The rare opportunity came our way. The Catholic Diocese of St Petersburg and the Archdiocese of New York granted my sister, brother and me tickets to Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at Yankee Stadium on April 20. ...more

May 3, 2008

How do you guard a museum collection so priceless no one will put a value on it? ...more

February 10, 2008

In contrast to the way he lived, Brandon resident John Paton died quietly Jan. 29 at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center nursing home in Tampa at age 87. ...more

February 7, 2008

The season of Lent began Wednesday, and many Christians, especially Catholics, are observing 40 days of sacrifice before Easter. Lent represents a time when Jesus Christ is said to have fasted in the desert for 40 days. ...more

February 7, 2008

The first phase of a three-year effort to teach the Tampa Bay area's Catholics about the core of their faith started Monday with about 3,000 people attending a daylong conference. ...more

February 5, 2008

TAMPA - The first phase of a three-year effort to teach the Tampa Bay area's Catholics about the core elements of their faith started today with about 3,000 people attending a daylong conference. ...more

February 4, 2008

The wooden crate marked "Fragile" sitting in the middle of the carpeted room conjured thoughts of the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark." ...more

January 31, 2008

The Florida International Museum this morning opened the first of 77 specially designed crates that arrived Sunday for its upcoming exhibition, "Vatican Splendors From Saint Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Swiss Guard." ...more

January 30, 2008

He was in his 20s during one of the most turbulent times in European history. Almost every Jew in his small Polish town died during the Holocaust. ...more

January 13, 2008

Meticulous care is being taken at Bethany Center to create a place for spiritual retreat and reflection, on a 200-acre plot tucked behind a neighborhood off Van Dyke Road. ...more

January 3, 2008