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As Roman Catholics across the country fill the pews for Easter Mass, many lament the scandal that has shaken their belief to the core. "Of course we're outraged," says Herb Timm, a Winnetka, Ill., parishioner. Holy Family worshiper Ed Ternan called it a "milestone moment in the life of...
There was a time in America when a spiritual journey meant a long, stormy crossing of the soul, an exploration mapped by Scripture and led by clergy through the family church. Catholic you were born and Catholic you died, or Methodist, or Jew... Today, a quiet revolution is taking place...
I found myself, during my visit, fighting an instinct to join in Lowell's boosterism of Father Spagnolia and his crusade. When he held his press conference last Monday to announce that "I have done nothing" and "I demand due process," hundreds of children and adults filled the church pews...
Much of the surge in spirituality has been on a grand scale. Vigils and memorial services after the terrorist attacks drew thousands. But clerics have also noticed that their individual flocks are bigger and the pews fuller at regular services, a trend strongest in Britain and Germany. British synagogues report...
The bookstore had reserved the First Parish Church for the talk, in which Campbell read excerpts from his book and took questions from the audience. After about 700 people smooshed into the pews, he walked to the front of the room and, doing his best minister impression, told the crowd...