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Center of Gravity
By Ann Neumann While Bergoglio's selection may have excited Argentina's 31 million Catholics, it's fair to say that it hasn't shifted the Vatican's center of gravity very much at all.
Schradle’s Links: God’s Wrath Edition
By Nathan Schradle What's going on in the world today that's evoked God's wrath? Lots of things, it turns out.
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws: Christians Come Under Attack in Lahore
By Saba Imtiaz A violent mob ransacked and burned the homes of more than a hundred Christian families in Lahore on Saturday in the wake of an alleged incident of blasphemy.
“Growing Pains of Transformation”
Michelle Aldredge of Gwarlingo interviews author and former nun Mary Johnson about her new book, An Unquenchable Thirst.
Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind
By Abby Ohlheiser With the conclave starting tomorrow, SNAP warns that a new pope can't magically fix the Catholic Church's ongoing sex abuse crisis.
A Marked Life
By Saba Imtiaz In 1984, Pakistan's military ruler, General Zia-ul-Haq, changed the country's Constitution, making it a crime for Ahmadis to identify themselves as Muslims. Since then, more than 200 Ahmadis have been assassinated in Pakistan.
The Longest Night:
An Interview With Laurel Snyder
Laurel Snyder's children's book "The Longest Night" is a retelling of the story of Exodus from the perspective of one of the Israelite children living in Egypt.
Religious? Crazy? Both?
By Chris Smith "“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away."
40 Years of The Exorcist
2013 marks not just 40 years of Roe v. Wade but 40 years of The Exorcist, the classic horror movie about piety and possession in a little girl's upstairs bedroom.
Schradle’s Links: Bask in the Reflected Glory of our Media Relevance Edition
Nathan Schradle Religious leaders are learning that they will be held accountable, to such an extent that they attempt to anticipate The Revealer's every move!
Schradle’s Links: PR Nightmare Edition
Nathan Schradle on the miserly, the groping, the fanatical, the pious and the vacuum.
