One of the Vatican’s most senior cardinals has become an internet sensation after using YouTube, the internet video-sharing website, as a pulpit during Lent. [Telegraph]
He is handsome and charismatic, and his velvety voice makes young women swoon. But his young female fans mostly wear headscarves, and while his gatherings look more fitting for a rockstar, they involve lessons from the Koran. Moez Masoud, a 29-year-old Egyptian party-goer-turned-preacher, is sweeping the Middle East with his moderate Islamic message to love not just Allah but also others – and to play a full part in the modern world. [Telegraph]
Renfroe is also a devout Christian and for about eight years has been slowly building a career as a comedian on the Christian women’s circuit. Like Mike Huckabee’s easy humor, Renfroe’s wit comes as a surprise to nonevangelicals. She performs what she calls “estrogen-flavored musical comedy” in large halls and arenas, often with an inspirational group called Women of Faith. [NYT]
One Jordanian leader shares his deep desire to preserve the Arab Christian world. [Christianity Today].
Researchers at the University of Oxford are embarking on a study to find out why people believe in God and whether belief in a deity is a matter of nature or nurture [Australian].
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