How the Pope's PR Machinery Broke Down
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If it was so easy to foresee that Benedict's remarks about Islam would set off a furor, why didn't the Vatican anticipate it?
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Pope Benedict is coming under mounting criticism from his former German theologian colleagues who liken the Catholic Church's doctrinal office, which the pontiff once headed, to a 19th century censorship bureau.
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The New RepublicÂs suspension of an editor for his conduct online is a cautionary tale about the mainstream mediaÂs engagement with the Web.
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The wall separating church and economics is being breached as some academics turn to studying the effect of religion on economies.
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PARIS A religious - or &quot;cultural&quot; - issue has wrecked the new European Commission&#39;s bid to do business in the European Union the way it has been done until now.
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LONDON, SEPT. 24, 2004 .- The BBC will be scrapping Popetown, an unfavorable cartoon caricature of the Pope about the inner workings of the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday praised the mass media for helping to spread democracy and knowledge around the world, but lamented that it also tended to hype violence, vulgarity and consumer products.
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A blogger hired by the John Edwards presidential campaign quit amid criticism that she had posted notes that were critical of the Catholic Church.
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Pope Benedict XVI's reference to dark aspects in Islam's history also has opened up another type of backlash for his church: fresh examinations of its past as conqueror, inquisitor and patron of missionaries whose zeal sometimes led to conflict with other faiths.
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IT IS a case that dragged the Vatican into the murky underworld of the Italian Mafia, fuelled accusations of corruption at the country - s core and sparked a European-wide manhunt.
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At the wake of the bitter clergy sex-scandal that forced three dioceses to file bankruptcy and largely marred the âholyâ reputation of the Roman Catholic Church, the US Conference of Catholic bishops elected their new president to lead the church
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A demonstration by about 50 people protesting Pope Benedict XVI's approaching visit to Turkey was broken up by police in Istanbul on Wednesday, CNN Turk reported.
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The editorÂs blog was shut down after he was accused of being involved in anonymously attacking readers who criticized his posts.
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Who is really running the show at the Vatican?
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VATICAN CITY -- After a season of apparent policy slip-ups, Pope Benedict XVI is shuffling top advisers and bringing in veteran diplomats closely identified with Vatican policy in Iraq and the Middle East.
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Two days after a grueling papal pilgrimage which left some wondering if Pope John Paul II could still travel, the Vatican on Tuesday announced details of the ailing pontiff's next trip.
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Typegate hit the blogosphere like Ivan crashing into Louisiana and took down the house that Dan Rather built. Typegate is Divaspeak for the uproar over memos aired on ``60 Minutes II&#39;&#39; that