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Goldstein’s Men’s & Boys’ Wear in South Philadelphia is one of the few local spots that specialize in the formal white suits worn by boys for their First Holy Communion, writes Mike Newall ...
"Any church in which blacks and whites drink out of the same cup knows something about the Gospel that I want to be a part of ...
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A bishop of the Arctic says goodbye
As Canada’s Anglican church dwindles, its most remote (and most expansive) diocese has shown growth. One bishop responsible ...
Nick Rockett won the Grand National at Aintree with Patrick Mullins on board as Willie Mullins dominated the Aintree ...
Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black ... Jerusalem. • Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday), the institution of Communion and ...
Yet, the factors driving the long-term downward trajectory of religion still persist. For instance, the younger generations ...
Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new study is hoping to reassert her place in history.
One hundred years after Flannery O' Connor's birth, she has been miscast at two extremes, either as a racist or as a saint.
Laura is wearing a white scapular and habit, traditional nun’s garments. Now 32, Laura will profess her first vows in March—"God willing"—and she will trade in her novice whites for a black ...
The Vatican is marking a special Holy ... enter into communion,” said Londoño. In the two years he’s been the parish priest, he has ditched the cassock he sometimes wore for a black guayabera ...
When the extraordinary legend of Saint Mary was first translated ... that weren"t white, young and obedient. They were open to the otherness of Mary." Mary of Egypt: A Black Saint in Anglo ...