krbcanada1 day agoRussia compels religious leaders to show rapturous support for warverified_publisherThe EconomistDuring his three decades as chief rabbi of Moscow, Pinchas Goldschmidt presided over a spectacular revival of Jewish worship, education and culture …
krbcanada14 hours agoThe Sins of the High Court’s Supreme Catholicsverified_publisherThe New Yorker - James CarrollThe overturn of Roe v. Wade is part of ultra-conservatives’ long history of rejecting Galileo, Darwin, and Americanism. As part of the Vatican’s war on “modernism” in 1899, Pope Leo XIII condemned as heresy the set of principles known as “Americanism.” But, by 1965, at the Second Vatican Council, …
krbcanada5 days agoI’m a Cradle Catholic. I Don’t Want Christian Nationalism in My Church.The Daily Beast - Alex Thomas“America First” types are becoming “trad-Caths.” But they don’t actually get the church or Jesus’ teachings. Before I moved to Washington, D.C., wrote …
krbcanada6 days agoSynagogue of judge who approved Trump's search warrant cancels Shabbat serviceReligion News Service - Yonat ShimronThe vitriol against Reinhart is part of an escalation of antisemitic animus propelled by Trump's fervent supporters. (RNS) — Threats against the …
krbcanadaAlito’s Call to Arms to Secure Religious Libertyverified_publisherThe New York Times - Linda GreenhouseBarely a month after handing down the majority opinion that erased the right to abortion, Justice Samuel Alito traveled to Rome to give a keynote address at a “religious liberty summit” convened by the Religious Liberty Initiative of the University of Notre Dame’s law school. As the video that …
krbcanadaOpinion | The Supreme Court Wants to End the Separation of Church and Stateverified_publisherPOLITICO - Opinion by Kimberly WehleJustice Alito doesn’t think society is Christian enough. Recent court decisions show how he intends to remedy that. Many legal scholars in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s radical decision to reverse Roe v. Wade have focused on the dangerous implications of the court’s centuries-old worldview on …
