A year ago today Pope John Paul II was beatified in a ceremony at Saint Peter’s Square, just six years after his death. Last month I visited both John Paul’s hometown of Wadowice and the Archdiocesan Museum of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła in Kraków during a trip to Poland
The Guardian, Face to Faith: The troubled history of priests, sex and the church may be at a turning point
The biblical foundation for a celibate priesthood is flimsy, and now cracks are beginning to show in the Catholic church’s ban on marriage for those in holy orders
The Guardian, Cif Belief: Religious art is about being human
Even the most iconic of religious artworks can have profound meanings for the nonbeliever
The Guardian, Cif Belief: The pope’s heaven isn’t a place on earth (or anywhere else)
Benedict has rejected the rich Catholic tradition of interpreting heaven in terms of the most intense human experiences