Tag: Religion

There has been a small but steady uptick in hostility towards religious liberty in the last year, according to an annual report about religious liberty released earlier this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Religious discrimination is on the rise and more pervasive than you’d think

Nicole Russell · September 21, 2017 4:16 pm

President Trump recently said that churches should receive funding from FEMA similar to other nonprofits. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Via AP)

Gov. Greg Abbott writes Trump a letter requesting FEMA funding for Texas churches

Kara Zupkus · September 20, 2017 10:07 pm

Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Beltway Confidential

Christians are the world’s most-persecuted religion — here’s how they react under fire

Peter Burns · September 18, 2017 4:21 pm

Feinstein came under fire for intense questioning of Joan Larsen about her Catholic faith during a confirmation hearing earlier this month. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Watch: Dianne Feinstein responds to charges of being anti-Catholic

Kyle Feldscher · September 17, 2017 1:45 pm

The friar Fr. Junipero Serra is called the "Father of California." (By Ipaat/Wikipedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

The meaning of the Left’s attacks on an 18th century Franciscan friar

Stephen White · September 15, 2017 2:02 pm

The 10-day ad campaign takes aim at Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin for their questioning of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judicial Crisis Network targets Democrats it says ‘attack a woman for her Catholic faith’

Ryan Lovelace · September 15, 2017 10:00 am

Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore suggested in February that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may have occurred because the U.S. turned its back on God, according to a report Thursday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Roy Moore once suggested Sept. 11 happened because US turned away from God: Report

Mandy Mayfield · September 14, 2017 10:01 pm

Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Dallas Church says immigration policy should not be solely based on 'Christian compassion.' (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dallas pastor: ‘God is not necessarily an open borders guy’

Caitlin Yilek · September 13, 2017 4:36 pm

A Utah Policy poll shows that 46 percent of Utahns approve of the president while another 50 percent do not. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Less than half of the electorate in America’s most conservative state still like Trump

Philip Wegmann · September 11, 2017 4:23 pm

Pope Francis discussed the end of DACA with reporters aboard the papal plane during a flight from Cartagena to Rome on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, pool)

Pope Francis: Trump should rethink DACA if he considers himself to be pro-life

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2017 3:50 pm

Some think of religious persecution as only physical violence, but the First Amendment is designed to protect against much more than that. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

How America earned its place in the religious freedom ‘Hall of Shame’

Kelly Shackelford · September 11, 2017 4:01 am

The face of the Democratic Party has increasingly become the face of celebrity, scold, and entitlement. The people they used to attract to their "stand for the working class" creed have faded from their reach; they have lost touch with their needs and values and they certainly have lost touch with any type of meaningful message. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Democrats give away the Rust Belt by alienating Catholics

Salena Zito · September 10, 2017 4:01 am