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Seen one, seen ‘em all

Mark Shea | 26 September 2006

Yesterday's moral equivalency meant that West was just as bad as Communism. Today's is that both Christianity and Islam are the creeds of violent wackos.

FOCUS ON VALUES AFTER 9/11
The Pope tackles modernity

Hartwig Bouillon | 15 September 2006

Benedict XVI has used a trip to his homeland to make an acute diagnosis of contemporary thought.

FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Winds of change come from the south

Michael Cook | 18 August 2006

Christianity is thriving amongst the burgeoning populations of Africa and Latin America. Will it become the Big Idea of the 21st century?

FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Latin rapture

Pedro Dutour | 17 August 2006

A simple message, zealous followers and the weakness of mainstream churches have made Pentecostals the fastest-growing religious group in Latin America.

FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Kenyan churches here to stay

Martyn Drakard | 17 August 2006

In God-hungry Kenya, churches provide the answers to spiritual and social needs.

Waiting for Benedict

Carrie Gress | 22 May 2006

A German pope will visit the homeland of his predecessor this week. How will he be received?

Missionaries made in China

Gerald Mercer | 24 February 2006 | 3

The economy is not the only thing that is booming in China. Religious fervour is pushing up against official restrictions and seeking opportunities abroad.

The real power of love

Walter Macken | 09 February 2006

Benedict XVI's first encyclical has left many worldly commentators speechless. No harm in that as Deus Caritas Est is a document first of all to be pondered.

Since Vatican II, Christians and Jews have done much to heal their tormented relationship. The problem is, says Jewish scholar David Novak in this MercatorNet interview, not enough of us know about it.

Religion flourishes but atheism looks sick

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 January 2006

Why does atheism get such a good press and religion such a bad one when, as a global survey shows, religious people outnumber atheists eleven to one?

Jurassic theories

Michael Cook | 21 October 2005

An expert on dinosaurs claims to have delivered a killer blow to the credentials of religion by examining international health statistics. It's not very convincing.

Project Benedict confounds German critics

Hartwig Bouillon | 09 September 2005 | 1

World Youth Day in Cologne dumbfounded a sceptical German media. Here’s how an unassuming Pope tore up their agenda.

Pope to wow them in distant aisles

Max Polak | 26 August 2005

Successful World Youth Days in Cologne this year and in Sydney in 2008 could signal a revival of Christian faith in the listless West.

The Vatican releases a compilation of its social teachings

Diego Contreras | 26 November 2004

Competing notions of human dignity are often at the root of headline stories around the world, as witness debates over issues ranging from stem cells to the war in Iraq. Since the end of the 19th century, the Catholic Church has tried to set down guidelines on social, economic and political issues in an increasingly complex world. A number of documents have been published on these teachings and these have now been compiled by the Holy See as a "Compendium of the social doctrine of the Church", a 520-page manual with a 200-page index.

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