In Papal Bull: Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome, Margaret Meserve writes that the papacy had a "greater command of print and its possibilities than previously realized."
NCR Today: Power and wealth became driving forces that caused the church to lose focus on the message of Jesus. As we celebrate his resurrection, we need to return to the Gospels.
NCR Today: Both nonbelievers and defenders of orthodoxy — like these two New York Times columnists — have unexamined assumptions about the widening definition of "Christian."
Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran leaders in England gathered Oct. 31 for an hour-long service in Westminster Abbey to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
When Martin Luther affixed his "95 Theses" to the door of Wittenberg's Castle Church 500 years ago this Oct. 31, one of the foremost items on his mind was the selling of indulgences.
