As gigs go in this troubled economy, it's not so bad being a profoundly unpopular lame-duck president. ...more

June 21, 2008

Comic and political pundit Bill Maher takes the stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Saturday night fresh off a controversy involving things he said about the pope and just ahead of a summer film that takes on religious beliefs in general. ...more

May 8, 2008

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

He came, he saw, but did he conquer? That's the question of the hour regarding Pope Benedict XVI and his first trip to this country last month. ...more

May 3, 2008

America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released Monday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship. More than 40 percent of respondents told pollsters that they had changed their religious affiliation since childhood. ...more

February 26, 2008

The public is invited to a tea tasting and book signing from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 26 at Victorian Grace, 616 N. Parsons Ave. Local inspirational authors of historical fiction - Debora M. Coty, who wrote "Billowing Sails" and "The Distant Shore," and Ruth Carmichael Ellinger, author of "Wild Rose of Lancaster" and "Wild Rose of Promise," will be on hand to sell and sign books. ...more

January 12, 2008

Monsignor Harold Bumpus, pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 702 Valley Forge Blvd., will celebrate a Tridentine Mass, the traditional Roman Catholic Mass in Latin, at noon Feb. 3 in the Monsignor Diego Conesa Great Hall. ...more

January 12, 2008

As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict. ...more

December 26, 2007

Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to set aside time in their lives for God and the needy, as he ushered in Christmas early today by celebrating Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. ...more

December 25, 2007

"In God's Name" begins with a brief introduction from its filmmakers, Jules and Gedeon Naudet, who take the viewer back - back to the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when the brothers were in lower Manhattan working on a documentary on New York firefighters. ...more

December 23, 2007