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In a formidable jazz town like Chicago, musicians who populate the club scene one night grace the world's concert stages the next....

Almost but not quite as wonderful as a week at the ocean with 11 grandchildren is the day they all depart, leaving us suddenly alone. Then serious reading begins....

If the watchman doesn't "sound the trumpet" and dissuade the wicked from their ways, the Lord promises to hold the watchman accountable.

Nairobi, Kenya, August 23 (ENInews)--A Roman Catholic church in Tripoli, the Libyan capital where heavy fighting is raging, has reported a break-in,...

(RNS) The earthquake that rumbled up the East Coast from Virginia on Tuesday (Aug. 23) "significantly damaged" the central tower of...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A few weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pope John Paul II invited Muslim leaders to an interfaith prayer summit in...

(RNS) Standing in the pulpit on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, what do you say?...

Thursday morning, I drove over to a neighboring parish to participate in Lectio Divina for the first time.  ...

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Yes, political advocacy is more effective than Band-Aid-style charity. But are those the only options?

In a recent Chicago concert, these real-life sisters (Laura and Lydia Rogers) sounded like angelic apparitions channeled from the Grand Ole Opry circa 1955.

The new English translation of the Roman Catholic Order of Mass, mandated by the Vatican to be inaugurated this Advent, wounds not only many of my Catholic friends but also me.

In a post-9/11 bid to better relations with Muslims, pastor Bob Roberts invited Muslims to his NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas, for...

Has America gotten more religious, or is religiousness just a vocal strain in American politics? The country has grown less religious since...

God sent Moses on a mission to rescue his people from oppression. He was asked to risk his life in a costly but exciting adventure--a mission of compassion and justice on behalf of a million other people.

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My sister teased me when I posted a while back about using local wine for communion....

Super 8, written and directed by J. J. Abrams of Lost and Alias fame, is a curious film that gets curiouser and curiouser as it goes along. It's the first time I have ever seen a cinematic homage to a filmmaker who is actually in the film's credits.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Alabama religious leaders have filed statements in federal court expressing their concern that a new immigration law...