Christianity

Think The Priest Was A Drunk, Too?

Last Night: BB King at the BankAtlantic Center

Channeling Jesus

Bring together a TV-production mogul and the charismatic leader of Calvary Chapel, and you get Cross TV all religion, all the time

Brothers in Alms

Bring together a TV-production mogul and the charismatic leader of Calvary Chapel, and you get Cross TV all religion, all the time

Thou Shalt Not Sue

Feuding Christian-radio hosts Perry Hodges and Melanie Lashbrook are waging a legal and media war that is unforgiving

Keeping the Faith

Feuding Christian-radio hosts Perry Hodges and Melanie Lashbrook are waging a legal and media war that is unforgiving

Bearing Witnesses

Religious leaders in West Palm Beach see the work of Satan in the Jehovah's Witnesses' purchase of Municipal Auditorium

Best Haitian Cultural Store

St. Pierre Botanica Shop and Spiritual Store

Bienes, Avellino, Madoff and The Church

Bienes Knighted By Catholic Church Well, the Sun-Sentinel, apparently in a panic over the New York Times beating it to the story, finally reported on the connection between Fort Lauderdale philanthropist Michael Bienes and his partner, Frank Avellino, to Bernie Madoff, the $50 billion Po ... More >>

Letters for February 5, 2004

God Punishes Free Weekely

Holocaust Denier Blessed by Pope, Cursed by S. Florida Jews

This week Pope Benedict XVI reinstated Bishop Richard Williamson after 20 years of excommunication from the Catholic Church. Williamson' excommunicable offense was being consecrated without the Vatican's consent (which sounds like some hardcore Da Vinci Code shit, right?) but the offense that's caus ... More >>

St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Monsignor On Madoff Victim List -- UPDATED

The full list of Bernie Madoff fraud victims has been released by the court and among them is St. Thomas Aquinas High, the football powerhouse private Catholic school in Fort Lauderdale.   Listed as the representative for the St. Thomas account is Monsignor Vincent Kelly, who als ... More >>

How Does One Recognize the Four Year Anniversary of the Death of a Politically Exploited Brain Dead Woman?

The answer, apparently, is to exploit Terri Schiavo one more time, as Ave Maria is doing today. The Catholic city, which lies in the swamps east of Naples and was bankrolled by a pizza delivery baron, is staging a mass in Schiavo's honor. Because Schiavo was -- before she slipped into a persistent v ... More >>

We Don't Need Another Gyro

Actually, yes, yes we do!

Madoff's Man

Fort Lauderdale multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff — even after the SEC shut him down.

Speak No Evil

When a Margate priest misbehaved, the archdiocese punished his secretary

Lambs to Slaughter

Again and again, local claims of abuse point to one priest, the Rev. Neil Doherty, and the Catholic archdiocese that protected him

Priestin' Ain't Easy

For a couple of Delray padres, the high life allegedly got in the way of their priestly duties

A Priest, an Altarboy, and a Nun

Walk into a confessional…

Voodoo Man

A voodoo ceremony in the 'burbs? Who'da thunk it?

Hey Jude, is that you?

A voodoo ceremony in the 'burbs? Who'da thunk it?

Blubber for Cash

Bucking the health food tide: This middle school says, "Let 'em eat dougnuts."

Letters for September 21-27, 2006

Bucking the health food tide: This middle school says, "Let 'em eat dougnuts."

Men in Black:

Past its date of freshness, Sol Theatre's Mass Appeal still charms.

Tailpipe

Clam Up

Hey Jude

Hand of God wrestles with gritty questions like, Do miracles happen every day?

Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah

Ex-cop and bodybuilder Gil Fernandez Jr. murdered three men in the Everglades. But he only admits to killing the man he was.

Letters for December 15-21, 2005

Ex-cop and bodybuilder Gil Fernandez Jr. murdered three men in the Everglades. But he only admits to killing the man he was.

Proselytizing 101

Broward Community College is a public school, but its religion professors consider it a private reserve

Father Gomorrah

He's a Catholic priest who plans to marry his gay partner

Our Lady of Hollywood

Rosa Lopez welcomes the Virgin Mary to her home every month. Hallelujah!

