Jan 1st, 2009 · Charles Gaulperin is a Santeria priest and the owner of Botanica El Congo Manuel. The shop sells religious items out of a strip mall in Hollywood. Inside the Botanica, Gaulperin performs sacred Afro-Cuban ceremonies.
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Michael Turner, one of about 90 boys abused by Father Louis Miller, a priest in the Archdiocese of Louisville in the 1960s, is hoping to bring his case to trial — against The Vatican. If successful, it could be the first case against the Holy See, which normally enjoys sovereign immunity.
Dec 16th, 2008 · The San Fernando Valley in California has been deeply affected by the foreclosure crisis, but Father John Lasseigne has come up with a plan to help.
Dec 12th, 2008 · The writer and director is no stranger to doubt. Shanley — whose Pulitzer-winning play has been adapted for the screen — went to Catholic school as a child and says he knew the priests didn't play by the rules.
Dec 11th, 2008 · On its journey from stage to screen, John Patrick Shanley's drama of a priest and a nun at odds over their flock lost its sense of universality — and the metaphorical weight that helped win it a Pulitzer Prize.
Dec 10th, 2008 · Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the film Doubt, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. His character, a priest, provokes suspicion for his attention to a young student.
Aug 27th, 2008 · An Italian priest set aside his plan to hold a beauty contest for nuns. The Rev. Antonio Rungi says he wanted to change the image of nuns and to fight the stereotype that they're old and cranky. He planned an online competition for nuns with the best "overall beauty." But Rungi was attacked via phone calls and e-mails, so he put off the competition he called "Miss Sister 2008."
Aug 18th, 2008 · Recently reissued, Christopher Priest's 1974 sci-fi classic, Inverted World, tells the story of a city built on rails and in perpetual motion. Jessa Crispin adds up the pieces of Priest's "tightly structured puzzle" and discovers a novel that stands up to the test of time.