Monthly Archives: December 2007
Dallas Goes Against the Establishments
By Mark Silk — December 23, 2007
The Dallas Morning News endorses Huckabee and Obama. When the biggest journalistic voice in Texas decides it’s time for both parties to turn the page, it’s worth taking note. On Huck’s religion the money quote is: His religious conservatism, particularly his past rhetoric on women and gays, can be alarming. But religious conservatives aren’t easily […]
Resentiment
By Mark Silk — December 23, 2007
A few days ago, Mike Huckabee told David Brody, There is a level of elitism that has existed, the chattering class if you will who lives in that corridor between Washington and Wall Street and they sort of live in their protected world, and frankly for a number of years many of them thought of […]
Roma’s Tony
By Francis X. Rocca — December 23, 2007
Tony Blair finally took the Catholic plunge on Friday, just in time for Christmas. (Remember where you heard it first.)
Blair Converts to Catholicism
By rvineis — December 22, 2007
Across the pond, former PM Tony Blair officially converted to Catholicism on Friday. Blair had been a member of the Church of England during his years on Downing Street. He “told the BBC this year that he had avoided talking about his religious views while in office for about 10 years for fear of being […]
Video: Christmas Campaign Ads
By rvineis — December 22, 2007
As both Christmas and the primaries near, the candidates are each crafting their own holiday messages to the voters. Mike Huckabee caused quite a stir with his “What Really Matters”, floating cross video. However, the other campaigns’ ads are not to be ignored for the way they choose to integrate Christmas with politics. Here are […]
Faith In America’s Voters
By rvineis — December 22, 2007
The Weekly Standard‘s Christopher Caldwell tells the readers of the Financial Times here why he believes religion appears to matter more in this race than before.
Fool
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2007
Does the discovery that Mitt Romney only metaphorically “saw” his father march with Martin Luther King, Jr.–and that George Romney maybe only “marched” with King–give the lie to Mitt’s whole account of his feelings about the LDS Church’s 1978 change of position on admission of blacks to full membership in the church? As someone who […]
Muslim couple reflects on journey of a lifetime
By RNS Blog Editor — December 22, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service SYRACUSE, N.Y. _ As millions of Muslims performed hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia this month, Saad and Fatima Sahraoui have been with them in spirit. In 2000, the Syracuse couple made the pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The memories remain powerful. “People describe it […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 22, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Trappist monks to halt egg production after PETA protests (RNS) A Trappist abbey in South Carolina said Wednesday (Dec. 19) that it will end its egg production business after accusations of animal cruelty by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. “While the monks are sad to give up work […]
Questions About Thompson’s Methodist Math
By Adelle M. Banks — December 21, 2007
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson overstated the extent of support he has received from members of the Wesleyan/Methodist movement. The former senator, in a Dec. 14 announcement, said he received the endorsement from “two men who represent 40 million people around the nation from 42 different Wesleyan denominations.” But the newspaper […]
Theme and Logo for Pope’s Trip Announced
By Daniel Burke — December 21, 2007
I knew that papal visits usually had a theme, but a logo? The pope is coming to visit New York and Washington April 15-20. Anyway the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released both the theme and the logo this week. Theme: Christ our Hope, a reflection of Pope Benedict’s latest encyclical “Spe Salvi.” Logo […]
Bush gets “cold feet” on Vatican appointment?
By Francis X. Rocca — December 21, 2007
The American Spectator says that Democratic senators are blocking the nomination of prominent “theocon” Mary Ann Glendon as U.S. envoy to the Vatican, and that the White House may be getting “cold feet” on the appointment. CORRECTION: As subsequently noted by another news service’s blog, this post appeared after Glendon’s Senate confirmation. Since the source […]
The Dalai Lama is “not a call girl”
By Francis X. Rocca — December 21, 2007
Thanks to the Canadian prime minister for clearing that up.
LOL
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2007
Turns out CBN’s national political correspondent has a sense of humor.
In the Churches
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2007
The Boston Globe‘s Lisa Wangsness does a nice job getting a fix on evangelicals in New Hampshire (and New England generally), thanks in no small part to our own Andrew Walsh. Good quotes, Andrew! Credit also to the Huffington Post’s OffTheBus folks for fanning out to 30 Iowa congregations to see how the churchfolk are […]
