Julia Duin

King niece angry at Tiller-MLK comparison

A comparison made Monday between the assassination of Martin Luther King and the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has one relative of the slain civil rights leader outraged. Published June 9, 2009

Doctor likens Tiller’s killing to MLK’s

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions, called on the federal government to treat as hate crimes all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists," compared the slain Dr. George Tiller to Martin Luther King and said planting crosses was equivalent to actions by the Ku Klux Klan. Published June 9, 2009

Abortion doctor: Tiller killing a hate crime

Nebraska abortion doctor LeRoy Carhart called on the federal government Monday to treat all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists" as hate crimes after last week's fatal shooting of Dr. George Tiller. Published June 8, 2009

Episcopalians’ budget takes hit

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington has drastically revised its 2009 budget, largely because of paltry giving from the bulk of its congregations plus a drop in its investment income. Published June 8, 2009

DUIN: Riding revs raise cash for hunger

Call them the cycle revs or the biking Lutherans. Published June 7, 2009

DUIN: Book asks God hard questions

Every so often one reads a book in which you just know the author totally gets it. Such is Susan Isaacs' "Angry Conversations With God: A Snarky But Authentic Spiritual Memoir." Published June 4, 2009

Slain abortion doctor mourned as ‘martyr’

Liberal religious groups joined secular pro-choice organizations Monday to mourn as a martyr one of the country's most famous providers of late-term abortions. Published June 2, 2009

DUIN: Single women seek ‘quality men’

Although June, the month of weddings, can be a depressing time for many of America's 100 million singles, there are signs of hope. Published May 31, 2009

Catholic lawyers debate Obama abortion policy

Two Catholic lawyers went head-to-head Thursday night on whether the Obama administration has any common ground with the pro-life movement and came down on opposing sides on the goals of the new president. Published May 29, 2009

Vatican pick a mystery from the left

Miguel Diaz, the Obama administration's new nominee for ambassador to the Vatican, is a theologian celebrated by the Catholic left but an unknown to many conservative Catholics. Published May 29, 2009

Catholic lawyers debate Obama’s abortion stance

Two Catholic lawyers went head-to-head Thursday night on whether the Obama administration has any common ground with the pro-life movement and came down on opposing sides on the goals of the new president. Published May 28, 2009

Gay leaders counsel against federal suits

A split among pro-gay groups occurred Wednesday as a coalition of nine prominent national groups cautioned allies against going to federal courts to challenge California's Proposition 8, though two couples already have filed a lawsuit challenging the amendment as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Published May 28, 2009

DUIN: Islam spreads in prisons

At least two of the Muslim ex-convicts arrested last week in the Bronx on charges of planning to bomb synagogues and shoot down airplanes came to Islam while in prison. Published May 28, 2009

Sotomayor would be court’s 6th Catholic

If confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic to sit on a bench that, before the current crop of justices, had featured only six Catholics in its entire history. Published May 27, 2009