Pope Benedict Xvi

Vatican Installs Solar Panels On Roof

AP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green


ROME — The first solar panels were installed Monday on top of the papal audience hall at Vatican City. Workers began putting photovoltaic cells...

Pope Visits Paris, Condemns Love Of Money And Power

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home


PARIS — Pope Benedict XVI condemned unbridled "pagan" passion for power, possessions and money as a modern-day plague Saturday as he led more th...

Pope Benedict Blesses Beijing Olympics

AP | DANIELA PETROFF | Posted 08.03.2008 | Home


BRESSANONE, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example o...

Papal Bull: Sex, Lies and Vatican-tape

Edward Lozzi | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living


Edward Lozzi

Pope Benedict is in Australia about to pull the same media stunt of faux concern for the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy that he pulled in the United States in April of this year.

Terry McAuliffe: Hillary Could Become Pope

The Hill | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Thursday night that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) could do anything she wants now that her presidentia...

Excommunicate Me, Too!

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living


Robert S. McElvaine

There they go again. The old men in Rome are continuing their historic (and hysteric) misogyny. A week ago the Vatican reaffirmed yet again its ban on the ordination of women.

Ahmadinejad: I May Meet With Pope

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home


Iran says it would consider a meeting between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Italian officials and the pope on an upcoming trip to Italy if they in...

St. Alf's Science Fair

Kate Clinton | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home


Kate Clinton

The Pope and his faithful boy pals would reason that if Alf were gay, the church would love him, but not if he married Mork.

Vatican: It's OK To Believe In Aliens

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.14.2008 | Living


VATICAN CITY — Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an ...

Why Many Catholics are Confused About Torture

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

Hasn't torture always belonged in the same "intrinsically evil" moral category like rape, like slavery? If it's still in that category, the pope surely would have taken a stand on torture, right?

Benedict's Choice Is No Choice

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home


Deepak Chopra

An article in the Washington Post in response to their question: In his speech to U.S. bishops last week, Pope Benedict XVI said: "Any tendency to tr...

Pope Benedict XVI: More German Shepherd Than Rottweiler

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living


Cathleen Falsani

In the three years since Pope Benedict assumed his role as shepherd of the world's more than 1 billion Roman Catholics, he has not ruled with the iron fist that some Catholics anticipated.

The Pope Loves Pussycats

The New York Times | Andy Newman | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living


Along with an enormous entourage and a message of peace, the Pope brought with him to the United States a lifelong love of cats. Benedict's kindness ...

Pope Benedict is Living in Denial

Bill Press | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living


Bill Press

Even though for the first time he expressed regret at the way the Church covered up the priest pedophile scandal, he still refuses to recognize what lies at the heart of the problem.

Power To The Pope-ful

Stacey Lawson | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living


Stacey Lawson

At a core level, somewhere beyond our religious ideology and distinctions, the Pope's visit has stirred something sacred. It has stirred our faith. ...

Pope concludes US trip with Mass at Yankee Stadium in Bronx

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 04.20.2008 | Home


NEW YORK — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in storied Yankee Stadium on Sunday for his final Mass in America, cheered by a joyous crowd after making a...

Apologia, Papal and Other

Nina Burleigh | Posted 04.19.2008 | Living


Nina Burleigh

An expression of regret can begin the process of re-constructing trust in the once mighty man-made institutions that have been brought low by individual men (and women).

Tom Tancredo Bashes Pope Over Immigration Stance

Denver Post | Anne Mulkern | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


As thousands packed into a Washington, D.C., stadium to see Pope Benedict XVI, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked the pontiff for statements about immigr...

Open Letter to the Pope: Revolutionize the Creed

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.18.2008 | Living


Robert S. McElvaine

Dear Pope Benedict XVI: As an American Catholic, I want to take the opportunity of your visit to our country to call upon you to reverse some of the m...

A Real Catholic Message

Kathleen Kennedy, T. O'Neill III & J. Roosevelt Jr | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Kennedy, T. O'Neill III & J. Roosevelt Jr

The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers bring Rovian style tactics to our faith, perpetuating the sharpening of religious differences on a narrow selection of social issues.

Popes I Have Known

Al Eisele | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


Al Eisele

As a Catholic, I'm watching with great interest the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S., even though I had only a glimpse of him as he left the White House after his meeting with President Bush.

Pope Celebrates First US Mass, Tens Of Thousands Attend

AP | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home


Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope Thursday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his U.S. pilgrimage, but he la...

I am a Papal Party Pooper

Hilary Rosen | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Hilary Rosen

Washington is agog with celebrations of the Holy Father, so I hate to be a pooper at the papal party but...it is worth pointing out a visit by another holy man to the U.S. last week.

My Spiritual Journey: The Pope, His Relevance, And Those Sexual Molestation Cases

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living


Verena von Pfetten

The big news this week is that Pope Benedict XVI is here for a visit. (Whee! His spiritual journey coincides with my spiritual journey!) And as it tur...

Pope Should Start "Spiritual Renewal" with Bisexual God

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.15.2008 | Living


Robert S. McElvaine

The Pope must take action to revive a Church in desperate need of revolutionary reform in the area of its largest failings: policies concerning women and sex.