Word: churches
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...credit for that themselves, pointing to their defiant nature. At the Tvrdos monastery outside Trebinje, Bishop Atanasije Jevtic, head of the Herzegovina diocese, says NATO has disturbed archaeological work on the 4th century foundations of his abbey in search of Karadzic. "Can you imagine if we came to your church with tanks?" he says. "They can come and take me to the Hague, and I'd welcome it!" In the musty office of the Association of Gusle Players and Epic Poets in a downtown hotel, Mitar Djogo is similarly defiant. After playing a few notes on the gusle, a primitive...
...given last week's story about the child-services bureaucrat arrested for peeking up a little girl's skirt at a bookstore, that might not be the answer. And given the Baptist scandal over the minister who bought a house with his alleged mistress and allegedly embezzled from the church, the myriad Catholic priest child-molestation trials and the numerous other reports of misdeeds from just about every single religious denomination to profess a faith in the divine, I don't think we can trust the clergy any more, either...
Nolan still doesn't attend church regularly, and she considers herself spiritual, not religious. The only ritual she has decided to keep is coming back to the abbey every June for her birthday. A three-day weekend, it is her only vacation away from her job as a computer specialist in Edinboro, Pa., and this is what she gets: a hard single bed with threadbare sheets in a sweltering, non-air-conditioned room; a warped desk and chair that would be rejected by Motel 6; and simple meals like baked beans or tuna casserole. And for the whole weekend...
...months in advance. "Please don't mention our name," begs an abbot at a Vermont monastery where the wait for one of its 29 spaces stretches a year. "We're overwhelmed." There is even a popular guidebook, Sanctuaries, that helps readers choose a great monastery or convent. While organized church retreats are not new, what is startling is that much of the increase is in individual retreatants, including many Protestants and even non-Christians, who say the Catholic monasteries, with their ancient chants, beautiful grounds and prices at a pittance, offer the most refreshing vacation going. Now, say the monks...
...weeks after the Alpine outbreak subsided, LaFonda Scott and one of her daughters attended a church luncheon. Still shaky after their battles with the bug, mother and daughter made their way to a nearby table, where seven-year-old Janessa spotted a pitcher of water. Eying it warily, she asked, "Mom, is that safe water...