelming evidence that the Latino community played a decisive role in reelecting President Obama was predicted before the election in the pages of “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9780313393891">Blessing La Política</a>.” More importantly, the book traces with social science patience why more than 75 percent identification with the Democrats is not a passing phenomenon among Latino Catholics. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/latino-blessing-the-2012-election/2012/11/29/6e907d3c-3a47-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/261a1fb2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Latino+blessing+the+2012+election&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Flatino-blessing-the-2012-election%2F2012%2F11%2F29%2F6e907d3c-3a47-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538951001/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/261a1fb2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538951001/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/261a1fb2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151538951001/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/261a1fb2/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:26:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/latino-blessing-the-2012-election/2012/11/29/6e907d3c-3a47-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/21ac8796/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cmonsignor0Elynns0Ejail0Etime0Ehelps0Estrip0Eaway0Eshield0Eof0Eloyalty0C20A120C0A70C240CgJQAFSKQ7W0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/philly-monsignor-awaits-sentencing-in-priest-sex-crimes-cover-up-faces-3-12-to-7-years/2012/07/24/gJQA7Bdv5W_story.html">Six years in prison for Monsignor William Lynn</a>, former clergy secretary in the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://archphila.org/home.php">Archdiocese of Philadelphia </a> because of his complicity in sexual abuse of minors; <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/ncaa-fails-to-send-right-message-by-allowing-games-to-go-on/2012/07/23/gJQAjpxm4W_story.html">$60 million in fines to Penn State</a> and its football program for similar indifference towards a coach. These despicable events are linked by a defect in American society. There is little public conscience to protect those speaking truth to power. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/monsignor-lynns-jail-time-helps-strip-away-shield-of-loyalty/2012/07/24/gJQAFSKQ7W_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/21ac8796/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Monsignor+Lynn%E2%80%99s+jail+time+helps+strip+away+shield+of+loyalty&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fmonsignor-lynns-jail-time-helps-strip-away-shield-of-loyalty%2F2012%2F07%2F24%2FgJQAFSKQ7W_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113295/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/21ac8796/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113295/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/21ac8796/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113295/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/21ac8796/a2t.img" border="0"/>Monsignor LynnTue, 24 Jul 2012 22:06:49 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/monsignor-lynns-jail-time-helps-strip-away-shield-of-loyalty/2012/07/24/gJQAFSKQ7W_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20fa5d18/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cnuns0Eon0Ethe0Ebus0Ebishops0Eout0Eof0Egas0C20A120C0A70C0A30CgJQAqrDULW0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>This Fourth of July celebrates the closing of two public Catholic events promoting the church’s mission: <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://nunsonthebus.com/]">Nuns on the Bus</a> and the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/">U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops</a>’ <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-060.cfm">Fortnight for Freedom</a>. It’s all too easy to cast these two in opposition to each other as if they each expressed a different Catholicism. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/nuns-on-the-bus-bishops-out-of-gas/2012/07/03/gJQAqrDULW_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20fa5d18/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=%E2%80%98Nuns+on+the+Bus%2C%E2%80%99+bishops+out+of+gas&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fnuns-on-the-bus-bishops-out-of-gas%2F2012%2F07%2F03%2FgJQAqrDULW_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113272/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20fa5d18/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113272/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20fa5d18/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113272/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20fa5d18/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fortnight for FreedomTue, 03 Jul 2012 21:15:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/nuns-on-the-bus-bishops-out-of-gas/2012/07/03/gJQAqrDULW_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20b486a7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Carizonas0Eshow0Eme0Eyour0Estigma0Elaw0C20A120C0A60C250CgJQAaQ8W2V0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The “show me your papers” provision was the only significant survivor of the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to strike down parts of of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-on-arizona-immigration-law/2012/06/25/gJQA0Nrm1V_story.html?hpid=z1">Arizona’s immigration laws</a>. This solitary provision may not last very long. The Supreme Court’s majority (excluding the reactionary trio: Thomas, Scalia and Alito) decided that even if constitutional, the permission for local police to ask about immigration status might be subject to reversal if – when finally implemented – the practice proves to be discriminatory.