papacy

  • Contemplating a Conclave

    Contemplating a Conclave

    For Protestants, the election of a new pope likely presents an assortment of conflicting reactions. Faced with the media frenzy and genuine popular interest that…

  • A New Papacy

    A New Papacy

    Benedict XVI is the first pope to resign since Celestine V did so in 1294 after little more than 5 months in office. (Some commentators…

  • Popes Behaving Badly

    Scandal is nothing new for the Vatican. That’s been a common take on the arrest of the pope’s butler as part of the ongoing response…