Web Extra: Ross Douthat on Religion in Politics
In this web-exclusive extension of Bill’s conversation with Ross Douthat, the conservative columnist describes what he sees as an appropriate role for religion and religious people in politics. He also...
View Article“Radical Feminist Nun” Simone Campbell on the Colbert Report
In case you missed it, here’s Sister Simone Campbell discussing the Nuns on the Bus tour on The Colbert Report last week. In the interview, Campbell also responds to recent criticism from the Vatican...
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Sister Corita Kent’s “Radical” Art
The concept of disruptive, expressive nuns certainly didn’t start with Nuns on the Bus. If you’ve driven into Boston via the Southeast Expressway, your day was likely brightened by Sister Corita Kent‘s...
View ArticleCatholics and the Budget
Sister Simone Campbell, who heads the Catholic policy and lobbying group NETWORK, and Robert Royal, editor in chief of The Catholic Thing and founder of the Faith & Reason Institute, talk with Bill...
View ArticleFull Show: Nuns, Faith and Politics
Weeks before Republican Paul Ryan was selected to run for vice president, Sister Simone Campbell — who heads NETWORK, a Catholic policy and lobbying group — hit the road to protest the so-called “Ryan...
View ArticleKaren Armstrong on the Power of Compassion
In this Moyers Moment from a 2009 episode of Bill Moyers Journal, Bill talks with Karen Armstrong about her discovery of compassion within herself, and her work to understand world religions and global...
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Church Leaders Shame Catholic University For Accepting Koch Dollars
This post first appeared in ThinkProgress. Catholic University of America (L. Kragt Bakker/Shutterstock.com) A group of 50 Catholic leaders are criticizing the president of the Catholic University of...
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Why a ‘Faithful’ Federal Budget Must Address Inequality
This post first appeared at TalkPoverty. Sister Simone Campbell, who led the “Nuns on the Bus” tour for social justice last summer, speaks during the “Loaves and Fishes” news conference in Upper Senate...
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Trump Leads the Religious Right to the Promised Land
It’s been a heady two weeks for right-wing Christian evangelicals. Never before has a president of the United States — not Reagan or either of the Bushes — delivered so much of their agenda in such...
View ArticlePope Francis’s Associates Condemn American Religious Right
This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. An article written by two associates of Pope Francis in the Catholic journal La Civiltà Cattolica illustrates vast disagreements between the Pope and...
View ArticleWeb Extra: Ross Douthat on Religion in Politics
The conservative columnist argues that President Obama is engaged in a "high stakes political fight" with Catholicism. Continue reading The post Web Extra: Ross Douthat on Religion in Politics appeared...
View Article“Radical Feminist Nun” Simone Campbell on the Colbert Report
Sister Simone Campbell responds to Vatican criticism on The Colbert Report. Continue reading The post “Radical Feminist Nun” Simone Campbell on the Colbert Report appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleSister Corita Kent’s “Radical” Art
A precursor to today's "radical feminist nuns," Sister Corita spread the good word through 1960s pop art. Continue reading The post Sister Corita Kent’s “Radical” Art appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleCatholics and the Budget
Bill invites Sister Simone Campbell and Robert Royal to discuss faith, politics and Paul Ryan. Continue reading The post Catholics and the Budget appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleNuns, Faith and Politics
On a road trip of faith and politics, American nuns spread the word: Paul Ryan's budget would hurt those already struggling to make ends meet. Continue reading The post Nuns, Faith and Politics...
View ArticleKaren Armstrong on the Power of Compassion
In this 2009 'Moyers Moment', Bill and theologian Karen Armstrong discuss using compassion as a foundation for understanding both religion and wartime politics. Continue reading The post Karen...
View ArticleChurch Leaders Shame Catholic University For Accepting Koch Dollars
The Koch brothers "fund organizations that advance public policies that directly contradict Catholic teaching on a range of moral issues," the group writes. Continue reading The post Church Leaders...
View ArticleWhy a ‘Faithful’ Federal Budget Must Address Inequality
Sister Simone Campbell and an interfaith coalition are working toward a federal budget that will better reflect shared values of fairness and compassion. Continue reading The post Why a ‘Faithful’...
View ArticleTrump Leads the Religious Right to the Promised Land
It’s been a heady two weeks for right-wing Christian evangelicals. Never before has a president of the United States — not Reagan or either of the Bushes — delivered so much of their agenda in such...
View ArticlePope Francis’s Associates Condemn American Religious Right
An article written by two associates of Pope Francis in the Catholic journal La Civiltà Cattolica illustrates vast disagreements between the Pope and conservative American Catholics — a rift which has...
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