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Depending on the subject at hand, the day-to-day running of the worldwide Catholic Church can resemble either a sort of centralized sacred politburo or a loose confederation of autonomous dioceses. If you prefer a business model, it's top-down management vs. franchising. Though imperfect, these analogies can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Vatican Pay for Abuse? | 7/18/2007 | See Source »

The Pope, in any case, does seem to have an affinity for the old Latin Mass, as he does generally for the Church's ancient traditions. His explanatory letter states: "What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Pope is Boosting Latin Mass | 7/7/2007 | See Source »

Based on visits to 45 Aboriginal communities, the Little Children Are Sacred report revealed the horrors regularly inflicted on many of the Territory's 23,000 Aboriginal children. It told of babies being raped, young children acting out scenes from pornographic movies, teenagers selling themselves for food and drugs. Without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Children. | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

Still, there are worrying signs that some locals may be amenable to Zawahiri's message: For one, Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed, who spent two years at Guantánamo after his capture in Afghanistan, hails from Ceuta. And in 2006, two pilgrimage sites sacred to most Muslim North Africans but condemned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda Eyes Spain's 'Lost City' | 6/26/2007 | See Source »

Gore is a cross between Jeremiah and Noah. As a modern-day Jeremiah, he is exhorting mankind to stop abusing planet Earth or face the consequences. As Noah, he aspires to save humanity from the impending great flood. Unlike Noah, though, he has not been empowered to build an ark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/13/2007 | See Source »

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