Tag Archives: Religious Left

The ‘Return’ of the Religious Left?

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in Salon, Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig; If the Reason-Rupe and PRRI reports are right, millennials just might be opting out of the partisan approach to politics altogether, which means the partisan leash on religious constituencies might just be fraying. This … Continue reading →

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Longer Spoon Needed

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Reuters: Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that communists had stolen the flag of Christianity. The 77-year-old pontiff gave an interview to Il Messaggero, … Continue reading →

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Papal Economics, Again

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

A week or so ago (yes, I’ve been away) Pope Francis’s views on economics took an even deeper turn into the swamplands of conspiracy theory. Business Insider reports: The 77-year-old leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics said some … Continue reading →

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Wenski Demands Action: Please Fill My Pews

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Miami’s Roman Catholic archbishop Wenski writing from, so to speak, his tax-exempt pulpit, with an attack on the position that the Republican-controlled House has taken on immigration ‘reform’: As the Archbishop of Miami, a region with more than one … Continue reading →

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Two Faiths

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

While there are perfectly good scientific reasons for accepting the theory of AGW, the certainty, the fervor and the moralizing displayed by some in the climate change crusade look very much like a form of religious belief. Under the circumstances … Continue reading →

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Cult Watch

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Priceless.

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O’Malley’s Photo Opportunity

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Boston’s “Cardinal Sean” pulls a cheap stunt: NOGALES, Ariz. — At a Mass held under the shadow of the border fence this morning, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston called on Congress for comprehensive immigration reform this year. “The … Continue reading →

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Connect the Dots

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From The Economist: Together with a general migration from the north-east and Midwest towards the sunbelt, the number of people leaving the faith has led to a shrinking of Catholicism in its former heartlands…. This shrinking has been offset by … Continue reading →

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Idol Words

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

There are those who think that Europe’s appalling unemployment problem can be explained by overly rigid labor markets, the spiraling energy costs that greenery has brought in its wake and, of course, the ill-judged introduction of the euro. Pope Francis … Continue reading →

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The Pope and Peron

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the course of a lengthy piece on Pope Francis, The Economist looks at the pontiff’s political and economic opinions and (correctly, in my view) finds them rooted in the history of the country of his birth: The political landscape … Continue reading →

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