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We Have a Pope: A Toothless Satire of the Catholic Church

Tween Marco Rubio Was a Mormon, But Does Anyone Really Care?

​Buzzfeed, the site about cute cats and "penis size math" that apparently has a political habit on the side, is out with a new shocker about Florida Senator Marco Rubio that, according to journalist McKay Coppins, could be "potentially damaging" and complicating to Rubio's political future. Well, ... More >>

Miami imams accused of funding terrorists: Hate and redemption

​Buzzfeed, the site about cute cats and "penis size math" that apparently has a political habit on the side, is out with a new shocker about Florida Senator Marco Rubio that, according to journalist McKay Coppins, could be "potentially damaging" and complicating to Rubio's political future. Well, ... More >>

Video: Miami Santero Carlos Valdes Performs An Ebbo Be Estera Ceremony

photo by C. StilesValdes performing a ceremony in his home.​Should stalking a santero in his home be a hate crime? That's the thorny question at the center of this week's news story about local Santeria priest Carlos Valdes, who says his family has been terrorized for four years by a man who hates ... More >>

Former Yahweh cult member Khalil Amani turns his life around

photo by C. StilesValdes performing a ceremony in his home.​Should stalking a santero in his home be a hate crime? That's the thorny question at the center of this week's news story about local Santeria priest Carlos Valdes, who says his family has been terrorized for four years by a man who hates ... More >>

Animal-rights commando goes after Santeria sacrifices

photo by C. StilesValdes performing a ceremony in his home.​Should stalking a santero in his home be a hate crime? That's the thorny question at the center of this week's news story about local Santeria priest Carlos Valdes, who says his family has been terrorized for four years by a man who hates ... More >>

Too Cutie for Words

photo by C. StilesValdes performing a ceremony in his home.​Should stalking a santero in his home be a hate crime? That's the thorny question at the center of this week's news story about local Santeria priest Carlos Valdes, who says his family has been terrorized for four years by a man who hates ... More >>

Archdiocese of Miami Sued Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Coral Springs Music Teacher

Michael MillerArchbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski gives a press conference after a recent trip to Cuba​The Archdiocese of Miami is getting hit with yet another lawsuit claiming sexual abuse by an employee of the Church.A lawsuit filed this morning in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleges that Miguel Cala ... More >>

Willard Trent Sues Archdiocese of Miami for $5 Million Over Alleged Sexual Abuse

Fr. Thomas Dennehy, who died in 1999.​Willard Trent, 13-years-old at time of alleged abuse​In what could be the first test of its new leadership, the Archdiocese of Miami is defending itself against charges it concealed the sexual abuse of at least one altar boy since the late 1960s.In a lawsuit ... More >>

Boogaloo

Fr. Thomas Dennehy, who died in 1999.​Willard Trent, 13-years-old at time of alleged abuse​In what could be the first test of its new leadership, the Archdiocese of Miami is defending itself against charges it concealed the sexual abuse of at least one altar boy since the late 1960s.In a lawsuit ... More >>

Art Capsules

Fr. Thomas Dennehy, who died in 1999.​Willard Trent, 13-years-old at time of alleged abuse​In what could be the first test of its new leadership, the Archdiocese of Miami is defending itself against charges it concealed the sexual abuse of at least one altar boy since the late 1960s.In a lawsuit ... More >>

Art Capsules

Fr. Thomas Dennehy, who died in 1999.​Willard Trent, 13-years-old at time of alleged abuse​In what could be the first test of its new leadership, the Archdiocese of Miami is defending itself against charges it concealed the sexual abuse of at least one altar boy since the late 1960s.In a lawsuit ... More >>

Only in Miami: Catholic Priest Sexy Photo Scandal

via The HeraldFather Alberto Cutié has always been something of an oddity: a media-savvy, good-lucking Roman Catholic priest with a side job as a Spanish-language television host, radio jock, and newspaper columnist. His media ubiquity has earned him the nickname "Father Oprah," but now & ... More >>

Memo from Caracas: Venezuelan Jews, Democracy Are In Trouble

It was a damn good weekend for the vanguard of the Bolivarian Revolution, Fidel Castro's BFF Hugo Chavez.courtesy Wikimedia CommonsAbout 54 percent of Venezuelans on Sunday voted to remove term limits so that Chavez can run again for president in 2012 -- and presumably well beyond, if Castro is real ... More >>

Does It Offend Rick Sanchez, Yeah?

