Pope

The pope and the Jews The pope and the Jews

As his embrace of a Holocaust denier and a right-wing sect proves, Benedict just doesn't get it about the church's ongoing problem with anti-Semitism.
By Frances Kissling Jan 29, 2009

  • The Pope's liberal Christian values

    Social justice, wealth redistribution, a new morality for Wall Street -- the pontiff throws down on capitalism
    By Andrew Leonard July 8, 2009

  • "I will not travel to Auschwitz"

    Catholic bishop Richard Williamson says he is willing to "review the historical evidence" about whether the Holocaust occurred, but rejects the suggestion that he visit a concentration camp.
    by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter February 11, 2009

  • Mitt Romney's Mormon detour

    Romney, whose religion may have hurt his chances at the Republican nomination, discreetly mourns his church's president and "prophet" at a Utah funeral as his own campaign's vital signs ebb.
    By Mike Madden February 3, 2008

  • Plan B, RU-486 -- same difference, right?

    That's what Reuters makes it seem like.
    By Catherine Price October 30, 2007

  • What would Jesus do (about globalization)?

    Pope Benedict XVI has some opinions on the global economy.
    By Andrew Leonard June 27, 2007

  • Catholics for condoms

    The Roman Catholic Church comes one step closer to loosening its prohibition on condom use.
    By Page Rockwell November 27, 2006

  • I am your elder

    It's time the powers-that-be took my advice: No more papal Muslim-bashing, no apologies for American cars and a lot more action in Washington.
    By Garrison Keillor September 20, 2006

  • Benedict's first big challenge

    Cardinal Ratzinger led the Catholic Church's efforts to quell Latin America's liberation theology movement in the 1980s. Now that he's pontiff, will he soften his stance?
    By Mary Jo McConahay April 20, 2005

  • Whitewashing the pope

    The media's obsessive coverage of the pope's death does not include a discussion of the tragic failures of his reign.
    By Arianna Huffington April 14, 2005

  • The bully pope

    John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church as an autocrat, and those who crossed him often suffered greatly for it.
    By Colman McCarthy April 8, 2005

  • Cashing in on the Pope's funeral?

    This week marks an unprecedented display of ceremony by President Bush and other U.S. politicians in Rome. Good faith, or good politics?
    By Mark Follman April 7, 2005

  • Why I can't mourn the pope

    Dying of cancer, my mother was driven away from the church she loved by its doctrinal rigidity. That I can't forgive.
    By Joan Walsh April 5, 2005

  • Debate over the soul of the church

    As the cardinals begin their deliberations, they are likely to consider a black or tan pope, but not a progressive one.
    By John Hooper and Stephen Bates April 4, 2005

  • A divider, not a uniter

    The charismatic Pope John Paul II chose not to engage all Catholics, and so leaves a tragic legacy of missed opportunity that has ultimately damaged the church.
    By Frances Kissling April 4, 2005

  • All pope, all the time

    With the media's pope marathon in full swing, the White House might want to release any bits of bad news.
    By Eric Boehlert April 4, 2005

  • Pope John Paul II's mixed legacy

    Catholic scholar Mary Segers discusses Pope John Paul II's important role in Eastern Europe, failure to acknowledge women's independence, and belief that real Christianity thrived only in poor countries.
    By Julia Scott April 2, 2005

  • Compassionate conservative

    John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs.
    By Amy Sullivan April 2, 2005

  • The accidental pilgrim

    Bush stumbles to Rome in search of Catholic votes -- but the pope may give him a much-needed lecture instead.
    By Norman Birnbaum June 3, 2004

  • The Fix

    Madonna hurls grenades at Bush, Meg Ryan bares all, and Richard Gere to open a spa? Plus: Hugh Grant is looking for someone to "breed" with!
    By Karen Croft March 31, 2003

  • See no evil

    By utterly failing to address the church's sex abuse scandal this week in Rome, the Catholic aristocracy demonstrated its complete irrelevance.
    By Eugene Cullen Kennedy April 26, 2002

  • Crime family

    In a passel of 10 kids, one learns the fine points of foraging, opportunism and guile.
    By Paul Donnelly May 4, 2001

  • Mourning the loss of Cardinal O'Connor

    America's most powerful Catholic was a tough guy, and he was wise to the ways of politics and human beings.
    By Stanley Crouch May 10, 2000

  • Hunger strike in Jericho

    Fighting Yasser Arafat and a rival branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Sister Maria Stephanopoulos hopes the pope will help in one of the many religious turf wars in the holy lands.
    By Abigail Beshkin and Rob Mank March 24, 2000

  • Pilgrimage and public relations

    Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes.
    By Flore de Preneuf March 22, 2000
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