Religion and Faith

Media watching for results of papal conclave
A Catholic organization has set up a website that lets people register to receive a text or email notification when a pope has been selected by cardinals meeting in Vatican City.
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.
Papal conclave set to start Tuesday
Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, a milestone in this unusual papal transition.
Benedict becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign
Benedict XVI become the first pope in 600 years to resign Thursday, ending an eight-year pontificate shaped by struggles to move the church past sex abuse scandals and to reawaken Christianity in an indifferent world.
Pope recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience
Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy, but also times of difficulty when "it seemed like the Lord was sleeping."
Is getting a divorce too easy?
A recent New York Times "Room for Debate" takes a look at divorces and whether the process should be harder to deter people from breaking off marriages too easily.
Lawrence Wright on Scientology, 'Going Clear'
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright takes a look at the religion through a number of characters, exposing some of the inner workings of the organization.