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New today from the Century:

• Christina Fleming remembers the Nairobi embassy bombing: "'Nairobi has been bombed,' said Amina Bakari, my Kenyan host mother. I had planned visit the embassy that morning, but I'd woken up late."

• Wes Granberg-Michaelson on the new face of urban ecumenism: "Many cities contain an almost fully representative presence of world Christianity. These are new laboratories for global Christian unity." (subscription required)

• Heath Carter on the rapid "revitalization" of American cities

• Bob Cornwall reviews Douglas John Hall (subscription required)

In the news:

• Gay couple may sue Church of England to wed in church
• Pope Francis, the improbable pop culture icon