Tag: Leaders & Institutions

Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he will be the first pope in 600 years to resign, effective Feb. 28.

Benedict, 85, cites his age as the reason.

Our featured dialogue this week comes from an article written by guest columnist Matthew S. Rindge.

In his post, "Stop celebrating Martin Luther King Jr." he writes that racial equality shouldn't be King's only legacy.

Elder Paul Hoover has accepted the call to serve as president for the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, according to a press release. He will serve as president following Elder Bob Folkenberg, Jr.’s move to the China Union Mission.

“Twitter is a secular reality … but we prefer to be present rather than stay away from something just to avoid a risk,” said Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the Vatican’s department for social communications, during the launch of the annual papal message for World Communications Day.

Pope Benedict XVI opened his Twitter handle @Pontifex on Dec. 3. It has since gathered more than 2.5 million followers in nine languages, including Latin.

Venerable Thubten Chodron, of Sravasti Abbey, prays during a novice nun ordination ceremony.

We're pleased welcome the Rev. Toni Niemiec to our team of writers.

Niemiec serves as co-pastor of The Center of Spiritual Living of Spokane, with her husband Rev. Joe Niemiec Jr. (who is a Spokane Faith & Values blogger).