Read a column about Diwali gift-giving by author Arthur Magida, posted at Beliefnet.com.

Read an Oct. 28, 2005, Associated Press article about Pope Benedict XVI condemning human trafficking for sex and calling for the humane treatment of women migrants.

Read a story, posted at Beliefnet.com, about how Hindus in America celebrate Diwali.

This online encyclopedia is the 1917 version. Journalists should be aware that it contains no updates, such as church reforms made during Vatican II and should not be relied upon for current information.

The official website of the Holy See.

Mark S. Burrows is a faculty member at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, having moved to Germany after a career of almost a quarter-century teaching at several graduate theological schools in the US and in Europe. He wrote “Gospel Fantasy: Dismantling The DaVinci Code” in the June 1, 2004, Christian Century magazine and is author […]

Ignatius Press, located in San Francisco, is the official publisher of all Benedict’s works in English, including all those he wrote as a priest and cardinal. The CEO of Ignatius Press is Mark Brumley.

Written by Michael S. Rose (Spence Publishing, 2005). Rose examines the areas where Pope Benedict may break with his predecessor Pope John Paul II.

Written by Stephen Mansfield (Tarcher, 2005). Mansfield analyzes Pope Benedict’s life including his transition from a liberal theologian associated with Vatican II to a theological conservative who became Pope John Paul’s closest ally.