Here s something fun for a Friday from AOL News The century-old church has a pulpit a pew and a bell tower But instead of a congregation the historic red-brick structure has a single occupant the homeowner Siamak Akhavan purchased the 20 000-square-foot building five years ago and transf

The feed is not great but you can watch the open-door proceedings of USCCB meeting in Seattle here nbsp H T Grant Gallicho at Commonweal Jim Keane S J

As Turkey s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu nbsp visited one of the impromptu Syrian refugee camps that have cropped up along the border Syrian children held up a cardboard sign that pretty much says it all We are dying and the world is watching Thousands have fled the Syrian army s pacificati

America reviewing Bridesmaids the hit summer chick flick as that genre has been termed nbsp Yes because Jake Martin SJ nbsp sees in nbsp the comedy nbsp surprising evidence of the value of community nbsp He doesn t see as much evidence in either The Hangover Part II or Something Bor

The story of the two 92-year-old twin Franciscan Brothers from St Bonaventure s in Olean New York who died on the same day has been all over the Internet nbsp But Dan Barry shows the difference between reporting a story and telling one nbsp In a nbsp beautiful article about two beautiful li

In intro journalism class we list the several ldquo news values rdquo mdash those characteristics of an event that make it news For example Celebrity mdash ldquo Prince Marries Roommate rdquo because he rsquo s famous it rsquo s news Or Proximity the local angle in the diocesan week