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Pope Emeritus Starts New Life With Television And Good Night... Benedict XVI began his life of retirement by watching a bit of television, getting a good night's sleep and reciting the rosary, the Vatican said... Now we know what a retired Pope does on his first night off http://t.co/6s0tIA5LXQ

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Premiere Coming For Monumental, 10-Hour 'Bible' Miniseries One is best known for playing a kind-hearted angel on a hit television drama. The other is the man behind more than a dozen record-breaking reality... Hollywood power couple make Bible mini-series to "tell the story of God's love" http://t.co/Hs9lYKq55Y

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Fighting Threatens Islamic Artifacts In Troubled Timbuktu (RNS) Fighting in the Muslim country of Mali in western Africa has delayed the American tour of a unique exhibit featuring centuries-old texts and... Tragic. Fighting threatens Islamic manuscripts in Timbuktu http://t.co/c4gvzLVTu7

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Cardinal Dolan: "Believing Without Belonging" Challenges... VATICAN CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Roman Catholicism faces a serious challenge from the rising number of people who believe in God but no longer see... Cardinal Dolan says Church's great challenge comes from those who 'believe but don't belong' http://t.co/qVets2dG7a

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Vatican Running Pope-less VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves... The Vatican is running Pope-less http://t.co/HjItzfvZJV

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Lance Armstrong vs. Biblical Aaron I used to think that Aaron was a pretty smart person. After all, they don't make you the High Priest of the whole Jewish people unless you are a... What might the Torah have to say about Lance Armstrong and deception? http://t.co/rYTbOzZXZl

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A Witness To Testimony We need to stop pretending the past didn't happen and start sharing our stories, openly and honestly with each other. Honesty breeds trust and trust... One woman's transformation from "world of excessive sex" to born again Christian http://t.co/fWY0otrWmK

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LOOK: The Pope's Guard: Not All Feathered Helmets And... Being a Swiss Guard is not all feathered helmets and puffy striped uniforms. To even apply, you must be Catholic, male, Swiss and between... The next step for Benedict XVI's Swiss Guards after pope's retirement http://t.co/S0KpZ0ToXJ

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Questions For The Next Pope: Is Garry Wills A Catholic? Am... These questions come to me as, almost simultaneously, the pope resigns, America's leading newspaper reports day after day about continuing sexual... Is it necessary to believe in transsubstantiation or priests in order to be a Catholic? http://t.co/lDVfxk9ZZ4

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Chuck Hagel Confirmation May Incur God's Wrath, Group Claims A conservative Christian lobbying group has claimed that the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense may incur God's judgment. Christian group suggests that Chuck Hagel's appointment may incur God's wrath http://t.co/5J6Kx83vSI

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With Election Of New Pope, Is It Time For Protestants To... Might this be a moment when all sides of the Christian church lay aside their differences? More specifically as Protestants, has the Reformation... An evangelical makes the case for Protestants to re-join Roman Catholic Church http://t.co/36yAeAZob7

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Work, Two Popes and Freud For much of my life, I thought of work as a means of monetary gain. Work was a way for people to make money, to escape poverty, not a way to find... What we can learn from Pope Benedict XVI about the spiritual value of work http://t.co/ICPiJmmyHF

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Popes Out of Step With Their Times I wonder how long it will take the Church to apologize for its longstanding marginalization and persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender... Is a new pope likely to bring in real change in LGBT or women's ordination issues? http://t.co/yedBIBzmZB

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The Pope And The Woman: The Mystical Drama Of Politics And... As the good Pope exits the world stage, we hope he finds peace and we pray that the cardinals listen to "The Woman" Director and do whatever Jesus... Why cardinals should embrace Mary, the feminine dimension of the Church http://t.co/5E1k7RJV7U

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Nones, Somes And The Combinativeness Of American Religious... Most Americans pick, mix and combine a variety of religious and cultural idioms to find what works for them in their everyday lives. This includes a... Why rise in 'Nones' does not mean that Americans are "turning away from God" http://t.co/Cl5xCOjSKv

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Why Are Priests Really Celibate? (And Will It Change?) Is it possible that the next pope might revisit this and change centuries of Catholic tradition? What is the real reason behind priestly celibacy? Can this change? http://t.co/MHAreudjZS