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/arizonas-show-me-your-stigma-law/2012/06/25/gJQAaQ8W2V_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20b486a7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Arizona%E2%80%99s+show+me+your+stigma+law&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Farizonas-show-me-your-stigma-law%2F2012%2F06%2F25%2FgJQAaQ8W2V_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113250/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20b486a7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113250/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20b486a7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113250/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20b486a7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Supreme CourtMon, 25 Jun 2012 21:02:33 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/arizonas-show-me-your-stigma-law/2012/06/25/gJQAaQ8W2V_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20a9e4bd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhat0Elynns0Econviction0Emeans0Efor0Ethe0Ecatholic0Echurch0C20A120C0A60C240CgJQAVcUhzV0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>What, if anything, changes with the June 22nd conviction of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120622_Jury_works_to_break_deadlocks_in_clergy_sex-abuse_trial.html">Monsignor William J. Lynn for child endangerment</a>? Legally, one can expect an appeal in order to prevent the former clergy secretary for the Philadelphia Archdiocese from serving the maximum sentence of seven years in jail. But, unlike previous cases, this trial was not of a clerical abuser but of a priest in charge of personnel appointments. The court finding substantiates Lynn’s culpable responsibility for knowing that such abuse was likely to occur, but endangering children nonetheless by assigning abusers to what we Catholics call “near occasions of sin.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/what-lynns-conviction-means-for-the-catholic-church/2012/06/24/gJQAVcUhzV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20a9e4bd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=What+Rev.+William+Lynn%E2%80%99s+conviction+means+for+the+Catholic+Church&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhat-lynns-conviction-means-for-the-catholic-church%2F2012%2F06%2F24%2FgJQAVcUhzV_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113228/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20a9e4bd/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113228/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20a9e4bd/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113228/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20a9e4bd/a2t.img" border="0"/>william lynnSun, 24 Jun 2012 16:05:35 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/what-lynns-conviction-means-for-the-catholic-church/2012/06/24/gJQAVcUhzV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22316cb3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cshould0Ecatholics0Edefend0Edoma0C20A120C0A60C0A0A0CgJQAolp9aV0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>Catholics should pay attention to the recent Federal Court’s unanimous decision that declared the Defense of Marriage Act <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defense-of-marriage-act-unconstitutional-federal-appeals-court-declares/2012/05/31/gJQAHDxO4U_story.html">(DOMA).is unconstitutional</a>. Although the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishop-lori-religious-liberty-the-preeminent-social-justice-issue-of-our-ti/">U.S. bishops</a> had listed<a data-xslt="_blank" href=""> legalized same-sex marriage as a form of religious persecution this year, </a> this legal decision rebuts the bishops’ thinking as counter to the Constitution of the United States of America. There is no reason, argues the court, to deny the legal benefits of marriage to persons of the same sex. So what is the greater pull to Catholic America: Being “Catholic” as the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee demands, or being “American” as required by the Constitution? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/should-catholics-defend-doma/2012/06/13/gJQAolp9aV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22316cb3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Should+Catholics+defend+DOMA%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fshould-catholics-defend-doma%2F2012%2F06%2F00%2FgJQAolp9aV_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113206/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22316cb3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113206/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22316cb3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113206/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22316cb3/a2t.img" border="0"/>nursing homeRoman Catholic ChurchGodThu, 14 Jun 2012 14:47:38 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/should-catholics-defend-doma/2012/06/00/gJQAolp9aV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20532907/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cshould0Ecatholics0Edefend0Edoma0C20A120C0A60C130CgJQAolp9aV0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>Catholics should pay attention to the recent Federal Court’s unanimous decision that declared the Defense of Marriage Act <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defense-of-marriage-act-unconstitutional-federal-appeals-court-declares/2012/05/31/gJQAHDxO4U_story.html">(DOMA).is unconstitutional</a>. Although the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishop-lori-religious-liberty-the-preeminent-social-justice-issue-of-our-ti/">U.S. bishops</a> had listed<a data-xslt="_blank" href=""> legalized same-sex marriage as a form of religious persecution this year, </a> this legal decision rebuts the bishops’ thinking as counter to the Constitution of the United States of America. There is no reason, argues the court, to deny the legal benefits of marriage to persons of the same sex. So what is the greater pull to Catholic America: Being “Catholic” as the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee demands, or being “American” as required by the Constitution? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/should-catholics-defend-doma/2012/06/13/gJQAolp9aV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/20532907/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Should+Catholics+defend+DOMA%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fshould-catholics-defend-doma%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAolp9aV_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113185/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20532907/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113185/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20532907/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113185/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/20532907/a2t.img" border="0"/>nursing homeRoman Catholic ChurchGodThu, 14 Jun 2012 14:47:38 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/should-catholics-defend-doma/2012/06/13/gJQAolp9aV_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/226aec97/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhen0Ehyperbole0Ebecomes0Edangerous0C20A120C0A80C140C3ab9bb140Eac250E11e10E84c10Eab1bdfe10A4720Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>A recent