Back in 2005, so-called “godcasts” - religious podcasts - were one of the most talked about podcast genres.

Podcaster Craig Patchett in 2004 created the GodCast network, featuring a variety of Christian podcasts and even a Klingon Word podcast. Hundreds of churches followed suit, distributing weekly sermons as podcasts.

While mainstream coverage quickly moved on to other topics, godcasting is still going strong. In fact, recent research suggests that Christians are twice as likely as the average to be listening to podcasts.

For a little escapist fun, we (that’s the royal we) have been doing a little reading on England in the 16th century. It’s about as far away from reading about podcasting and new media as we can possibly get, and occasionally that is a good brief distraction for us. With the birth of the Church [...]

Roman Catholic Cardinal Sean O’Malley already calls himself a blogger. But now O’Malley is delving further into new media with a video podcast of his Christmas message to the masses.
The podcasts — in English, Spanish and Portuguese — are part of a broader effort by the Boston Archdiocese to embrace new technology as a [...]

Sine Ministries, a California religious organization, is offering “The Story of the Messiah.” The story weaves significant events from the four Gospels into one tapestry telling the life story of Jesus, “the greatest life ever lived.” ‚Ä®‚Ä®The complete story is presented in 28 episodes that are each approximately 15 minutes.
The podcast is available through Annex [...]

Focus on the Family has launched a new podcast, The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast. While the organization publishes several other podcasts, this is the first one featuring content developed specifically for podcasting.
The podcast will feature interviews with actors and producers from Adventures in Odyssey and previews of upcoming shows.
“We’ve always tried to make Adventures [...]

The Da Vinci Code movie doesn’t open until this Friday, but podcasters are already weighing in with information and opinions on the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial book, described by novelist Salman Rushdie as “typewriting.”The Scotsman News is running a week-long series of video podcasts taking a look at the Rosslyn Chapel, which features [...]