Folks at an Episcopal church learned that lesson the hard way: The rector of a Hingham church said parishioners trying to hold a post-Mass picnic at the town’s beach were interrupted by a Canadian goose being shot in front of them. The Rev. Timothy Schenk of the St. John the Evangelist Episcopal church said that…

You might think so, based on some reports. But the rector of the cathedral in Sacramento explains: First of all, the “Qu’ran blessed at California cathedral” was misconstrued and of course the event was not in the Cathedral building but merely on the steps allowing visibility from the square. The term “blessed” has distinct meaning…

Historian and theologian Fr. Mark Massa, S.J. has just written a new book called “The American Catholic Revolution: How the ’60s Changed the Church Forever,” and he gave an interview about it to the Religion News Service: Q: Why should American Catholics care what happened in the 1960s? A: Starting with Vatican II, Catholics became…

I’m grateful to see that Danielle Bean is paying attention — and the rest of us should, too. Teresa Lewis is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night — and would become the first woman to be executed in the United States in five years. As news reports note: Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother……

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