“Project Fair Play: FAQ”
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has this FAQ on electioneering by houses of worship.
Category: Faith leaders
“At five-year mark, pope’s teaching mission hits some obstacles”
An April 1, 2010, Catholic News Service story assessing Benedict, five years in.
“Helpless in the Vatican: The Failed Papacy of Benedict XVI”
A lengthy analysis in the April 6, 2010, edition of the German magazine Spiegel.
“The Passion of Pope Benedict. Six Accusations, One Question”
An April 7, 2010, analysis defending the pope, “The Passion of Pope Benedict. Six Accusations, One Question,” from the Italian Vaticanista, Sandro Magister.
“Legal Dos and Don’ts”
Read “Legal Dos and Don’ts” for churches and pastors, posted by iVoteValues.com, a website of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
“Authors defend Pope Benedict, say sex crisis will mold legacy”
A May 19, 2010, article from USA Today with Gregory Erlandson and Matthew Bunson, co-authors of a May 2010 book, “Pope Benedict XVI and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working for Reform and Renewal.”
“Tax exemptions”
Read the First Amendment Center’s backgrounder on tax exemptions for religious groups, including FAQ and relevant court cases.
“Pulpit politics: Pastors endorse candidates, thumbing noses at the IRS”
Read a Nov. 4, 2012, NBCNews.com article that found that 1,600 pastors across the U.S. violated the long-standing ban on political endorsement by churches in October of 2012.
“Obama rallies union members”
Read a Jan. 14, 2008, Las Vegas Review-Journal article about a pastor’s backing of Obama during a worship service at the Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ. The comments prompted Americans United for Separation of Church and State to request an IRS investigation of the church.