Eleven years ago, a peace agreement in Northern Ireland ended decades of sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants. Despite that agreement, there are still many open wounds from the conflict -- justice still not served for thousands of families whose loved ones were murdered or vanished.
All Posts Tagged With: "Catholicism"
March 17, 2009
Pope claims condoms worsen AIDS crisis in Africa
Father Patrick Ryan of Fordham University discusses the significance of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Africa and his statement that condom distribution doesn't help the HIV problem, but in fact worsens it.
January 26, 2009
Pope Benedict rehabilitates excommunicated bishops
Terrence Tilley of Fordham University and the Catholic Theological Society of America discusses the motives and implications of the Pope's decision to rehabilitate several bishops, including one who has publicly denied the Holocaust.
November 7, 2008
Brazil Today: Religion, ethanol and roads
"Brazil Today" is a series that explores Brazil's spiking conversion to Pentecostalism, its pioneering path toward energy independence and its improving - but expensive - roadways.
November 6, 2008
Catholic Brazilians convert to the Pentecostal church
From the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro to television screens across the nation, Pentecostals are gaining in numbers and influence in Brazil -- at the expense of the Catholic church.