editorial in the Knights of Columbus magazine, titled <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.kofc.org/en/news/supreme/detail/fromthesk_20120501.html">“What Mexico Teaches Us,”</a> compares today’s Catholic political battles in the United States to the bloody Cristeros War in Mexico (1926 -1929). </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/when-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous/2012/06/01/gJQA9j0b7U_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/226aec97/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=When+hyperbole+becomes+dangerous&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhen-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous%2F2012%2F08%2F14%2F3ab9bb14-ac25-11e1-84c1-ab1bdfe10472_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113164/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/226aec97/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113164/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/226aec97/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113164/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/226aec97/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:44:56 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/when-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous/2012/08/14/3ab9bb14-ac25-11e1-84c1-ab1bdfe10472_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1fefa49a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhen0Ehyperbole0Ebecomes0Edangerous0C20A120C0A60C0A10CgJQA9j0Ab7U0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>A recent editorial in the Knights of Columbus magazine, titled <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.kofc.org/en/news/supreme/detail/fromthesk_20120501.html">“What Mexico Teaches Us,”</a> compares today’s Catholic political battles in the United States to the bloody Cristeros War in Mexico (1926 -1929). </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/when-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous/2012/06/01/gJQA9j0b7U_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1fefa49a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=When+hyperbole+becomes+dangerous&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhen-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous%2F2012%2F06%2F01%2FgJQA9j0b7U_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113140/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1fefa49a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113140/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1fefa49a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113140/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1fefa49a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:44:56 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/when-hyperbole-becomes-dangerous/2012/06/01/gJQA9j0b7U_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22107109/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cbishops0Emake0Enunsense0C20A120C0A50C220CgIQA1p1C1T0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The recent Vatican decree that put a bishop in charge of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/vatican-report-us-catholic-sisters-nuns-hold-serious-theological-errors/2012/04/18/gIQAWSarRT_blog.html">LCWR</a>) ought to be viewed as a radical measure -- because it is. Critics might allege that this is episcopal revenge for how these and other Catholic organizations undercut the effort of the bishops to prevent the passage of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/sister-joan-chittister-sister-simone-campbell-respond-to-vatican-action-against-u-s-nuns/">Affordable Care Act</a>. The<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&#38;amp;pageid=55544"> official decree has a jumble of assertions </a>alluding to heresy, including one that says the LCWR had been taken over by “radical feminists.” Whether or not such claims are true, we can be certain that the takeover is based on the totalitarian conception of episcopal power.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/bishops-make-nunsense/2012/05/04/gIQA1p1C1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22107109/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Bishops+make+%E2%80%98Nunsense%E2%80%99&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fbishops-make-nunsense%2F2012%2F05%2F22%2FgIQA1p1C1T_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113121/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22107109/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113121/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22107109/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113121/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22107109/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:07:52 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/bishops-make-nunsense/2012/05/22/gIQA1p1C1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f96830a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cbishops0Emake0Enunsense0C20A120C0A50C0A40CgIQA1p1C1T0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The recent Vatican decree that put a bishop in charge of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/vatican-report-us-catholic-sisters-nuns-hold-serious-theological-errors/2012/04/18/gIQAWSarRT_blog.html">LCWR</a>) ought to be viewed as a radical measure -- because it is. Critics might allege that this is episcopal revenge for how these and other Catholic organizations undercut the effort of the bishops to prevent the passage of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/sister-joan-chittister-sister-simone-campbell-respond-to-vatican-action-against-u-s-nuns/">Affordable Care Act</a>. The<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&#38;amp;pageid=55544"> official decree has a jumble of assertions </a>alluding to heresy, including one that says the LCWR had been taken over by “radical feminists.” Whether or not such claims are true, we can be certain that the takeover is based on the totalitarian conception of episcopal power.