Over the past few decades dioceses throughout the United States have been faced with tough decisions surrounding church closures The factors behind such closures are often quite complex In some instances changing demographics have seen Catholics move from the inner-city to the suburbs Even wher

Besides being our talented online editor Maurice Timothy Reidy is also an experienced professional journalist a graduate nbsp of Columbia University s School of Journalism affectionately called the J School who worked for a time at the Hartford Courant in Connecticut as well as for that other

A two-day conference organized by the Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster ended yesterday with the two leaders pledging to step up support for the beleagured Christians of the Holy Land through pilgrimages and lobbying to lift draconian Israeli restrictions As one who has long yearned for the

While in New York City last weekend it was hard not to notice the strategic marketing campaign by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the Mormons across the city The ads coincide with the intense publicity the church is receiving because of The Book of Mormon currently the number on

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Any document after all is only just a document Words are less powerful than actual deeds or conduct Still some documents represent important catalysts for possible action On June 28 in Bangkok The World Council of Churches The Pontifical Council for Interreligious D

The next Archbishop of Philadelphia according to John Allen is the current Archbishop of Denver CO Charles Chaput The following is from Archbishop Chaput s official website nbsp There s more elsewhere obviously nbsp Archbishop Charles J Chaput was born September 26 1944 in Concordia