Catholic World News article about Pope Benedict’s decision to consolidate the leadership of four Vatican councils under two presidents, one of his first reforms of the Curia.

The Bible Resource Center includes references to Scripture verses that can be associated with various Easter symbols.

Read an October 2002 Dallas Morning News profile of an Orthodox Christian icon painter.  

Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses of the Catholic Church.

Read a Dallas Morning News article about how a church’s theology determines what kind of cross it displays. It’s posted by thecross-photo.com.

Exhaustive catalog of information on cardinals past and present with biographies, geographic distribution and a wealth of other information. Compiled by Salvador Miranda, a retired professor of library sciences at Florida International University.

Read a Chicago Tribune post about the popular symbols that go along with Easter and their meanings.

Read Wikipedia’s entry about differing Christian views on the use of religious objects and symbols.

Article by the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus about American dissent to official Vatican positions on sexuality as well as criticism of some of Pope Benedict’s early appointments of bishops including promoting the archbishop of San Francisco, William Levada, to succeed himself at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as the church’s doctrinal gatekeeper and the […]