Social Issues

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Gay abortion doctor who wants to adopt

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Doing a story on abortion doctors must be terribly challenging, since it would be impossible to create a sweeping generalization of religious, political, ethical views and backgrounds. The Toronto Star tackles this challenge in a lengthy piece exploring the dimensions of trying to be an abortion provider. The hook is really fascinating: it begins with a gay doctor, Dr. Evan James, who never wavered in his determination to become an abortion provider.


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The fate of the temple's fetus morgue

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A few days ago, we looked at a startling story from Thailand where 2,000 dead fetuses from illegal abortion clinics were found at a Buddhist temple. The story indicated that monks were not aware of what was taking place, but there were inevitable implications for the temple.


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'Devout' Catholic thrill alert!

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If you live in the Washington, D.C., area and follow things Catholic, you probably know that the shepherd of the nation’s capital — Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl — just became a member of the College of Cardinals, thus becoming one of the “princes” of the church.


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A Vatican condom conversion?

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“Well, that went well,” writes Amy Welborn, one of my favorite Catholic bloggers. She’s referring to the media maelstrom over “Light of the World,” Peter Seewald’s book-length interview with Pope Benedict XVI. Did you hear about it yesterday?


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Fetuses hidden in Buddhist temple

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As we’ve stated in the past, sometimes an abortion-related story is also a religion story. The tension between the two is fairly evident in this recent New York Times story about how 2,000 fetuses from illegal abortion clinics were found at a Buddhist temple in Thailand.


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The "bull in a china shop" is elevated

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It’s been several weeks since Pope Benedict XVI named Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl, former archbishop of St. Louis Raymond Burke and 22 other Catholic leaders from around the world to join the elite College of Cardinals.


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The emerging church is back?

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Remember a few years ago when lots of reporters were talking about the emerging church as if it was the new trend was sweeping the nation? You know how people are still talking about it now? Yeah, me neither. It was such a nebulous “movement” to begin with, but apparently New York magazine just discovered it.


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