Belief in God: As clear as the sun in the sky
Does anyone else besides myself find this a major "duhh"? A massive new project by an Oxford professor finds that faith-based thought is universal -- from China to Poland to the United States to...
View ArticleReligious freedom shrinking worldwide
Looks like the screaming was wrong. On both sides. A decade back, the religious right said secularists would sacrifice freedom of religion to a tyrannical, God-denying state. Meanwhile, secularists...
View ArticleA gold mine of documents on religious freedom
How many times have you heard or read a rant about what the Founding Fathers "really" said? Now you can find out for yourself -- in their own words -- on Sacred Texts. This gold mine of a website,...
View ArticleNew England, Eli Whitney leave their mark on Ride for the Republic
As I wrote this on Wednesday, I had crossed my fifth stateline, and into New York state, and headed for the Huson River. My goal is to be in Philadelphia as you read this note on this Fourth of July....
View ArticleNew freedom fighter
Update I did this profile on Sujay, as she likes to be called, last October. Well, the U.S. State Department announced that she was sworn in today (May 16) as its Ambassador-at-Large for International...
View ArticleFlorida amendments 2012: State-church funding just the start
Here's how you know another presidential election is approaching in Florida: the Republican-dominated Legislature starts loading up the ballot with constitutional amendments on hot-button issues to...
View ArticleJeff Atwater joins critics of church's plan to burn Quran
Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, on Wednesday joined critics of the Dove World Outreach Center's plan to burn copies of the Quran to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11,...
View ArticleWenski joins U.S. bishops in opposing Obamacare
America's bishops are "ramping up" their opposition to Obamacare again, raising the specter of the "erosion" of religious freedom if they are required to provide contraceptives, Archbishop Thomas...
View ArticleCatholic bishops declare 'Fortnight for Freedom'
In what they call a celebration of liberty — and some see as another round against the Obama administration — Catholic bishops have declared a "Fortnight for Freedom" starting June 21. The nation's...
View Article'Religious freedom' rallies protest federal health-care mandate
Hundreds of South Floridians braved heat and afternoon downpours Friday to attend "Stand Up for Religious Freedom" rallies, part of a nationwide protest against a health care mandate that would require...
View ArticleArchbishop Thomas Wenski
Last week: The extraordinary call of Pope Francis for prayer and fasting to avert the folly of U.S. military intervention in Syria. He called for a political — not a military solution to the...
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