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

The RCC at the MoA

Can't come to the pope? The pope comes to you!

Murdered in Havana

After the Catholic Church banished him, Cuba welcomed him. But the vibrant new life George Zirwas created for himself soon ended in tragic death.

De Regier

Plumbing the depths of the Christian Taliban

Making the Saint

Once a drag queen, Willie Rios plans to enter the sacred world of Santería priesthood

Sinéad O'Connor

Faith and Courage (Atlantic)

Scintillating Astronomy

Lupercalia

New to You

Stigmata

Padre Pio's Big Adventure

A little piece of a bleeding Italian priest has traveled here to help in the healing

New in Film

A little piece of a bleeding Italian priest has traveled here to help in the healing

Local Blogger Questions New Mormon Temple in Fort Lauderdale

A story in yesterday's Sun-Sentinel says the Mormon Church has plans to build a new temple somewhere in western Broward County. It will be one of five new temples built in the United States and abroad and is expected to help serve the state's roughly 100,000 members living in Florida.  ... More >>

West Palm Marine Reserve Unit on Watch for Terrorists Everywhere, Even Tampa Parking Garages

Jasen Bruce​Not to say that we don't appreciate the men and women who volunteer to serve their country in the War Against Terrorism, but maybe this Marine Reserve unit in West Palm has the soldiers a bit too keyed up. On November 11, a member of that unit, Jasen Bruce, was in Tampa, in the parking ... More >>

"8: The Mormon Proposition" Review: Here's How the Mormon Church Suppressed Gay Marriage

Jasen Bruce​Not to say that we don't appreciate the men and women who volunteer to serve their country in the War Against Terrorism, but maybe this Marine Reserve unit in West Palm has the soldiers a bit too keyed up. On November 11, a member of that unit, Jasen Bruce, was in Tampa, in the parking ... More >>

Cal Thomas: Gays Will Keep Chaplains From Collecting Your Soul

Cal Thomas.​Conservative columnist and over-syndicated radio blowhard Cal Thomas doesn't live around here, so he may not have seen our summary dismemberment of the suddenly-fashionable "chaplain's argument" against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. But there he is, on the opinion page of our on ... More >>

Sistine Chapel Meets MOA

Cal Thomas.​Conservative columnist and over-syndicated radio blowhard Cal Thomas doesn't live around here, so he may not have seen our summary dismemberment of the suddenly-fashionable "chaplain's argument" against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. But there he is, on the opinion page of our on ... More >>

Greek Festival at St. Mark's Church in Boca Raton This Weekend, January 20-23, 2011

Flickr, Blondie5000 Delicious Greek Pastries ​St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church is hosting its 29th Greek Festival this weekend in Boca Raton. From Thursday - Sunday, you can gorge yourself on authentic Greek food and enjoy traditional Greek dance performances.  If you're curious abou ... More >>

Angry Catholics Denounce Editorial; Call Writer a Homosexual Bigot

Witch-hunting manual commissioned by Pope Innocent VIII.​On Monday, I published this rebuttal to an editorial by Archbishop Wenski of Miami, in which the Archbishop argued against the legalization of gay marriage.I didn't think my points were especially controversial. Archbishop Wenski suggested t ... More >>

"Vatican Splendors" at the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale Feels Reconstituted

Witch-hunting manual commissioned by Pope Innocent VIII.​On Monday, I published this rebuttal to an editorial by Archbishop Wenski of Miami, in which the Archbishop argued against the legalization of gay marriage.I didn't think my points were especially controversial. Archbishop Wenski suggested t ... More >>

Nun Allegedly Sexually Abused Boy: Church Responds Stupidly

A naughty nun.​In a debate with Archbishop John Onaiyekan and former British MP Ann Widdecombe about the virtues of the Roman Catholic Church, Christopher Hitchens pilloried the pope's promise to provide the victims of pedophile priests with "loving pastoral care." "I'm sorry," said Hitchens, "the ... More >>