Common Question About The Calendar: How A.D. And C.E. Took Over Counting Years

(ANALYSIS) On Dec. 31, people from cultures all around the world will be raising a toast to welcome in A.D. 2022. Few of them will think about the fact that A.D. signals “anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of our Lord.” In A.D. temporality — the one acknowledged by most societies today — next year marks 2023 years since the purported birth of Jesus Christ.

North America, NewsMiriamne Ara KrummelDecember 24, 2021Miriamne Ara Krummel, 2022, New Years, anno domini, latin, Secondary FeatureComment

5 Meditation and Prayer Resources to Start the New Year

Many take the start of a new year as the chance to renew themselves physically and spiritually. Explore the use of meditation in major world religions and see some of the best tools for reflection and prayer in 2021.

Pope Francis and the media’s ongoing fallibility

(COMMENTARY) With the only exception being President Donald Trump, no world leader gets as much press coverage as Pope Francis. His every utterance is able to fill a reporters’ notepad but not all papal statements are created equal. What the pope writes in an encyclical has one degree of importance as does what he says to crowds in St. Peter’s Square. Both carry a lot more weight than the soundbite you saw on CNN, but none of them should be considered infallible.

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