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 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 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
- Religion News Service
RNS: Benedict XVI’s poll numbers can’t match John Paul II’s
Pope Benedict XVI never inspired the deep love and admiration enjoyed by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but Americans – and American Catholics even more so – still look favorably upon the soon-to-be-former head of the Roman Catholic Church.