Monthly Archives: February 2013
A Kennedy for Pope?
By Michael J. O'Loughlin — February 26, 2013
A pair from the Kennedy family thinks they have what it takes to be pope.
Quote of the Day: Cardinal Timothy Dolan
By Ron Ribiat — February 26, 2013
(RNS) “Please God, I’ll be home by Palm Sunday. … If I’m in Rome longer, please send peanut butter. You can’t get it there.” – Cardinal Timothy Dolan, in his blog about the upcoming conclave in Rome to elect the next pope
Exhibit highlights blacks’ connection to Scripture
By Chris Herlinger — February 26, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) One fact is unmistakable after seeing a new exhibit of African American art at New York's Museum of Biblical Art: Biblical narratives have been the key constant in the lives of African-American Christians.
What Pope Benedict XVI shares with his notorious namesake
By Daniel Burke — February 26, 2013
(RNS) The last Pope Benedict to resign, Benedict IX, was an infamous rake who sold the papacy. But like his 21st-century namesake, Benedict IX forces Catholics to mind the gap between the mortal man and the sacred papal office.
Father Knows Best: Paul’s idea of marriage creeps me out
By Martin Elfert — February 26, 2013
I sense something profound when Paul writes that the relationship of the husband to the wife is as the relationship of Christ to the church, but I still get creeped out when he says "just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their husbands in everything."
Our Corner | Don’t Write Off Mainline Protestants
By Robert P. Jones — February 26, 2013
In an interview with Duke University's "Faith & Leadership," I spoke about trends in religious research that will become increasingly important, including growing numbers of interreligious families and the rise of the religiously unaffiliated.
Benedict will be ‘Pope Emeritus’ after resignation
By Alessandro Speciale — February 26, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI will be known as “Pope Emeritus” after his retirement on Thursday, and will continue to wear the traditional white papal vestments.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Congress must address real roots of immigration
By David Beckmann — February 26, 2013
(RNS) Any discussion of immigration reform must recognize the international causes that drive unauthorized migration to the United States: hunger, poverty, lack of economic opportunity and inequality.
COMMENTARY: Sorry to burst your bubble
By Tom Ehrich — February 26, 2013
(RNS) The bubble I see bursting is establishment Christianity in America. It is bursting ever-so-slowly, even as millions of people still find life, meaning, safety and structure inside their bubbles. But one failing congregation at a time, the surface of shimmering shape is being breached.
Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Sweet Sistine * “Pontiff Emeritus” * Sorry, Wiccans
By Lauren Markoe — February 26, 2013
Make your picks for the Sweet Sistine. The retiring pontiff gets a new title. Fox News says sorry to Wiccans.
GetGetReligion: tmatt walks back “the pope did not ‘resign'”
By Mark Silk — February 26, 2013
Let the record show that Terry Mattingly has admitted making a mistake. A couple of weeks ago he took the press to task for using the word “resign” to report Pope Benedict’s decision to step down. “Abdicate” was, he claimed, le mot juste. But late last week he allowed as how his shot had been wide […]
Video: “Serve Christ, Maybe” song goes viral
By Sally Morrow — February 26, 2013
Video courtesy YouTube
Video: RNS Editor-in-Chief Kevin Eckstrom talks to CTV News
By Sally Morrow — February 26, 2013
Video courtesy CTV News – Click the photograph or link below to watch video. Click the link below to view video. http://bit.ly/ZxEAZH
Video from The Telegraph: Catholicism’s critics will ‘rejoice at Cardinal O’Brien’s resignation
By Sally Morrow — February 25, 2013
Video courtesy The Telegraph
Rob Bell is back
By Jonathan Merritt — February 25, 2013
*Update: An editor at HarperOne, the publisher of Rob’s book, has explained to me that the video posted below is NOT the official trailer: “That was simply a behind-the-scenes video on Rob’s creative process. The actual trailer will debut the week of March 4. That video will be less vague about the content of the book.” […]
