http://www.detroitnews.com/graphics/detnews_printart.jpg http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage en-us Copyright 2013, detroitnews.com Saxotech Online online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:11 EDT 30 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130519/LIFESTYLE04/305190313/1041/rss11 ]]>Vatican City — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader. Sun, 19 May 2013 10:11:00 EDT Frances D’emilio Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130519/LIFESTYLE04/305190313/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130518/OPINION03/305180326/1041/rss11 I've been involved in ministry for more than two decades. The church has been my life. I have loved, hated, embraced, and attacked it; been welcomed by it, and been told I have no place in it. I escaped the church for a time — because of crisis and out of exhaustion — but God won't seem to let me leave. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Ronnie McBrayer http://detroitnews.com/article/20130518/OPINION03/305180326/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/METRO/305170361/1041/rss11 ]]>Sister Carol Juhasz, 63, a pastoral associate at St. Joan of Arc in St. Clair Shores, was stricken with breast cancer and given six months to live in March. Instead of keeping this most private of tribulations to herself, the irrepressible, dare say, irreverent nun has gone public with her disease. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:26:00 EDT Francis X. Donnelly - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/METRO/305170361/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/METRO02/305170353/1041/rss11 ]]>Farmington Hills — On a recent Friday afternoon, Rod Brown stood amid the racks of cotton shirts and shiny shoes at his shop on Northwestern Highway, murmuring prayers in Hebrew while leather straps encircled his arm. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/METRO02/305170353/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130515/METRO01/305150341/1041/rss11 A group of Christian demonstrators' free-speech rights weren't violated when authorities asked them to leave the Arab International Festival in Dearborn last year, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:22:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130515/METRO01/305150341/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130514/LIFESTYLE04/305140359/1041/rss11 Aaron Schwartz and his family, like many other Metro Detroit Jews, plan to stay up late tonight for the two-day Shavuot holiday. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:39:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130514/LIFESTYLE04/305140359/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130513/LIFESTYLE04/305130387/1041/rss11 Vatican City — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. Mon, 13 May 2013 11:12:00 EDT Nicole Winfield Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130513/LIFESTYLE04/305130387/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130512/LIFESTYLE04/305120334/1041/rss11 ]]> Vatican City — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. Sun, 12 May 2013 10:44:00 EDT Frances D'Emilio Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130512/LIFESTYLE04/305120334/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130512/LIFESTYLE04/305120318/1041/rss11 ]]>At last, it is written. Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines Saturday at an upstate New York church. Sun, 12 May 2013 09:12:00 EDT Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130512/LIFESTYLE04/305120318/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130511/LIFESTYLE04/305110328/1041/rss11 ]]>Pastor Tom Cabral still tells people to meet him at "the bar," even though it's his church now. Locals best remember his worn building as a former sports bar where a'-year-old once walked in and shot three suspected rival crack dealers. Sat, 11 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Jay Lindsay Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130511/LIFESTYLE04/305110328/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130511/OPINION03/305110327/1041/rss11 "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." That is a centuries old phrase from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In reality, Denmark doesn't stink at all. In fact, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Scandinavian nations of northern Europe are the happiest countries in the world. Sat, 11 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Ronnie McBrayer http://detroitnews.com/article/20130511/OPINION03/305110327/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130508/LIFESTYLE04/305080374/1041/rss11 ]]>Vatican City — Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids." Wed, 08 May 2013 10:57:00 EDT Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130508/LIFESTYLE04/305080374/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130507/METRO01/305070335/1041/rss11 Dearborn — The city of Dearborn has reached a settlement and apologized to several Christian missionaries arrested at the Arab International Festival in 2010. Tue, 07 May 2013 06:37:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130507/METRO01/305070335/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130506/LIFESTYLE04/305060362/1041/rss11 ]]> Philmont, N.Y. — In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible. Mon, 06 May 2013 07:42:00 EDT Michael Hill Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130506/LIFESTYLE04/305060362/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130505/LIFESTYLE04/305050311/1041/rss11 ]]>Cairo — Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same cathedral that was the site of sectarian clashes weeks earlier. Sun, 05 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Aya Batrawy Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130505/LIFESTYLE04/305050311/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130505/LIFESTYLE04/305050327/1041/rss11 ]]>Vatican City — Pope Francis is calling for courageous defense of children to protect them from abuse. Sun, 05 May 2013 11:30:00 EDT Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130505/LIFESTYLE04/305050327/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130504/LIFESTYLE04/305040342/1041/rss11 ]]>During the day, the blocks surrounding St. Louis's Mount Grace Convent seem to reflect the tranquility inside the cloister walls. With the exception of the hum of traffic on nearby Interstate 70 and the church bells that ring hourly, it's a quiet neighborhood. But as night falls, that all changes. Sat, 04 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Doug Moore St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://detroitnews.com/article/20130504/LIFESTYLE04/305040342/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130504/OPINION03/305040343/1041/rss11 My son asked me a question: "What is a saint?" It wasn't a question I was prepared to answer. So I stuttered, "A saint is someone who does what God wants them to do." My son answered, "Then why did New Orleans choose that as their football mascot?" I didn't have an answer for that question either. Sat, 04 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Ronnie McBrayer http://detroitnews.com/article/20130504/OPINION03/305040343/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130503/METRO/305030342/1041/rss11 ]]>Detroit — As spring sunlight illuminated the McNamara Federal Building courtyard Thursday and traffic bustled around him, Martin Brown bowed his head in a silent prayer. The 49-year-old bus aide from Detroit joined a group of church members and others from across the area sending spiritual pleas as part of the 62nd annual National Day of Prayer. Fri, 03 May 2013 06:30:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130503/METRO/305030342/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030354/1041/rss11 ]]>Both widowed, Catholic and parents of a gay child, Tom Nelson and Linda Karle-Nelson met through a national nonprofit that supports families of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people. Fri, 03 May 2013 06:30:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030354/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030366/1041/rss11 Can biblical knowledge reap financial as well as spiritual rewards? Fri, 03 May 2013 07:27:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030366/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030389/1041/rss11 ]]>Bernalillo, N.M. — Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before tossing rose petals into the water. Fri, 03 May 2013 07:26:00 EDT Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130503/LIFESTYLE04/305030389/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130502/LIFESTYLE04/305020494/1041/rss11 Can Biblical knowledge reap financial as well as spiritual rewards? Thu, 02 May 2013 19:23:00 EDT Mark Hicks - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130502/LIFESTYLE04/305020494/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130502/LIFESTYLE04/305020422/1041/rss11 ]]>Vatican City — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI comes home on Thursday to a new house and a new pope, as an unprecedented era begins of a retired pontiff living side-by-side with a reigning one inside the Vatican gardens. Thu, 02 May 2013 09:18:00 EDT Nicole Winfield Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130502/LIFESTYLE04/305020422/1041/rss11 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130501/OPINION03/305010348/1041/rss11 ]]>Dennis Ortman is a man of many titles. He is a clinical psychologist, author of four books, a husband, stepfather of three and a former priest. Of course, it is that last title that raises the most eyebrows. Wed, 01 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Marney Rich Keenan http://detroitnews.com/article/20130501/OPINION03/305010348/1041/rss11