President Obama‘s speech at the University of Notre Dame has taught us the courage and also the wish of a man who knew that the best way to talk about differences is to face them. The president chose to accept and to address a community that disagrees with him on pro-life issues. Words are what [...]

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This week has been full of surprises in American politics: the blame game between Nancy Pelosi and the CIA, President Obama‘s selection of Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as the ambassador to China, and the invitation for President Obama to visit the University of Notre Dame to deliver an address and receive an [...]

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A very popular Miami priest known as “Father Oprah” was removed last week as head of the Miami Archdiocese’s international radio network and as head of his parish after the Spanish-language magazine TVnotas ran photos of him embracing a woman at a bar and at a beach. His real name is Father Cutie. Love is [...]

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According to a new poll by the Pew Forum & Public Life, more than 54% of Americans who go church at least once a week are likely to support the torture of prisoners and think that the use of torture against suspected terrorists is often or sometimes justified. Religion plays an important role in American [...]

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Many people have criticized the controversial Pope Benedict XVI for saying that the use of condoms could endanger public health and increase the problem of AIDS. The Pope tells Africa that using condoms is wrong. I don’t know if the Pope speaks on behalf of God or the Pope is out of touch with reality. [...]

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America is a religious country like Iran. In America, people pray for God and money. America has it own “Taliban” called Evangelical or born-again Americans. They make up 34 percent of Americans. But also more Americans are saying they have no religion. Some people find peace in religion, others think that religion is the opium [...]

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Appearing at the primary public entrance to the pre-Inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, representatives from a group calling itself “Brother Ruben and the Official Street Preachers” protested openly-gay Episcopal Gene Robinson’s participation in the event. As the Ashanti of Ghana say,” Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.”

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Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, will be praying for Obama on Sunday at an inaugural event. I remember weeks ago when the Obama transition team announced the choice of the evangelical pastor Rick Warren, an anti-gay man, to deliver the main invocation. That choice was seen as a slap in the [...]

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AirTran Airways has issued a public apology and provided free return airfare to nine Muslim passengers who were forced off an AirTran flight to Orlando at Reagan National Airport Thursday after two other passengers overheard what they construed as threatening remarks. Racial profiling is wrong. But, people got on and made comments they shouldn’t have [...]

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Speaking on Monday, Pope Benedict said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was as important as protecting the environment. This kind of comment questions the role of church in our society. Pope Benedict is a very controversial person who certainly doesn’t understand homosexuality. The wise attitude when someone doesn’t understand something is to [...]

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