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/bishops-make-nunsense/2012/05/04/gIQA1p1C1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f96830a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Bishops+make+%E2%80%98Nunsense%E2%80%99&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fbishops-make-nunsense%2F2012%2F05%2F04%2FgIQA1p1C1T_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113098/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96830a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113098/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96830a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113098/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96830a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:07:52 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/bishops-make-nunsense/2012/05/04/gIQA1p1C1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22191ca5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cis0Ethe0Echurch0Ecorrupt0C20A120C0A40C230Cd63c751e0E8d7f0E11e10E83170Ebc55e8fdd4a20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The trial of<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/120201744.html?c=r?cmpid=124488459"> Msgr. William J. Lynn</a>, secretary for clergy under a late Philadelphia cardinal, exposes every day what Pope Benedict XVI has called “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/news/detail/articolo/papa-pedofilia-scandali-abusi-revoca-decreto-legionari-di-cristo-477/">the filth of the church</a>.” As the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/us/supervising-priest-goes-on-trial-in-philadelphia.html?pagewanted=all">New York Times explained, Lynn</a> is “the first Roman Catholic supervisor in the country to be tried on felony charges of endangering children and conspiracy — not on allegations that he molested children himself.” If the allegations that Lynn ignored child sexual abuse are true, file the Philadelphia case as another clerical cover-up that will have irrevocably stained the church’s image. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/is-the-church-corrupt/2012/04/23/gIQA9nYkcT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22191ca5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Is+the+church+corrupt%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fis-the-church-corrupt%2F2012%2F04%2F23%2Fd63c751e-8d7f-11e1-8317-bc55e8fdd4a2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113074/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22191ca5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113074/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22191ca5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113074/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22191ca5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:27:58 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/is-the-church-corrupt/2012/04/23/d63c751e-8d7f-11e1-8317-bc55e8fdd4a2_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f968313/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cis0Ethe0Echurch0Ecorrupt0C20A120C0A40C230CgIQA9nYkcT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>The trial of<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/120201744.html?c=r?cmpid=124488459"> Msgr. William J. Lynn</a>, secretary for clergy under a late Philadelphia cardinal, exposes every day what Pope Benedict XVI has called “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/news/detail/articolo/papa-pedofilia-scandali-abusi-revoca-decreto-legionari-di-cristo-477/">the filth of the church</a>.” As the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/us/supervising-priest-goes-on-trial-in-philadelphia.html?pagewanted=all">New York Times explained, Lynn</a> is “the first Roman Catholic supervisor in the country to be tried on felony charges of endangering children and conspiracy — not on allegations that he molested children himself.” If the allegations that Lynn ignored child sexual abuse are true, file the Philadelphia case as another clerical cover-up that will have irrevocably stained the church’s image. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/is-the-church-corrupt/2012/04/23/gIQA9nYkcT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f968313/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Is+the+church+corrupt%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fis-the-church-corrupt%2F2012%2F04%2F23%2FgIQA9nYkcT_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113048/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968313/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113048/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968313/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113048/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968313/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:27:58 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/is-the-church-corrupt/2012/04/23/gIQA9nYkcT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/225ac068/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhose0Ereligious0Efreedom0C20A120C0A40C170C882d7e0A60E88b90E11e10Eabb40E8399610A4550A0A0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p/> <p>The Catholic Bishops’ statement of April 2012, “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm">Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,</a>” is an ambitious undertaking with much to recommend it. Based on what people in the pews are saying, however, I think it is dead on arrival. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/17/gIQAlO7UOT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/225ac068/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Whose+religious+freedom%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhose-religious-freedom%2F2012%2F04%2F17%2F882d7e06-88b9-11e1-abb4-839961045500_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113023/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/225ac068/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544113023/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/225ac068/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544113023/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/225ac068/a2t.img" border="0"/>Lutheran Churchreligious freedomSharia LawTue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/17/882d7e06-88b9-11e1-abb4-839961045500_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/221d83b0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhose0Ereligious0Efreedom0C20A120C0A40C240CgIQAlO7UOT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p/> <p>The Catholic Bishops’ statement of April 2012, “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm">Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,</a>” is an ambitious undertaking with much to recommend it. Based on what people in the pews are saying, however, I think it is dead on arrival. