April 08, 2013
- The Associated Press
AP: Evangelicals push immigration path
Senior pastor Kenton Beshore said the first sermons on the plight of illegal immigrants didn't go over well with many members of his evangelical church, which sits on a 50-acre campus in Orange County and has a 3,400-seat sanctuary, sports facilities, restaurant and a man-made lake.
April 03, 2013
- AFP
AFP: New pope wins over US Catholics: poll
His papacy has hardly begun, but 84 percent of Roman Catholics in the United States have a favorable view of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday.
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.