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  • Church is key to battling poverty in paradise

    Church is key to battling poverty in paradise

    • Nov 23, 2019

    What has been dubbed by many as America’s paradise is not just home to plutocrats, but there’s a surprising degree of poverty and, as ever, the Catholic Church long has been on the front lines of responding to it.

    By Elise Harris
  • Tanzanian nuns in America’s paradise capture Catholic shift from north to south

    Tanzanian nuns in America’s paradise capture Catholic shift from north to south

    • Nov 19, 2019

    “To be a missionary is not something easy. Culture, food, everything is different,” Sister Mary Mushi, one of three Tanzanians of the Holy Spirit Sisters serving in Key West, told Crux.

    By Elise Harris
  • 100-year-old Marian promise still brings faith to Key West conchs

    100-year-old Marian promise still brings faith to Key West conchs

    • Nov 15, 2019

    Nearly 100 years ago a nun in Key West promised that as long as a grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes that she commissioned stands, the island would be protected from hurricanes, and today, that assurance still holds true.

    By Elise Harris
  • In a surreal setting, the ‘Pastor of Paradise’ projects dogged realism

    In a surreal setting, the ‘Pastor of Paradise’ projects dogged realism

    • Nov 14, 2019

    Father John Baker projects a steady calm – neither overly romantic about the beauty and beguiling culture of Key West, nor cowed by the uphill climb it can sometimes pose for the life of faith.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • On Catholicism, Key West, and taking comfort in the present

    On Catholicism, Key West, and taking comfort in the present

    • Nov 10, 2019

    One way the Catholic instinct seeps through in Key West is a tendency among locals to compare the present state of the place unfavorably to a half-remembered, half-imagined past.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • ‘Sin City South’ offers a lesson in religion as kudzu of the cosmos

    ‘Sin City South’ offers a lesson in religion as kudzu of the cosmos

    • Jun 16, 2019

    Even in Key West, known as “Sin City South” for its hedonistic atmosphere, organized religion appears to be alive and well.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
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