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Local wiccans perform ritual
Feeling like planting a tree or thanking The Goddess? Watch a video of wiccans celebrating summer solstice at Practical Magick in Pompton Lakes. Religion in the News
Aug 21, 2008
Touch the World touches needy Juarez kids
For many North Jersey kids, going to the beach is a summer staple.
Amish expand in search of land
LANCASTER, Pa. - The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a study found.
Mayor says he's sorry for remark
WOODCLIFF LAKE – The mayor has apologized to two Jewish council members for making what some have interpreted as an anti-Semitic comment.
Parents of French saint get special recognition
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has announced that the mother and father of a popular French saint will soon be venerated as "blessed," placing them one step below sainthood.
Aug 20, 2008
Area mosques expanding to meet demand
Having acquired the basic necessities for Islamic worship, the community is now investing millions to meet new demands: education for children, and social and cultural programs for adults.
Aug 18, 2008
War takes toll on area Russians, Georgians
The conflict stimulated conversation in the church about the warfare in Georgia. Some blamed Russia for the outbreak. Others who said Georgia was at fault.
Aug 17, 2008
Spirited exchange: Congregations swap buildings
Under soaring ceilings at a church on Grove Street in Passaic, rows of empty pews outnumbered a handful of Presbyterian parishioners.
Aug 14, 2008
Christian music festival keeps getting bigger
It started when a Christian couple in Hunterdon County set out to provide some contemporary but wholesome music to local kids.
Aug 10, 2008
Letters for Sunday, Aut. 10, 2008
Letters on hospital transfer to Catholic archdiocese control, merging of religious institutions, questions about Obama's patriotism, political silliness, big guns in Dumont, the future of the Republican Party in Bergen and Passaic counties and EMT service in Hackensack.
Aug 09, 2008
Mayor refusing to apologize for anti-Semitic slur
Republican Councilman Jeff Bader and Democratic Councilman Robert Rosenblatt say Woodcliff Lake Mayor Joe LaPaglia crossed the line when he referred to them as the “temple twins.”
Aug 08, 2008
Bishop reaffirms support of same-sex couples
The spiritual leader for North Jersey Episcopalians said Thursday he will continue supporting the blessing of same-sex couples.
Aug 07, 2008
Catholic dioceses put new emphasis on managing costs
Thomas J. Barrett was starting his first day as chief operating officer of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson when he got a taste of the challenges in store for him.
Aug 04, 2008
Summer break from violent conflict
As Israel reels from the latest terrorist attacks in Jerusalem's streets, Israeli teenagers whose lives have been shattered by the violence are taking a respite in North Jersey.
Aug 03, 2008
These friends are on a journey to destroy stereotypes
Imam Mohammad Qatanani and Rabbi David Senter can't cite a day or single event when their misgivings and misperceptions about each other gave way to fondness and friendship.
Economic downturn hurts houses of worship
The national economy is starting to take its toll on North Jersey houses of worship. As wallets get thinner, people face increasingly difficult choices between paying the bills and supporting their congregation.
Rabbi fights to block Muslim leader's deportation
Rabbi David Senter's testimony in defense of Imam Mohammad Qatanani riveted the courtroom at the deportation trial of the Muslim spiritual leader.
Aug 02, 2008
Unseemly welcome of government in churches
Contemporary American Christian churches court government at their spiritual peril.
Jul 31, 2008
Priest takes ministry to streets
The Rev. Brian Laffler has forged a street-level outreach in Hackensack where he chats in Spanish to passersby and runs a soccer league.
Animal sacrifice in name of politics
GAUHATI, India - A lawmaker said he sacrificed more than 200 goats and four buffaloes at a temple in northeastern India to thank a goddess for delivering victory to the prime minister's government last week.
Jul 28, 2008
2 killed, 7 hurt in church shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday and killed two people, including a man who witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast.
Jul 24, 2008
Rabbi detects new openness to change
When Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah convened a historic gathering of world religions last week in Madrid, an Orthodox rabbi from Teaneck was among those representing the Jewish faith.
Jul 21, 2008
Church holds on to hope after fire
FORT LEE - Authorities continue to investigate a late Saturday-early Sunday fire that gutted a three-story Hazlitt Avenue building that housed a Korean church. Foul play is not suspected.
Anglican leader is hopeful church can work past crisis
CANTERBURY, England - The head of the Anglican Communion said Sunday that the global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions.
Jul 20, 2008
Pope apologizes for sex abuse by clergy
SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, keeping up efforts begun in the United States to publicly atone for what he called evil acts by priests.
Jul 19, 2008
Pope says religion must stop violence
SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI told representatives of Islam and other faiths that they must unite to combat religion's role in "sinister and indiscriminate" violence.
Jul 17, 2008
Simple, spiritual life luring more to mission work
During his days working in corporate America, Doug Garofalo may have seemed an unlikely candidate for the Franciscan religious order and its embrace of voluntary poverty.
Jul 15, 2008
Catholics flock to Sydney's festival
SYDNEY, Australia - Pilgrims carried a giant wooden cross through the streets of Australia's largest city Monday, as thousands of faithful crowded around the procession, some lunging for a chance to touch the symbol of the Roman Catholic Church's youth festival.
Jul 10, 2008
An embrace that soothes the soul
Denise Zaft spent Wednesday on an unusual, spiritual odyssey.
Jul 07, 2008
Deadly crash doesn't crush faith
NEW YORK - Members of the congregation led by gospel singer Timothy Wright raised their voices in praise and remembrance on Sunday, praying for their pastor's recovery and mourning the deaths of his wife and grandson in a car crash.
Church recalls its past, strives for its future
LITTLE FALLS - To accommodate a burgeoning congregation, Little Falls United Methodist Church broke ground on a new sanctuary four decades ago. Now the historic 165-year-old church is recalling the milestone while continuing to build a solid foundation. |
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