It’s no accident that this is happening in Boston. The relationship between the Catholic Church and the Boston public is a very contentious one.

One of the things that impressed me was that blend of the traditional Southern revival with the cultural sensibilities of a middle-class suburban congregation.

Their rhetoric is that perhaps God’s blessing has been removed and we can’t expect to be protected.

These churches can do a ton of things that smaller churches can’t.

Or if you really love stock car racing, but hate being surrounded by drunken rowdies, you can go with a busload of your church friends. I wouldn’t say that there are fewer rules in most...

So many different kinds of religious groups found this bill a bit troubling, so it may or not be that the Roman Catholic Church still has clout.