Oh No! Someone's mixed Catholic imagery and sex! How provocative! How controversial! How unoriginal.Rick Sanchez, everyone's favorite former Channel Seven newsman, dedicated a good portion of his Twitter-fueled CNN show yesterday to the latest cover of Mexican Playboy that shows a model who may be c ... More >>

Herald Bundles Controversial Documentary with Sunday's Paper

Oh No! Someone's mixed Catholic imagery and sex! How provocative! How controversial! How unoriginal.Rick Sanchez, everyone's favorite former Channel Seven newsman, dedicated a good portion of his Twitter-fueled CNN show yesterday to the latest cover of Mexican Playboy that shows a model who may be c ... More >>

The Shooting of Estefano

One of Miami's best-known songwriters was nearly killed in a possible contract hit.

Here Today...

One of Miami's best-known songwriters was nearly killed in a possible contract hit.

Education = Tolerance

One of Miami's best-known songwriters was nearly killed in a possible contract hit.

Wake Up and Read the Dharma

One of Miami's best-known songwriters was nearly killed in a possible contract hit.

Zen Diving

Uncross your legs before you land

Manly, Yes

An Aventura minister pumps testosterone into the faith

Orthodox Meshugaas

A bizarrely unorthodox defender of the faith puts the fire to some lukewarm Jews

Art à la Mode

A bizarrely unorthodox defender of the faith puts the fire to some lukewarm Jews

The Rapture

A bizarrely unorthodox defender of the faith puts the fire to some lukewarm Jews

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy . . . sorry, her dead husband

Vodou, For Real

Find out what it's all about at Bayfront Park

Muslim McCarthyism

A Miramar family gets the full suspect treatment

Playing Is Praying

Omar Faruk Tekbilek finds the divine in the downbeat

Hearts and Souls

For more than 100 years, Ebenezer United Methodist Church has survived as a spiritual beacon and social landmark

Best Milkshake

Knaus Berry Farm

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Knaus Berry Farm

Definitely Not Kosher

Did the Meat People bamboozle four Orthodox Jews about a nonkosher brisket?

The Man with God in His Mouth

In tiny Miraflores Viejo, in Cuba's cane country, the religion of choice is vodou, and the high priest is Eugenio Sensio

Miami's Man in Havana

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Holy Wars, Inc.

A vicious fight is raging among the high priests of newly fashionable Santeria, where Websites beckon and the gods are far from crazy

Brothers in Alms

A vicious fight is raging among the high priests of newly fashionable Santeria, where Websites beckon and the gods are far from crazy

Two Faces of Islam

Two distinct factions of a religion -- one extremist, the other orthodox -- are vying for the minds and souls of Miami's Muslims

Wings and Prayers

Most big airports come equipped with round-the-clock clerics -- but for some reason MIA has lost its religion

Rabbi with a Cause

For Loring Frank, South Florida's freewheeling rabbi of the people, Judaism is all about inclusion

An Unorthodox Style

For Yehudis Levitin, painting was the path to freedom from the strict Hasidic world

Catching the Spirits

For Yehudis Levitin, painting was the path to freedom from the strict Hasidic world

United They Stand

Labor organizer Monica Russo helps Dade's nursing home workers form a more perfect union

Welcome to Their Nightmare

Labor organizer Monica Russo helps Dade's nursing home workers form a more perfect union

Letters

Labor organizer Monica Russo helps Dade's nursing home workers form a more perfect union

A Most Exotic Exile

The church is Russian. The priest is from Boston. The founders were midgets. And the congregation is slim to none.

East of Eden

The church is Russian. The priest is from Boston. The founders were midgets. And the congregation is slim to none.

Temple Tantrum

Not even the embattled State of Israel can hold a candle to this feuding little synagogue in North Bay Village

Speak of the Devil

Not even the embattled State of Israel can hold a candle to this feuding little synagogue in North Bay Village