For Italian Catholics, a different debate over ‘choice’
It may be the last empire in the world on which the sun never sets: the Catholic Church, a kingdom full of believers and skeptics alike, with its one billion followers strewn across the globe. With such reach and untold wealth, it might seem ill-advised to question its influence. But walk across the street from its seat of power, and you will find a direct challenge to that influence at the most unusual of places: a local pharmacy.
Padre Pio: Making business personal
San Raffaele Articoli Religiosi souvenir shop was one of the first top open up in San Giovanni Rotondo, almost 45 years ago. It now competes with nearly two dozen similar stores.
Meet God halfway and He will come
On a rainy Friday night, two young men in their mid-twenties arrive early for prayer at Congregation Ramath Orah on 110th Street off Broadway in Manhattan.
A Jewish tradition of ‘ascent’ on Park Avenue
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, nine men stand around anxiously at 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, prayer shawls yet to be adorned, hoping a tenth will arrive.