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The Pope's Last Flight: A Media Masterpiece A precise, wise and great director orchestrated the video of Benedict XVI's flight toward oblivion. The inexorable trajectory of the helicopter in... How did Benedict XVI's historic last flight become a media masterpiece? (PHOTOS) http://t.co/AFfk57Ddw6

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Why Cardinal Mahony Should Not Vote For The Next Pope The picture he and other cardinals paint of sexual abuse victims who demand accountability in the Catholic Church is of unreasonable, insatiable,... Cardinal Mahony needs to "take a note from Jesus" and not vote for the next pope http://t.co/o8CsO4J30Z

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Evangelical Leader Says Anti-LGBT Advocates Being... A man Time magazine once called one of America's most influential evangelicals has claimed that people who disagree with homosexuality are in danger... Southern Baptist leader: Anti-gay activists being 'ostracized' like KKK http://t.co/z0OF9UxVwR

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6 Things Christians Should Just Stop Saying There is one thing I think all Christians should remember, and that is the one simple thing Jesus once said would be the one-and-only thing the world... Things Christians should stop saying -- "Jesus is the only way to heaven" http://t.co/fLeZ0O69MO

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Making The Bible a Daunting, Deep Experience When you make a miniseries about the Bible, you're bound to learn a thing or two about miracles. And we certainly did. The real meaning of the Bible: "God loves each one of us as if we were the only person in the world." http://t.co/k5kg5UzC2l

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Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress Takes Veiled Swipe At Tim... (RNS) So much for turning the other cheek. After evangelical icon Tim Tebow canceled his scheduled appearance at First Baptist Church in Dallas... Pastor calls Tebow 'wimp' for canceling appearance at evangelical church http://t.co/ye9mikUx4p

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Pope's Tweets Deleted As Benedict Steps Down Pope Benedict XVI is pope no more. The Vatican wasted no time reflecting that on his official Twitter account. Benedict XVI's tweets from @Pontifex have been deleted http://t.co/LrxQaL24ny

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Gangs Or The Gospel: Competing For The Lives Of Our Youth In order to connect with youth in our communities, we have to walk outside the church doors everyday and let the community know who we are and what we... What can churches do to reach more young people than violent gangs? http://t.co/srueWM0X1Y

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WATCH LIVE: Pope Benedict XVI's Last Day At 5 p.m. CET (11 a.m. The papal apartments have been sealed now that Benedict XVI is no longer pope http://t.co/ZpXypQMnhk

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9 Surprising Facts About Benedict XVI Yes he was the leader of 1.1 billion Catholics, but did you know Pope Emeritus Benedict could fly a helicopter? Here are 9 little known facts about... Benedict XVI is a cat lover and other little-known facts about the pope emeritus http://t.co/1Ve8q7dgjB

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What Happens Now That There's No Pope? As of 8 p.m. in Italy -- 2 p.m. on the U.S. East Coast and not long after landing via helicopter at his retreat at Castel Gandolfo -- Pope Benedict... What happens now that there is no pope? http://t.co/pKFRLcmUkd

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PHOTOS: Highlights Of Pope Benedict XVI"s Papacy On April 19, 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected as successor to Pope John Paul II.... The highlights of Pope Benedict's eight-year papacy (PHOTOS) http://t.co/p7gIyDq6NM

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Twitter / HuffPostRelig: Crowd erupts into cheers as ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Crowd erupts into cheers as Pope Benedict appears on the balcony to address Castel Gandolfo http://t.co/19iDirimeK

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Pope Benedict Tweets One Last Time Pope Benedict gave his final public address to 150,000 of the faithful in St. Peter's Square today, and sent his final tweet to over 1,500,000... Pope Benedict sends out final tweet from @Pontifex http://t.co/xYNsfVh78B

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Twitter / HuffPostRelig: Pope Benedict XVI greets ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Pope Benedict XVI greets cardinals as he prepares to leave the Vatican http://t.co/LHt78vXLqy

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WATCH: Pope Benedict Leaves Vatican In Helicopter At 5 p.m. CET (11 a.m. 10 Minutes until Pope leaves on helicopter http://t.co/pX08FPlLqy

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Will Benedict Be A 'Shadow Pope'? The theologian Hans Kung has always been very hard on Joseph Ratzinger’s papacy, and was particularly disappointed by Pope Benedict XVI’s last... Will Benedict be a shadow pope? http://t.co/BBw4p7kftF

