Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
March 08, 2013
- Reuters
Reuters: The impossible job: God's CEO on Earth
For several days after being elected in 2005, Pope Benedict - as he chose to be called - spoke as if in shock. At his first public Mass, he asked: "I must assume this enormous task, which truly exceeds all human capacity. How can I do this?"
March 06, 2013
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: College of Cardinals imposes media blackout
The College of Cardinals that will elect the next pope
cut off formal communications with the news media on Wednesday after
their private deliberations emerged in the Italian press, raising the
specter of a leaking scandal that cast a pall over the last year in
office of Pope Benedict XVI.
March 05, 2013
- The Associated Press
AP: Americans control conclave message just by talking
The two American cardinals sat on the stage,
microphones in hand, fielding questions from the world's news media on
everything from the delayed arrival of some of their colleagues to their
own wardrobe choices if elected pope.
March 03, 2013
- The Associated Press
AP: Catholics ponder future with new pope
Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first
time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who
should next lead the Roman Catholic Church, with people suggesting
everything from a Latin American pope to one more like the conservative,
Polish-born John Paul II.
February 25, 2013
- Reuters
Reuters: U.N. told atheists face discrimination around globe
Atheists, humanists and freethinkers face widespread discrimination around the world with expression of their views criminalized and subject in some countries to capital punishment, the United Nations was told on Monday.
February 12, 2013
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Europe remains challenge for church
As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to relinquish his office, church leaders planning for a new pontiff are sure to deliberate over one of his longtime goals: replenishing Europe's deserted pews.
February 11, 2013
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope's bombshell sends troubled church scrambling
With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his resignation Monday and leaving the already troubled Catholic Church to replace the leader of its 1 billion followers by Easter.
February 05, 2013
- The New York Times
NYT: British House of Commons approves gay marriage
The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assured of passage as it moves through further legislative stages.
February 04, 2013
- The New York Times
NYT: New Archbishop of Canterbury takes office
On the eve of a divisive vote in Parliament on the legalization of same-sex marriage, Justin Welby, the former bishop of Durham, on Monday took over formally as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the world’s 77 million Anglicans, saying he shares the Church of England’s opposition to marriage among people of the same gender.