I love this profile of the Rev. Ann Fontaine, devoted Café newsblogger, from the Gazette in Cannon Beach, Ore.:
Day: March 14, 2013
Franklin Graham, other evangelicals, favor universal background checks
President Obama is gaining support from evangelical leaders for his efforts to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Time’s Zeke Miller reports:
Encouraging signs from the Vatican
What am I hoping for with the new pope? As someone who was baptized as a Catholic and now worships in the Episcopal Church, I’m hoping he will work to bridge the chasm between those who follow the faith of my childhood and those who adhere to other faiths and traditions. I am hoping he […]
Pope Francis and Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’
What was the role of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the 1970s? The Guardian reports that the new pope “has not escaped personal controversy or scrutiny:”
Americans, even those raised in church, losing their religion
New evidence that Americans are turning their backs on religion, and this is increasingly true of those who grew up in religious homes. From the Huffington Post:
And they shall all be taught by God
Everyday Mysteries With others she manages a website for the Diocese of Colorado highlighting congregations’ creative ministries:
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