Sister Helen Prejean, the Catholic nun and anti-death penalty activist whose story came to fame with the 1995 film”Dead Man Walking,” took the stand on Monday (May 11) in the penalty phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial. She said he is “genuinely sorry for what he did,” and told her how he felt about the suffering he caused to the bombing’s victims.
When he was about 18 years old, Jonathan Scott Warren, known as Scotty, left his hometown in Sandpoint, Idaho to ride the rails with the hobos.
He was going to tell them about Jesus.
Religious identity used to be “inherited.” “Cradle Catholic” is shorthand for born into the faith; within Judaism, the faith is passed through a Jewish mother to her children unless they grow up to proclaim a different religion.
Theresa Caputo, from TLC's show "Long Island Medium" will be at the Spokane Arena on June 13. She'll be proving interactive readings to audience members during the show, and will share personal stories about her gifts, according to an announcement from the Spokane Public Facilities District.
When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ran for president eight years ago, he scored a surprising upset in the opening Iowa GOP caucuses by appealing to the state’s evangelical voters.