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Another reason not to have mass outdoors
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jmcgee
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…
Was a Quran blessed at a Catholic cathedral??
By
jmcgee
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…
The pews get even emptier
By
jmcgee
Grim numbers from Ohio point to a larger trend in the American Church: Almost two out of three Catholics in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky won’t go to church this weekend to celebrate Mass, an event they have been told since childhood is the center of their spiritual lives. The church’s most recent count of…
The holdouts
By
jmcgee
Some die-hards in Boston are refusing to surrender their church, even after six long years. The video below tells part of their story.
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