Most tourists come to Tanzania to take a photo safari through a wonderland of wildlife. There are few places on earth that can match it. On the other hand, there are an increasing number of tourists who come to Tanzania to comfort a dying old lady or hold a little orphan girl. It’s called “voluntourism.” More
In this special Easter report, Kim Lawton checks back in with two New Orleans pastors who were both in their first years at their churches when Hurricane Katrina hit. More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s March 20, 2007 interview in New Orleans with the Rev. Lance Eden of First Street United Methodist Church. More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s March 19, 2007 interview in New Orleans with the Rev. Jerry Kramer of the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation. More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: There is a group of Benedictine nuns in Missouri who bake and sell millions of Communion wafers, small and large. But some would-be communicants complained that they are allergic to the gluten in the wheat … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Four years ago our correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visited an AIDS hospice in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand. This year he went back and discovered that low-cost new drugs are keeping many patients alive, and the … More
Observant Jews prepare for Passover by getting rid of everything in the house that is chametz, or leavened. We visited the Orthodox Jewish family of Ari and Shoshana Lerner to see how they were preparing. More
Sr. Mary John Meyer’s Paschal Candle Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients for rolls: 2 c. milk ‡ c. mashed potatoes 7 c. flour ‡ c. sugar (for sugar-free recipe, substitute 1 tsp. of honey to activate yeast) 2 tbsp. yeast 3 eggs … More
Shoshana Lerner’s recipe for Passover appropriate chocolate cookies: 16 oz. melted chocolate chips 4 eggs 1 ‡ c sugar 4 tbs. oil 1 tbs. dry coffee granules º tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla extract ‡ c potato starch 4 ‡ … More
Watch our conversation about the moral considerations of withdrawing from Iraq with William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Prof. Nancy Sherman of Georgetown University, and Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. More