Thank you for coming. My name is Bishop Pascal. I am the diocesan bishop of Heartlands, and I need your help. Let me first tell you my situation and some of the options that are being proposed to me for dealing with it. Then Ill welcome your suggestions or proposals. Our diocese has 83 parishes to s

On the list of Christ's ancestors, Bathsheba, Ruth & Rahab stand out.

There has been a great deal of anecdotal speculation about religious proclivities and spiritual seeking among so-called Generation X the children of the baby boomers Robert Wuthnow a professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University take

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Looking for holiday gift ideas Check out a selection of Christmas reading picks from America s editors now online and free to all Includes new books like Darwin s Angel John Cornwell s critique of Richard Dawkins and old favorites like Death Comes for the Archbishop and Mr Ives Christ

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The case for the legalization of selection conscientious objection.

Looking for alternative models of catechesis.