
Did the Pope issue “blistering critique” of Curia
Dr. Deirdre Good blogging at Not Being a Sausage looks at the English and Italian versions of the Pope’s words to the Curia (administration of the

Dr. Deirdre Good blogging at Not Being a Sausage looks at the English and Italian versions of the Pope’s words to the Curia (administration of the

Huffington Post collects 14 moments in 2014 when religious people offered inspiration and hope: It has been a difficult year around the world with wars, conflicts

Giles Frasier talks about how Christianity is growing fast in China and why the government is threatened by that fact. …while the Chinese government has

11-year-old Rebecca Howarth was elected as the country’s first “girl bishop” at Oldham Parish Church. She serves through the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.

The Diocese of Connecticut moved their diocesan offices to a repurposed factory in an old mill town. Ball bearings were invented to help machines turns smoothly

Nine of the best podcasts in 2014 according to RNS and Andrew Aghapour. It’s not just the twelve days of the Christmas season, it is

Merry Christmas from John, David, Liz, Jennifer, Jon, Rosalind, Martin, Ann, Andrew, Kate, Anne & Weston to all of you

The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Provisional Bishop of Bethlehem, has this Christmas message appearing in The Morning Call. An excerpt:

Writing on Medium, Larry Wallace shares a long-form piece on the first Christmas-themed hip-hop single, and the third hip-hop song released on a label, Kurtis

FiveThirtyEight takes a look at the numbers and concludes we’re making ourselves unhappy with all the time we spend Christmas shopping. Americans spend increased time