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/17/gIQAlO7UOT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/221d83b0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Whose+religious+freedom%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhose-religious-freedom%2F2012%2F04%2F24%2FgIQAlO7UOT_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112998/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/221d83b0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112998/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/221d83b0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112998/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/221d83b0/a2t.img" border="0"/>Lutheran Churchreligious freedomSharia LawTue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/24/gIQAlO7UOT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f96831e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhose0Ereligious0Efreedom0C20A120C0A40C170CgIQAlO7UOT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p/> <p>The Catholic Bishops’ statement of April 2012, “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm">Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,</a>” is an ambitious undertaking with much to recommend it. Based on what people in the pews are saying, however, I think it is dead on arrival. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/17/gIQAlO7UOT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f96831e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Whose+religious+freedom%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhose-religious-freedom%2F2012%2F04%2F17%2FgIQAlO7UOT_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112973/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96831e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112973/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96831e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112973/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f96831e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Lutheran Churchreligious freedomSharia LawTue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/whose-religious-freedom/2012/04/17/gIQAlO7UOT_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f968328/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Ckeep0Echrist0Ein0Eeaster0C20A120C0A40C10A0CgIQAZPcs8S0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>It is common to hear calls to “Put Christ back in Christmas,” but not so common to ask the same for Easter. Yet Easter has been more profaned and commercialized than Christmas. With bunnies, decorated eggs, jelly beans and songs about bonnets, there is scarcely mention in common culture of Christ’s Resurrection from the dead, let alone sales of items commemorating the same. Despite the proliferation of snowmen and red-cheeked Santas at Christmas, the season features the Child Jesus, with Christmas carols about the stable and angels from on high. Where in popular culture does the Easter bunny share space with the Risen Savior?</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/keep-christ-in-easter/2012/04/10/gIQAZPcs8S_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/1f968328/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Keep+Christ+in+Easter&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fkeep-christ-in-easter%2F2012%2F04%2F10%2FgIQAZPcs8S_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112954/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968328/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112954/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968328/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112954/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/1f968328/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:10:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/keep-christ-in-easter/2012/04/10/gIQAZPcs8S_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22838ea0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhere0Eis0Ejesus0Ein0Epolitics0C20A120C0A50C0A10CgIQA0AxIxpS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>For almost as long as we have been a church, Catholic ritual for <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/palm-sunday-2012-holy-week-begins-around-the-world/2012/04/01/gIQAHXIyoS_gallery.html">Palm Sunday </a>has dramatized that people who greeted Jesus with “Hosannas” and palm branches on his entry into Jerusalem were in the crowd calling for his crucifixion days later. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/where-is-jesus-in-politics/2012/04/01/gIQA0xIxpS_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/22838ea0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Where+is+Jesus+in+politics%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhere-is-jesus-in-politics%2F2012%2F05%2F01%2FgIQA0xIxpS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112938/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22838ea0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112938/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22838ea0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112938/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/22838ea0/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:56:02 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/where-is-jesus-in-politics/2012/05/01/gIQA0xIxpS_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. Stevens-Arroyohttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2234f2b2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccatholic0Eamerica0Cpost0Cwhere0Eis0Ejesus0Ein0Epolitics0C20A120C0A40C0A60CgIQA0AxIxpS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icatholic0Eamerica/story01.htm<p>For almost as long as we have been a church, Catholic ritual for <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/palm-sunday-2012-holy-week-begins-around-the-world/2012/04/01/gIQAHXIyoS_gallery.html">Palm Sunday </a>has dramatized that people who greeted Jesus with “Hosannas” and palm branches on his entry into Jerusalem were in the crowd calling for his crucifixion days later. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/where-is-jesus-in-politics/2012/04/01/gIQA0xIxpS_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-america">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636551/s/2234f2b2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Where+is+Jesus+in+politics%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcatholic-america%2Fpost%2Fwhere-is-jesus-in-politics%2F2012%2F04%2F06%2FgIQA0xIxpS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_catholic-america" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112924/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2234f2b2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112924/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2234f2b2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112924/u/0/f/636551/c/34656/s/2234f2b2/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:56:02 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/where-is-jesus-in-politics/2012/04/06/gIQA0xIxpS_blog.html?wprss=rss_catholic-americaAnthony M. 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