Catholic News Service gives thumbs-down to Maher’s `Religulous’

On Sunday, Cathedral of Hope in Dallas will host a memorial event for Lawrence King. Here’s a press release: Community Organizations Offer Vigil for Murdered 15 Year Old Lawrence King was targeted for being gay Dallas, Texas - March 3, 2008 - Lawrence King, a 15-year-old Oxnard, California student who was murdered at school on February 12 for being gay, will be memorialized on Sunday, March 9 by the Dallas lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and... more

Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving will host a "Living Stations of the Cross" service at 7 p.m. Sunday (March 9) in the Seminary Chapel, 3131 Vince Hagan Drive. Seminarians and students from the University of Dallas will participate, assuming the roles of Jesus, Mary, and the other figures in the Stations of the Cross. A reception will follow in the Dining Hall. Visitors are welcome, but seating is limited. NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. ... more

A Lubbock women’s ministry will become part of Dallas-based Buckner Children and Family Services. Here’s a release with details: Buckner Children and Family Services LUBBOCK, Texas - My Father’s House ministry in Lubbock is becoming part of Buckner Children and Family Services effective Feb. 22. Under an agreement between the two non-profit organizations, Buckner is assuming full operation of My Father’s House, an ecumenical ministry to women in n... more

Hey, some people say they need wine. Others say they need candles. And then there’s the faith that says it needs to sacrifice goats. DMN courts reporter Michael Grabell tells us: Santeria priest Jose Merced filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city of Euless in December 2006 after officials told him he couldn’t sacrifice goats at his home for a ceremony initiating a new priest. Followers of the African-Caribbean religion consider animal sacrifice as essential to Sant... more