The funeral for Tampa Police Master Patrol Officer Victor Guerrero, 47, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, according to a police spokeswoman. ...more

May 6, 2008

PLANT CITY - When construction is completed next year on a 68-unit affordable-housing project planned by St. Clement Catholic Church, it will rise above the church's fellowship hall and its tallest spire. ...more

February 8, 2008

In the 17th century, the Catholic Church rejected the teaching of Galileo on the grounds that it contradicted Scripture. Today, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who would not accept Galileo's position. The problem was not with Scripture, but with the church's understanding of both Scripture and the science Galileo taught. Apparently, some members of the School Board of Highlands County have not learned that lesson and persist in making the same error the Catholic Church did centuries ago. The creation myths of Genesis I and II affirm our belief in God as creator but cannot be understood as giving us a scientific historical description of creation itself. The first two chapters of Genesis both say the same thing but their particulars vary and contradict one another. Did God create man and women both at the same time and after he created animals as in Genesis I or did God create Adam and then the animals before taking a rib from Adam to make Eve as in Genesis II? ...more

February 1, 2008

Hundreds of mourners, many sobbing, gathered Monday at Athens' cathedral to file past the remains of Archbishop Christodoulos, the first leader of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church to welcome a Catholic pope to Athens in 1,300 years. ...more

January 29, 2008

Popular Ybor City activist Victor DiMaio Sr., who died a week ago at 83, will be laid to rest today after a reception this morning in his honor. ...more

January 5, 2008

Several community boards, in conjunction with the Florida Institute for Community Studies, are seeking donations of toys for Saturday's Three Kings Day celebration at the Wimauma Civic Center, 5705 Hillsborough St. ...more

January 2, 2008

TAMPA - Retired Bishop John Lipscomb is leaving the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida to join the Catholic Church. ...more

November 21, 2007

HOLMES BEACH - A 38-year-old man told police his drug habit was so bad that he stole from children and a church, according to police reports. ...more

November 19, 2007

When talk show host Oprah Winfrey opened a $40 million school in South Africa earlier this year, People magazine called it "Her Proudest Day," as well it was. ...more

November 18, 2007