Most-viewed CNS stories for April

In a month that included the historic visit to the United States by Pope Benedict, it figures that the most-viewed story on our home page for April would instead be about liturgical renewal. Bloggers and others are passionate about issues surrounding the liturgy, and their links to stories like these always have an affect on [...]

More on Ronald McDonald children meeting the pope

Do you remember our story on the disabled kids from the Ronald McDonald House in New York who got an unscheduled opportunity to meet Pope Benedict? If you were touched by that story, you’ll be even more touched by this Dominican Friars blog post which includes a YouTube video of TV coverage of the event. [...]

No ‘Time’ for the pope

Time magazine has published its annual list of the 100 people it believes are most influential in the world. The Dalai Lama, leader of the world’s Tibetan Buddhists, is there. So is Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. But Pope Benedict XVI was not among the Time editors’ choices.
He was, however, 60th in the poll [...]