Tag: Pope John Paul II

  • Nation

    Taking second look at Sinead O’Connor

    The singer’s destruction of a photo of the pope on live TV in protest over suspicions of clergy abuse damaged her career but eventually proved prophetic.

    Sinead O’Connor looks down as she is booed onstage.
  • Nation & World

    Letting religion in

    Two political philosophers explored the role of religion in public life during a discussion sponsored by the nonprofit organization The Veritas Forum.

  • Nation & World

    Vatican in flux

    The Gazette asked Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, a professor of Roman Catholic theological studies at the Divinity School, to weigh in on the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to step down.