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Your 15 Minutes Of Faith? Welsh Church Offers In-And-Out Prayer Services

A vicar in Swansea has become one of the first in the UK to launch a 15-minute church service in a bid to help busy people fit prayer into their day-to-day lives.
A vicar in Swansea has become one of the first in the UK to launch a 15-minute church service in a bid to help busy people fit prayer into their day-to-day lives. ITV Wales/Facebook

Is 15 minutes enough time to reflect during a prayer?

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In Traditionally Catholic Ireland, Alternative Clergy Take The Altar

Karen Dempsey, the bald priestess, wears rainbows and sequins for a funeral.​
Karen Dempsey, the bald priestess, wears rainbows and sequins for a funeral. baldpriestess/Instagram

In traditionally Catholic Ireland a different kind of clergy is emerging, one which is making weddings, funerals and other ceremonies more inclusive and personal.

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The Next Pope

Catholic Priests Struggle To Make Sense Of Pope’s Resignation

A moment for reflection
A moment for reflection bortescristian

VATICAN CITY – A long queue of men dressed in black is winding silently around St. Peter’s Square: They are Roman priests here to say their last goodbyes to Benedict XVI at a recent Vatican audience. When he decided to resign, did it cross the Pope’s mind that the cross he’d bear would also affect […]

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Society

“We’re Not Clowns!”- Russian Patriarch Orders Clerics To Stop Going Viral

Patriarch Kirill isn't amused
Patriarch Kirill isn't amused Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News

MOSCOW – Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, is calling on all members of the clergy to carefully watch what they say and how they live their lives, especially in light of the way modern information travels fast. Without naming names, he referred to some recent cases where the actions of clergy members […]

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