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The Catholic Church praised Obama’s executive order banning torture (full text here). Said Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace: “Based upon the teachings of the Catholic Church, our Conference of Bishops welcomes the executive order. Together with other religious leaders, we had pressed for this…

Americans United for Life has issued a ranking of the best and worst states in terms of anti-abortion policies. For the most part, the “best” states also seem to be ones with low abortion rates, buttressing the pro-life argument that legal restrictions can help reduce the abortion rate. One mystery, though: Pennsylvania. They list Pennsylvania…

We hear at Beliefnet are accustomed to thinking of the world’s major religions as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. In his inaugural address, Obama went four for five, mentioning Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and (signficantly) “non believers.” No Buddhism. At the National Prayer Service Wednesday at the National Cathedral, twenty different clergy participated —…

Pro-life Obama activists fully expect Obama to repeal the Mexico City “gag rule” — which prevents American dollars from going to groups that offer abortion services or advice. But some of them are urging the Obama administration Obama to delay action on that until he can put it in the context of a broader “abortion…
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