We all know the Catholic Church is opposed to same-sex marriage, and most would agree the church shouldn't (and likely wouldn't) ever be forced to officiate weddings between members of the same sex. But does that mean the church should fire an employee who takes advantage of a state's legal recognition of gay marriage?

The battle lines keep shifting on the contraception front: Catholic Charities USA denies that it has endorsed the Obama administration's "accomodation" for religiously affiliated social service, health, and educational institutions.

I attended a conference called SECTS and the City here in Chicago last weekend on liturgy and young adults; it focused primarily on liturgy in mainline Protestant congregations, but included a Catholic laywomen who works for the Jesuit young adult outreach Charis Ministries.Liturgy professor Benjamin Stewart from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago opened with a sociological look at the iss

UPDATE:The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a press release that acknowledges the president's decision but refrains from making a definitive statement on it.