Julia Duin
Articles by Julia Duin
Warren waver on Prop 8 stuns leaders
Evangelical leaders say they are bewildered and stunned by the Rev. Rick Warren's apparent turnaround on gay marriage after the famous California pastor said earlier this week that he was not a proponent of California's Proposition 8. Published April 11, 2009
Pro-life health workers fight for conscience protections
President Obama's campaign promise to dismantle new conscience protections for health care professionals could let governments and medical institutions threaten the careers of pro-lifers who refuse involvement with abortion and contraception issues, a pro-life medical coalition said yesterday. Published April 9, 2009
DUIN: First look at faith council
A quasi-gathering of President Obama's new Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships council happened earlier this week, drawing an assortment of policy wonks, Washington insiders and outside-the-Beltway religious leaders. Published April 9, 2009
DUIN: Beasts of burden get some relief
Today is Palm Sunday, one of two days in the year when the humble donkey takes center stage. Published April 5, 2009
DUIN: Accuracy a plus in prophecy
Several weeks ago, one of the best-known figures in American Pentecostalism came out with an astonishing forecast of terrible doom. Published April 2, 2009
DUIN: Francis Schaeffer, a lasting influence
Each year about this time, my thoughts turn to L'Abri, the influential Christian community founded in March 1955 in the mountains of French-speaking Switzerland. Published March 29, 2009
DUIN: Obama, Notre Dame at odds
I had a sick child at home Wednesday, which is why I missed pro-life activist Randall Terry's press conference where he announced an ideological war against the University of Notre Dame for its temerity in inviting President Obama to speak at its May 17th commencement. Published March 26, 2009
Notre Dame bishop to boycott Obama
The Catholic bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., announced Tuesday he will boycott President Barack Obama's May 17 commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame, joining an estimated 80,000 people who have petitioned the university to rescind its plans. Published March 25, 2009
Sebelius in trouble with Catholic Church
President Obama's nominee to head the agency that guides federal abortion policy is the latest Roman Catholic politician to find herself torn between her political beliefs and her faith. Published March 24, 2009
DUIN: Knights hopefuls upset members
Not long ago, I got an anonymous letter from 24 "knights and dames" of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta about the proposed induction of former Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams into one of the Catholic Church's most prestigious lay organizations. The problem? The former mayor is an unabashed supporter of several no-go places for Catholics. Published March 22, 2009
DUIN: Tithing for world in need
When President Obama released his faith advisory council list last month, Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision, was the last of 15 names. Published March 19, 2009
DUIN: Zen and the art of meditation
This column came about because of an oversight by President Obama. As he listed religious groups in his inauguration speech, he left out Buddhism, the world's fourth largest religion. Published March 15, 2009
D.C. archdiocese hedges on Communion for Sebelius
UPDATED: The Archdiocese of Washington is trying to duck a growing debate on whether pro-choice Catholic politicians can take Communion within its boundaries. Published March 13, 2009
DUIN: Save lives of frail unborn
What happens when a pregnant woman is told her unborn child has some ghastly defect? Published March 12, 2009
Court to free missionary in religion case
A Unification Church missionary jailed in January in Almaty, Kazakhstan, will be freed Wednesday, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. Published March 11, 2009
DUIN: Pursue a dream after ‘Half Time’
More than 12,000 people turn 50 each day in America. In this era of layoffs and downsizing, many wonder if it's all downhill from there for the next 30 years. Published March 8, 2009
DUIN: Sebelius poses dilemma to Wuerl
The perfect political storm has descended upon the Archdiocese of Washington. Published March 5, 2009
Evangelicals ponder Dobson’s successor
The long-expected resignation of Focus on the Family's James Dobson highlights an open secret among America's roughly 70 million evangelicals: There are no obvious successors to the group of evangelical leaders who created massive organizations or built up media empires in the 1980s and '90s. Published March 4, 2009
Survey: U.S. Muslim women liberated
UPDATED: American Muslims include some of the world's most liberated Islamic women and the largest percentage of young people of any religious community in the country, according to a new report issued Monday by the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. Published March 3, 2009
DUIN: In-between years of Jesus a puzzle
It's been 25 years since Joe Girzone, a priest from Albany, N.Y., penned "Joshua," a most unusual novel about a Jesus-like character who shows up in a small American town. Published March 1, 2009