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March 30, 2013 - CNN
CNN: At evangelical colleges, a shifting attitude toward gay students
Combing through prayer requests in a Wheaton College chapel in 2010, then-junior Benjamin Matthews decided to do something “absurdly unsafe.”
March 26, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Whatever the Supreme Court decides, these nine charts show gay marriage is winning
Today, the Supreme Court opens two days of oral arguments on whether the right to marriage extends to same-sex couples.
March 26, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: States are cracking down on abortion—and legalizing gay marriage. What gives?
Tuesday marked for a watershed day for gay rights activists as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case with the potential to legalize same-sex marriage across the country.
March 19, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Traditional Catholics key in on signs of pope’s worship style
Austin Lipari watched clips of Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass on Tuesday like a detective spotting clues.
March 18, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: U.S. Catholics happy with Francis choice
U.S. Catholics overwhelmingly like the selection of Pope Francis as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, a poll released Monday finds.
March 15, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: In Latin America, Catholics see a lift
The choice of a Latin American to lead the globe's 1.2 billion Catholics stands to reinvigorate the church in its Latin American stronghold, helping it fight off growing inroads from Protestant evangelicals and raising its profile on controversial social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
March 12, 2013 - NPR
NPR: What American Catholics want from the next pontiff
Awaiting the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel are many of the 75 million Catholics in the U.S., and the question comes up, what do American Catholics want to see in the next pope?
March 12, 2013 - New York Magazine
NY Mag.: Papal conclave cheat sheet: how to pick a pope, by the numbers
The esoteric "Election of the Supreme Pontiff" begins today in the Vatican as the princes of the Catholic Church convene to select a new leader.
March 11, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Geography of the conclave: Who picks the pope, in one map
Tuesday’s papal conclave has some people speculating that the next pope could, for the first time, hail from a continent that isn’t Europe.
March 11, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Roman Catholic Church feels Europe slipping from its hands
The timing said it all.
March 08, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Some church folk ask: ‘What would Jesus brew?’
As several of the faithful from the Valley Church here prepared to bow their heads in prayer to open a recent Saturday-evening meeting, they introduced themselves.
March 05, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Who can lead the Catholic world now?
Most of the world's billion Catholics live in Latin America, Africa and Asia now so the issues that dominate debate in the USA and Europe may not shape the papal election next month.
March 02, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: Growing, and neglected
IT TELLS you something hopeful perhaps that, for all the horror unleashed when two bombs laid by presumed militant Islamists ripped through a crowd in Hyderabad on February 21st, India’s public response has been muted.
February 26, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Pope Benedict & everything you want to know about U.S. Catholics
Wednesday is Pope Benedict XVI’s final general audience in St. Peter’s Square before he steps down on Thursday.
February 26, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Sex, power scandals to loom over Vatican pre-vote talks
The sex and power scandals haunting the Catholic Church look set to play a big role in meetings before next month's papal election after two senior cardinals called on Tuesday for more internal debate about them.
February 25, 2013 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Most Catholic countries worldwide, increase seen in global south
A recent analytical report by Pew Research Center, "The Global Catholic Population," indicates the countries with the highest Catholic population today, and how the global face of Catholicism has changed in the last century.
February 24, 2013 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Opinion: Founded in Christianity, can Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom be fair to all
Regardless of whether it’s good policy or good politics, this week’s opening of Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom is taking the lid off a Pandora’s box.
February 24, 2013 - NPR
NPR: Catholic Church at crossroads: demographics, social issues pose challenges
When Pope Benedict XVI said he was stepping down, he broke a tradition that had been in place since 1415.
February 23, 2013 - BBC News
BBC: How do you count Catholics?
As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to step down next week, speculation is intensifying as to who will lead the reported 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide.
February 21, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: U.S. Catholics split on church direction under new pope
While the world waits to find out when the Catholic Church will choose the next pope and who it will be, a new survey shows that U.S. Catholics are divided on the direction the church should take.
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