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Read more of Judy Valente’s interview with Father Marco Antonio Mercado of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Chicago: Father Marco Antonio Mercado Q: Help us to understand some of the events in the liturgy celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe, and … More
Read more of Judy Valente’s interview about Hispanic Catholics with Friar Gilberto Cavazos Gonzalez, who directs the Hispanic ministry program at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago: Friar Gilberto Cavazos Gonzalez Q: How would you characterize the Hispanic Catholic community … More
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton says President-elect Barack Obama’s newly named head of the Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, has strong ties to the moderate and liberal faith community and has worked to include people of faith … More
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LUCKY SEVERSON: The Park Street Church on the Boston Common has witnessed two centuries of American history. John Adams and Paul Revere are buried in the old Granary graveyard next door. In their time, church services were usually limited to … More
Read an essay on religion and American imperialism by David E. Anderson, senior editor at Religion News Service. More
Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton says faith-based community activists are talking with the Obama administration transition team about how the government can do more to stop preventable foreclosures.
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Finally, excerpts from an evening with Garrison Keillor. The bard of Lake Wobegon and “A Prairie Home Companion” was also at the Washington National Cathedral recently, talking about poetry, singing old hymns, and telling stories about the … More
LUCKY SEVERSON: There was a time when a labor strike like this one against the Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, would have been difficult to imagine. The Church, after all, has always been the champion of workers rights. These workers … More
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