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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 - 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.
February 21, 2013 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Largest human gathering in history, Hindu festival highlights the religion's growth and influence
Imagine everyone in Manhattan walking to the tip of Wall Street at midnight to take a dip in the Hudson River.
February 21, 2013 - NPR
NPR: Pew: U.S. Catholics divided on future of the church
Catholics in the United States are divided over what they want from their next pontiff, a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds.
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.
February 13, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: The one chart that shows the Catholic church’s looming identity crisis
For centuries, the Catholic church has been a European institution.
February 13, 2013 - ABC News
ABC: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns: Church growing in third world, but European cardinals control power
As Catholics across the globe begin Lent, many look toward Rome and wonder if the Vatican will break with tradition and choose the first pope from outside Europe in modern times.
February 12, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Papacy buffeted by changes in modern world
The pope is by far the world's most visible religious figure.
February 12, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Pope resigns in historic move
Pope Benedict XVI will become the first pontiff in six centuries to resign, marking the end of a transitional papacy that focused more on theological and internal renewal and less on the broader challenges that face the Roman Catholic church at the start of its 21st century of existence.
February 11, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Poll: Most American Catholics have positive views of pope's leadership
American Catholics woke up Monday to the news that the head of their church, Pope Benedict XVI, would resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age."
February 11, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Opinion: Time for an American pope?
Over the millennia, innovation has not been a hallmark of the Vatican and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church -- especially when it comes to choosing a CEO.
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