Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

A paper in upstate New York has this curious report about a splinter group of Catholics seeking to attract a wider following: A decade ago, when a large group of Catholics feuded with the Diocese of Rochester over issues such as female priests and blessing of gay unions, the very public dispute resulted in the…

‘Tis the season. My little hometown paper — the New York Times — had a nice piece this weekend about a little hometown tradition — a massive and meticulously detailed nativity display in the beautiful borough of Brooklyn. Coincidentally, it’s at my pastor’s home parish. Take a look: When an Italian immigrant asked the pastor…

The current economic woes seem to bear out the old idea that tough times can lead to crowded pews. (There are no atheists in foxholes and all that). From Sunday’s New York Times: The sudden crush of worshipers packing the small evangelical Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset, N.Y. — a Long Island hamlet of yacht…

At a time of great financial uncertainty, and growing need, stories like this one are a revelation. And something of a miracle. From the Los Angeles Times: When the ceiling began to collapse at Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the impoverished desert town of Mecca, Father Eliseo Lucas sprang into action. With 5,000…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners