Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and the ideological battles that followed the Second Vatican Council.

There are fresh revelations into why Jesus wept as he did some 2000 years ago, over the city of Jerusalem. This is as revealed in the new musical gospel album No Wonder Jesus Wept by Rev. Emmai.

In Jesus Wept, investigative journalist Philip Shenon examines the last seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal ...

It is 6.30 am and the church is dark. The congregation gathers; the crucifer leads the procession; priests and acolytes move purposefully like planets in orbit. Lent is here, and at this time of ...

And according to verse 35, “Jesus wept.” “Jesus wept” is the shortest verse in the Bible and also “the most profound and powerful,” the artist Makoto Fujimura told me.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Philip Shenon, author of "Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church," about how Pope Francis' legacy will shape the upcoming conclave.