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A lot of people don't know that Bakersfield has a patron saint.
She, of course, has never been here. As far as I know, no one who has lived in Bakersfield has ever been formally recognized as a saint.
She never lived in Fresno either.
But St. Therese de Lisieux, for whom Mother Teresa was named, got to be the patroness of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno (which includes Bakersfield) because a Fresno bishop happened to be in Rome when St. Therese was canonized.
Bishop John G....
Pope Benedict XVI, in what some see as a retreat from the ecumenical movement of Vatican II, has in the last week resumed Latin Masses and asserted Catholic supremacy over other Christian churches.
The Second Vatican Council in 1962 to 1965 ushered in a more cooperative approach between the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches.
What the Pope has done in the last week is seen as "a step backward" from that approach.
Reuters reported Bishop Wolfgang Huber,...
Members of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad, Ca. are being tested by their marquee invitation, "All are welcome."
Does that include Mark Pliska, 53, a convicted child molester?
Some members have left the church.
A regular message at churches is "love the sinner, hate the sin."
Another is all are sinners.
Should a church get to choose which sins they allow in their midst, and which they do not?
How would you react if a child molester wanted...
Easter week seems a good time to ask this question — do you believe Jesus rose from the dead?
The question presupposes you believe in Jesus and he was both God and man.
So you can address those issues too if you want.
I found the following article helpful in analyzing this topic.
In a nutshell, it says the Roman soldiers had every reason including their own lives to protect the tomb, and the apostles were too scared to be seen out in public until Christ appeared to them....
Episcopal bishops meeting in Texas, saying the church embraces "all of God's children" including gays, refused to meet Anglican demands to change that position by a Sept. 30 deadline.
This is the latest in a feud that pits minority conservative dioceses, such as the San Joaquin Valley, against the more liberal Episcopal leadership which supports equality for gays and women in the church.
Episcopals are the American arm of the Anglican church. Up to 2.3 million people are...
Under the stuff you can't make up, the Archdiocese of Washington is starting a media blitz to get Catholics back to confession.
A story by Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post notes the archdiocese has launched a major marketing blitz, advertising on buses, subway cars, a billboard, the radio and in 100,000 brochures in an effort to get people back to the confessional.
Seems that what used to be long lines of people waiting to go to confession, and the priest hearing a...
We're planning a story on Palm Sunday, and where the palms for this service come from. What's your church's tradition?
I remember as a child watching adults trim the palm branches from the trees on the grounds of my church in San Diego. It was fascinating to watch. While we'd be out playing on the blacktop (there was no playground, this was a pretty poor Catholic school) a group of very dedicated parishoners would climb the massive palms and prepare the fronds for Mass.
The church...
The Rev. Creflo Dollar, who drives a Rolls Royce, is one of several so-called prosperity preachers who believes Jesus was a rich man.
His account is explained in a story by John Blake of the Cox News Service.
The Rev. Dollar says Jesus' wealth began in the manger when kings gave him gold, and continued as he supported 12 disciples and wore clothes so expensive that Roman soldiers cast lots for his robe.
Dollar, senior pastor of the 23,000-member World Changers Church International...
Californian staff writer Mark Barna will have a story in Saturday's paper about how various churches use the Bible to restrict or encourage the role of women in church.
Some prohibit leadership roles, especially if it involves preaching or advising men, while others want women to be dynamic leaders for all.
First Timothy 2:12 says, "I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent."
Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither male...
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