World Feb 22, 2013

Pope considers new election rules and date

Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin. The Vatican's spokesman said Wednesday he didn't know for sure if the law would address the timing of the ...

Commentary / World Feb 19, 2013

Catholic Church is losing battle with modernity

by Gwynne Dyer

There's no point in going on about how Pope Benedict XVI failed to modernize the church. What the Catholic Church is really fighting is modernization, which it sees as moral decline.