The historic news that emerged from the ecclesial council held on February 11, 2013 was Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. But that was not the day’s only...
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About 10 years ago, Marla Fisher and her husband, Everett, were leaving their Pasadena, Texas ranch-style home for a weekend getaway. As Everett backed out of...
Parish Name: Saint Catherine Laboure Church Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Founded: 1948 Diocese: Harrisburg Pastor: Rev. Neil Sullivan Number of...
c. 2013 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) Before I saw the new film “12 Years A Slave,” I knew nothing about Solomon Northup or his...
Bishop Robert Hermann is the man priests in St. Louis call when they encounter a parishioner who’s had a run-in with a ghost or evil spirit. Hermann is...
Different rules govern a bishop’s right to eliminate parishes and churches in a diocese—and determine parishioners’ chances of a successful appeal. When we...
By Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Crossroad Publishing, 2013) Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Meditations on Christian Discipleship is certainly not a book to read in one...
Years ago I worked summers on a farm in Michigan, near a fundamentalist Christian community. I didn’t know much about them other than that you didn’t want to...
In The Epic of Gilgamesh, viewed by many as the oldest surviving piece of literature in the world, parts of which date to two millennia before Christ, the hero...
Thanks to the explosion of reality TV over the past decade, at the click of a button on a remote control, American viewers of the small screen have the...