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Benedict Pledges 'Unconditional Obedience' To Next Pope VATICAN CITY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, addressing cardinals on his final day in office, called on Thursday for the Roman Catholic Church to... Pope Benedict XVI pledges "unconditional" obedience to next pope http://t.co/0HaEVa9Svc

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Does Atheist = Secularist = None? Let there be no doubt: There is a lot of disagreement among scholars as to how the terms utilized above are best defined. And two of those scholars... The critical differences between secularism and atheism http://t.co/XCknZV6Yo4

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Christians, Fish And The Removal Of Hats As the old saying goes, the fish is the last to see or even feel the water because it is so pervasive. By analogy, what many within our society... 'Christian hegemony' and the challenge of religious diversity in America http://t.co/NPC2UiIa58

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Formation Of Buddhist-Muslim Fault Line Should Not Be... Even though they may be a minority, there are radical Buddhist elements in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand who all reject the idea that Muslim... The problem of radical Buddhism cannot be ignored http://t.co/5I6lttBnb2

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Prayer In The Face Of Difficulty Perhaps without naming it as prayer, in times of great need and distress you may already spontaneously experience the act of doing so. Guidelines to deepen spiritual practice and prayer life http://t.co/bWShTvDw0d

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GOP Lawmaker Presses For Ten Commandments In Schools Texas state Rep. Phil Stephenson (R) filed a resolution on Monday calling for more "acknowledgement" of Christianity in public schools, encouraging... Texas lawmaker calls for greater "acknowledgement" of Christianity in public schools http://t.co/T3jrFO8iDK

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Child Sexual Abuse: It's Not Just A Catholic Issue Over the past year, we have seen evidence of several organizations where moral integrity is a given fall prey to widespread child sexual abuse. Like... Child sexual abuse is not an issue only in the Catholic Church http://t.co/BGgV15nAR2

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Clean God, Dirty Gays Would Johnnie Moore, the guy who believes God entered into a relationship with dirty humans, be willing to enter into a discussion about gay... Is Jesus really a dirty God? http://t.co/siIodaC1VT

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How To Survive All The Threatening Headlines Jesus' summons to repent is not escapism or a minimization of life's hardships. It means coming to discover God as the source of sustenance,... What is religious faith? Perceiving God in the midst of hardships http://t.co/Zn3Aqs0i76

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The Most Psychedelic Portraits We've Ever Seen! Artist Vedran Misic grew up in Sarajevo -- a rare city where mosques, churches and synagogues were all located within a few hundred feet of each... A psychedelic portrait of Gandhi by Vedran Misic http://t.co/p1DnFbvIXS http://t.co/NjAcmrVtVE

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State Lawmakers Advance Anti-Westboro Measure A measure aimed at preventing groups like Westboro Baptist Church from protesting at funerals advanced in the North Carolina state legislature... Lawmakers advance measure that will prevent Westboro from protesting http://t.co/tKYMe3AqCJ

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Get Your Beard On: A Call To Untrimmed Spirituality In A... Find inspiration in those apostles and saints who have gone before us, and may your faith grow as long as their beards. Let it grow long and white.... One and all, get your beard on! Heed this call to untrimmed spirituality (PHOTOS) http://t.co/UjWZ7vQgMH

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Pope Benedict XVI Nears End Of Office As Cardinals Prepare... As the last members of the College of Cardinals arrive at the Vatican ahead of their final meeting with the pope on Thursday, the flurry of Vatican... Pope Benedict to send one final tweet from @pontifex tomorrow + other pope news http://t.co/M5ifAaZeRv

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Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS @alldaymicg Brother West says it in many places, here's one http://t.co/zsmv3x5lAx; idea could go back to Reinhold Niebuhr though.

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Christianity For People Who Don't Like Christianity Over the past 20 years, there has been a growing movement to reclaim Christianity from those who've distorted it into something that Jesus and his... Christianity for people who don't like Christianity http://t.co/T0Ow2WmDH4

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Blogger: Pope May Actually Be Gay After All A prominent Catholic and gay blogger has renewed speculation that the outgoing Pope Benedict may be secretly gay. Following the announcement that... Andrew Sullivan speculates that Pope Benedict is secretly gay http://t.co/QzqudlQNSy

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Teacher Who Returned To Church Roots VATICAN CITY — On Monday, April 4, 2005, a priest walked up to the Renaissance palazzo housing the Vatican's doctrine department and asked the... The legacy of Pope Benedict, the quiet theology professor who returned to his church roots http://t.co/xsxWRkunDg

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