Now for something completely different: with a new internet web site,someone will offer prayers for you, in the Holy Land, via computer. Dressed in his embroidered robes, the Rev. Andreas Elime steps from the altar of St. Gabriel’s Church and into the view of the Web cams on the church’s marble pillars. His voice fills…

If you ever wondered what it was like to try and save souls in the hell that is Iraq, Catholic Exchange has just posted this diary by Father John Gayton: As we approached our next Operational Position (OP) we were instructed to take special security precautions. The OP was located on the top of an…

Ty Pennington would be impressed. A parish in the Diocese of Gary, Indiana has decided to pick up where the foster father of Jesus left off, with an unusual new ministry called the St. Joseph Carpenter Ministry: While little is known of the quiet, gentle man who served as the protector and human father of…

It’s a phenomenon a lot of religious observers have noticed: more and more Latinos are converting from Catholicism to Evangelical Protestantism. And one Pennsylvania community is seeing an influx of Hispanics who are former Catholics: As Pentecostal churches offering Spanish services in center city continue to proliferate, a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center…

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