This week we launch a new and improved version of Weekend Plug-in, the best roundup of religion news youβll find anywhere. The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is our big story.
Read MoreAt 93 years and 141 days old, Pope Benedict XVI became the longest-living pope in the Catholic Churchβs history. His papacy was a tumultuous one, seeing a series of scandals brought to light involving the sexual predation of young boys by members of the clergy and a still on-going battle for transparency within the Vatican Bank.
Read More(OPINION) Toss in decades of liberal media bias, the growing influence of conservative talk radio, advocacy social media and tweet-storms from President Donald Trump and it combines for a lethal cocktail of mistrust. It has gotten more difficult to differentiate between trustworthy news sources on Facebook and Twitter β with coverage of Pope Francis not immune to the problem.
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