Features
: Religion & Spirituality
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July 29th, 2008
In the past decade, hundreds of thousands from around the world have descended on Northern Spain to trek hundreds of miles on the Camino de Santiago. What is it about this 1000-year-old pilgrimage route that attracts them?
The modern-day pilgrim who struggles across Spain to the shrine of the Apostle James faces one more challenge in a church office that gives out an ... |
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July 23rd, 2008
Busted Halo's® Mike Hayes sends along his multimedia reports on World Youth Day from Sydney, Australia
This morning I traveled to Riverview for a Catechesis (teaching) session along with some young adults from Chicago who are active with Charis Ministries in Chicago—an organization that does retreats ... |
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July 21st, 2008
Busted Halo's® Mike Hayes sends along his multimedia reports on World Youth Day from Sydney, Australia
I woke up this morning in my nice cozy hotel room thinking about my companions sleeping out in the dewy cold air at Randwick Racetrack and awaiting the Papal ... |
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July 20th, 2008
Busted Halo's® Mike Hayes sends along his multimedia reports on World Youth Day from Sydney, Australia
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This morning the U.S. Bishops celebrated mass outdoors for American Youth at The Domain—a first at World Youth Day. It was a vibrant mass with superb ... |
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July 19th, 2008
Multimedia reports on World Youth Day from Sydney, Australia An on the spot report to start:
A consistent theme I'm finding among young adults here—and one that’s also been heralded by many members of the clergy here at ... |
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July 17th, 2008
Busted Halo's® Mike Hayes sends along his multimedia reports on World Youth Day from Sydney, Australia
Nearly 150,000 young people from all over the world have gathered in Sydney, Australia to meet, learn, share their faith...and to get an experience of the Pope up ... |
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July 13th, 2008
Busted Halo's® Mike Hayes appears on Canadian National Catholic TV Network
On Sunday, July 13th Busted Halo® Managing Editor Mike Hayes will be featured on Canada’s National Catholic TV Network, Salt and Light at 7pm and 11pm (EST). ... |
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July 9th, 2008
You can’t spell love without evolve
For most of my adult life, I was what you might call, a casual evolutionist. You know, the type of person who could handle your run-of-the-mill, cocktail-party conversation on Darwinism. All ... |
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June 25th, 2008
Searching for spiritual explanations for ghosts in America’s most haunted city Young lovers hear inhuman growls when they stroll past it. Passing tourists feel tugs at their shopping bags, but when they whirl around, nothing is there. Teenage thrill-seekers take photos of ... |
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May 29th, 2008
The Obama campaign in the South is working overtime to correct the rumor that their candidate is a Muslim A recent telephone call illustrates the problem.
Deb Geissler of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is working the phone bank for Barack Obama headquarters in her home state, when she reaches ... |
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May 22nd, 2008
Some Navajo Indians mix Christianity with the old ways
Raymond Lewis, a retired mechanic living in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, tucks away his rosary and rises from kneeling and praying in front of a statue ... |
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May 9th, 2008
A daughter reflects on her deeply religious mother's struggle to come out of the closet and remain Catholic "I need to tell you something." My mom said. "Okay." I prepared myself for something tragic, when instead I heard, "I'm not Catholic anymore, I just thought you ... |
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May 7th, 2008
Please complete our questionnaire The controversial comments made by Barack Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright has re ignited a debate among many Americans as to how religious leaders should approach political issues of the day when ... |
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April 30th, 2008
Benedict XVI in America In the days leading up to the arrival of Pope Benedict in the United States, a number of media outlets contacted BustedHalo.com to get "our take" on ... |
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April 22nd, 2008
Spirituality for the Sleep-Deprived Lately I feel like my brain is on holiday. I find myself wandering the supermarket unable to remember exactly what I'm supposed to be shopping for, reaching the end ... |
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April 17th, 2008
Covering Pope Benedict's visit to the United States Yankee Pope
Constantly Alert
"Praying fervently for the coming of the Kingdom ... |
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April 16th, 2008
The growing trend to tattoo your faith on your sleeve
Eyes of friends and strangers alike immediately fall to the arm, the shoulder, the back, or perhaps even to the unnaturally elongated earlobe ... |
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April 11th, 2008
Seekers find salvation in New Age capital of America
Yvonne Draper came to Sedona to kill herself. With a ruptured disc in her back, a hip that slid out of the socket, knees and ankles that ... |
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March 30th, 2008
Controversial Catholic youth minister Justin Fatica is tough and bruised, but soft-hearted, and few dispute he has a knack for reaching troubled kids The children who show up for Kids ALIVE in Burlington's Old North End number between 40 and 50, and most range in age from about 8 to 16. Many ... |
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March 27th, 2008
A fourteen-year-old girl—
on tip-toe in the attic—
saw the huge horse-chestnut,
Westerkerk tower, and the random
flight of gulls. "Our tree
is in full ... |
