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20 Powerful Quotes By Pope Francis On Climate Change And The Environment

This Thursday Pope Francis released his much-anticipated (or dreaded, pending your politics) papal encyclical, which took on the topics of climate change, consumerism and environmental degradation through a moral lens. In the 184-page document, he calls for what the New York Times describes as “a radical transformation of politics, economics...

By Savannah Cox • Jun 18, 2015

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20 Powerful Quotes By Pope Francis On Climate Change And The Environment

This Thursday Pope Francis released his much-anticipated (or dreaded, pending your politics) papal encyclical, which took on the topics of climate change, consumerism and environmental degradation through a moral lens. In the 184-page document, he calls for what the New York Times describes as “a radical transformation of politics, economics...

By Savannah Cox • June 18, 2015

Better Know A Saint: Philip Neri

Everybody knows that one jerk who's always bright and chipper and who never has a bad word to say about anybody else. Saint Philip was one of those.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 10, 2015

Better Know A Saint: Philip Neri

Everybody knows that one jerk who's always bright and chipper and who never has a bad word to say about anybody else. Saint Philip was one of those.

By Richard Stockton • April 10, 2015

Better Know A Pope: Benedict IX

So, New Pope has been irritating a lot of people lately. Conservative Catholics seem to be rather—ahem—cross with him over his support of progressive economic policies, while more liberal Catholics feel betrayed because he hasn’t come right out and started ordaining married lesbians as priests, or at least he hasn’t...

By Richard Stockton • Feb 20, 2015

Better Know A Pope: Benedict IX

So, New Pope has been irritating a lot of people lately. Conservative Catholics seem to be rather—ahem—cross with him over his support of progressive economic policies, while more liberal Catholics feel betrayed because he hasn’t come right out and started ordaining married lesbians as priests, or at least he hasn’t...

By Richard Stockton • February 20, 2015

Better Know A Pope: Stephen VI, The Grave Robber

You can’t tell the story of Stephen VI, who was pope for about a year in 897, without first telling the story of Formosus, the earlier pope whom Stephen had exhumed and put on trial for heresy. During the eighth and ninth centuries, the young Holy Roman Empire was convulsing...

By Richard Stockton • Jan 31, 2015

Better Know A Pope: Stephen VI, The Grave Robber

You can’t tell the story of Stephen VI, who was pope for about a year in 897, without first telling the story of Formosus, the earlier pope whom Stephen had exhumed and put on trial for heresy. During the eighth and ninth centuries, the young Holy Roman Empire was convulsing...

By Richard Stockton • January 31, 2015

Girl, Interrupted: The Life Of Saint Veronica

Some people are born to sainthood, while others have it thrust upon them whether they like it or not. Such was the case for Saint Veronica of Milan, our first in a series of hagiographies to help you better know a saint.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 24, 2015

Girl, Interrupted: The Life Of Saint Veronica

Some people are born to sainthood, while others have it thrust upon them whether they like it or not. Such was the case for Saint Veronica of Milan, our first in a series of hagiographies to help you better know a saint.

By Richard Stockton • January 24, 2015

The Sci-Fi Buddhist Temple That Is Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong Khun, known as the White Temple, was created with the intent of making 'paradise on Earth'. But for most, this doesn't include murals of Keanu Reeves.

By Erin Kelly • Jan 17, 2015

The Sci-Fi Buddhist Temple That Is Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong Khun, known as the White Temple, was created with the intent of making 'paradise on Earth'. But for most, this doesn't include murals of Keanu Reeves.

By Erin Kelly • January 17, 2015

4 Perspectives On Jesus That Might Surprise You

If you’re a follower of Jesus’ teachings, or if you’re one of the literally billions of people who doesn’t so much follow as much as admire from a distance while still sinning all the time, you probably have a clear idea of who we’re talking about. Mellow hippie. Long, forgiving...

By Richard Stockton • Nov 16, 2014

4 Perspectives On Jesus That Might Surprise You

If you’re a follower of Jesus’ teachings, or if you’re one of the literally billions of people who doesn’t so much follow as much as admire from a distance while still sinning all the time, you probably have a clear idea of who we’re talking about. Mellow hippie. Long, forgiving...

By Richard Stockton • November 16, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 31, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • August 31, 2014

The Batu Caves Add A Rich Tradition Of Hinduism In Malaysia

Filled with religious shrines and one of the world's tallest Hindu statues, the Batu Caves are an important — and astonishingly beautiful — religious site in Malaysia.

By Kiri Picone • May 30, 2014

The Batu Caves Add A Rich Tradition Of Hinduism In Malaysia

Filled with religious shrines and one of the world's tallest Hindu statues, the Batu Caves are an important — and astonishingly beautiful — religious site in Malaysia.

By Kiri Picone • May 30, 2014

6 Interesting Religions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Bad news, monotheists: you’re not even close to having a monopoly over the world’s narratives on purpose and morality. At present, it’s estimated that over 4,000 religions exist across the world, ranging from the well-established to the cult-like. Whatever your divine quest, it seems there’s a spiritual niche just for...

By Erin Kelly • May 21, 2014

6 Interesting Religions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Bad news, monotheists: you’re not even close to having a monopoly over the world’s narratives on purpose and morality. At present, it’s estimated that over 4,000 religions exist across the world, ranging from the well-established to the cult-like. Whatever your divine quest, it seems there’s a spiritual niche just for...

By Erin Kelly • May 21, 2014