Workers at Southwest Creations Collaborative in Albuquerque, N.M., learn delicate sewing skills, financial literacy and English, which is partially funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development The women-owned company charges 25 cents an hour for child care. RNS file photo by Ken Touchton.

Report: ‘Catholic McCarthyism’ threatens bishops’ anti-poverty push

(RNS) The fight over Catholic Campaign for Human Development anti-poverty effort reflects a longstanding divide over whether a few litmus-test issues — most of which do not include social justice concerns — can or should define what it means to be a Catholic in America.

Pastor Rick Warren greets the audience before a forum with the presidential nominees at his Saddleback Church on Aug. 16, 2008. Religion News Service file photo by Ann Johansson

Vitriol infests Rick Warren family’s grief

(RNS) A shocking number of people are taking the moment of media attention to lash out at Rick Warren on their digital tom-toms following the suicide of Warren’s son, Matthew.

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