In a surprising announcement, Pope Benedict XVI stated on Monday that would resign at the end of the month.
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April 17th, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Cuba
posted by Taline CoxLast week at The New Republic, Carlos Eire reviewed the Pope’s recent visit to Cuba.
September 21st, 2011
Der Spiegel interview with Hans Kung
posted by Jessica PolebaumOn the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Germany, Der Spiegel has conducted an interview with theologian Hans Kung, one-time colleague and longtime interlocutor of Benedict XVI, at the University of Tubingen. Kung, in his characteristic style, does not hold his tongue in his criticism of, what he believes to be, the rightward turn in the Catholic Church since John Paul II.
August 23rd, 2011
World Youth Day reassessed
posted by Amanda KaplanTwo writers at the The Guardian enter into the conversation about this year’s World Youth Day and the public reaction that accompanied Pope Benedict’s visit to Madrid. Andrew Brown asks why the public appears not to recognize the Church’s accomplishment, citing the role of the media in creating a narrow narrative of the event, while Miguel-Anxo Murado turns the discussion to politics, claiming that the protests were perhaps not as successful as it may have appeared.
July 10th, 2010
Recognizing the reality of sexual abuse
posted by Amanda KaplanReuters reports on the Vatican’s decision to “revise Church law on sexual abuse of children by priests, doubling a statute of limitations and introducing penalties for child pornography, Catholic Church sources said on Thursday.”
May 5th, 2010
Seattle-area nuns investigated for “feminism”?
posted by Sam HanIn light of the bad press that the Catholic Church has been receiving lately regarding the cover-up of sexual abuse cases, this report from KUOW, the local NPR affiliate in Seattle, that three Seattle-area Catholic women’s communities are under investigation by the Church, following complaints of “feminism” and “activism,” is a bit of a head-scratcher.
March 30th, 2010
“The Year of the Abusive Priest”
posted by Charles GelmanAmid the maelstrom of reportage surrounding the Vatican’s meiotic response to recent revelations of further sexual abuses in various arms of the Church, Anthea Butler offers a sharp reproof of Pope Benedict’s evasion of the gravity of the issue and its implications for the future of the See.
May 13th, 2008
Being Benedict
posted by Cecelia LynchThe recent visit of Benedict XVI to the U.S. demonstrates once again the uncanny ability of the most influential popes to embody the prospects as well as highlight the contradictions of the Roman Catholic Church in the world. The Pope’s visit conversely afforded an opportunity for U.S. Catholics, other people of faith, and the media to project onto Benedict their hopes and fears regarding the Church’s global role as a moral leader in public life. [...]
April 25th, 2008
An indifferent pope?
posted by Scott ApplebyHow far has the Catholic Church traveled in its almost 43 years as an advocate of religious freedom? Apparently, the journey has brought the Vatican to the brink of allying itself, however cautiously, with all believers whose search for the Truth of God has led them, or may be leading them, to endorse human dignity and human freedom as the basis for world order and cross-cultural, transnational peace.
April 22nd, 2008
Bush, Benedict, and freedom as God’s gift
posted by Thomas Banchoff“During their meeting, the Holy Father and the President discussed a number of topics of common interest to the Holy See and the United States of America, including moral and religious considerations to which both parties are committed…” The United States committed to “moral and religious considerations”? Considerations shared with a particular religious organization, the Roman Catholic Church? This was news, or seemed to be. [...]
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