Pope demands humility in new zinger-filled Christmas speech
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats Thursday to embrace humility this Christmas season, saying their pride, self-interest and the “glitter of our armor” was perverting their spiritual lives and corrupting the church’s mission. As he has in the past, Francis used his annual Christmas address to take Vatican administrators to task […]
The COVID-19 books: Pope Francis, John Piper, NT Wright and more
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, canvas some of the books on offer addressing faith in the coronavirus pandemic…
THIS LIFE: A PRE-CHRISTMAS REFLECTION
In a reworking of an earlier piece by US-based philosopher and author Roy Clouser, BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the enduring power of the Christmas story…