The Synod of Bishops got heated, but left a door open - why we should care

http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/catholic-synod-leaks-suggest-heated-internal-debate/article_9711354a-78f5-11e5-95e2-cf57d00a3286.html

Children's book writer is willing to live with chaos in the interest of her art

http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/from-creative-chaos-a-writer-crafts-art-for-young-readers/article_0b844c0c-775a-11e5-8e92-9f50aee446fb.html

London synagogue members, once rescued from Holocaust, now advocate for Syrian refugees

http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/a-london-synagogue-refugee-program-spans-borders-and-history/article_e6891c02-6eb2-11e5-b25f-4bc02220d841.html

Carmelite hermitage in the Washington woods, where ‘prayer is friendship with God’ - Global Sisters Report

Carmelite hermitage in the Washington woods, where ‘prayer is friendship with God’ - Global Sisters Report

Researcher finds something deeper, life-changing within anonymity of the cloister - Global Sisters Report

Researcher finds something deeper, life-changing within anonymity of the cloister - Global Sisters Report

A powerful silence: The somewhat hidden witness of American contemplative orders - Global Sisters Report

A powerful silence: The somewhat hidden witness of American contemplative orders - Global Sisters Report

Still a staunch Republican, he's now an advocate for prison reform

Lancaster businessman Tom Zeager wouldn't visit his own brother in jail.  But a deal struck with a local prison chaplain more than 15 years ago changed the way he looks at life inside prison walls - and what his Christian faith calls him to do about changing it.

http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/prison-reform-advocates-see-ideas-become-more-accepted/article_f5c5302e-556d-11e5-b820-8b399705336a.html