On Lyra’s Earth, John Calvin became Pope whereas in ours, around 1530, he became one of the leading figures of the Protestant Reformation, which greatly challenged the authority – both spiritually and ...

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” This is what often pops into my head many times when people use the word Magisterium in articles and comboxes across the ...

(RNS) — “Magisterium” is one of those incense-perfumed Catholic words, reeking of pomp and power. The Vatican says as much on its website, explaining that “ecclesiastical magisterium” means that ...

A vigorous agreement has broken out in Rome, and there is rancor and recrimination all round. The new book by Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah — or latterly by Cardinal Sarah with Benedict XVI — ...

ROME – With rapid advances in artificial intelligence causing both fear and enthusiasm as it pushes the envelope of potential new frontiers in technological progress, a new app aims to show how AI can ...

(RNS) — Magisterium AI's programmers and bots seem to look for documents it likes and to ignore those it does not. (RNS) — Magisterium AI exists to allow anyone who is interested find the correct ...

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has told a French paper that doctrinal, or even disciplinary, decisions regarding marriage and family are not up ...

The first lecture I ever gave on the topic of the church’s magisterium was given in Latin to my students at the Gregorian University more than 40 years ago. Little did I think then that one day the ...

Filming on the eagerly-anticipated His Dark Materials began at the end of last month, but don't go expecting any spoilers to leak. Fans have spotted scenes with Gyptians being filmed in Oxford and ...

"Magisterium" is one of those incense-perfumed Catholic words, reeking of pomp and power. The Vatican says as much on its website, explaining that "ecclesiastical magisterium" means that teaching ...

Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...