Illinois bishop plans gay-marriage exorcism
By Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - The devil made them do it? According to a Catholic bishop in Springfield, Illinois, Satan was behind his state's...
View ArticleReligion as solace in the Philippines
Tacloban City, The Philippines (CNN) - The day after the typhoon, the Rev. Edwin Bacaltos stepped out of the compound of the Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in central Tacloban and began his...
View ArticleHow Catholic was John F. Kennedy?
By Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - When John F. Kennedy was a boy, his mother counseled her children on Good Fridays to pray for a peaceful death....
View ArticlePope Francis: No more business as usual
By Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - Pope Francis on Tuesday called for big changes in the Roman Catholic Church - including at the very top - saying...
View ArticleThe Pope’s bold new vision
Opinion by the Rev. James Martin, Special to CNN (CNN) - Pope Francis on Tuesday issued a bold new document - in Vatican parlance an “apostolic exhortation” - called Evangelii Gaudium or “The Joy of...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh: Pope is preaching 'pure Marxism'
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - Pope Francis: Successor to St. Peter ... the people's pontiff ... Marxist? That's what conservative radio...
View ArticleCNN Poll: Pope's approval rating sky-high
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate his first Christmas at the Vatican, Americans' opinions of the pontiff...
View ArticleHoly Hitchhiker: Pope gives pal a ride on the Popemobile
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - In yet another breach of normal papal protocol, Pope Francis on Wednesday gave a pal a lift on the world's...
View ArticleHow the Catholic Church makes saints
By John L. Allen, Jr. and Daniel Burke (CNN) - On Sunday, for the first time in history, the Catholic Church will canonize two popes on the same day. Pope Francis will preside over a special ceremony...
View ArticleSister Act: Singing nun wins 'The Voice' in Italy
Sister Cristina Scuccia won Italy's version of "The Voice." CNN's Delia Gallagher reports.
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