Revival in the pews, crisis at the altar: Why churches are closing amid a Catholic comeback

Revival in the pews, crisis at the altar: Why churches are closing amid a Catholic comeback

Hallow CEO and co-founder Alex Jones discusses the app’s Lent prayer challenge, the meaning of liturgical season and the surge in growth on ‘Varney & Co.’ On paper, Catholicism looks like it’s having a moment. The global Catholic population has surpassed 1.4 billion. Eucharistic processions are drawing record crowds. And last summer, more than 50,000…

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Mike Rowe doubles down after blasting Kimmel’s ‘tone-deaf’ plumber jokes

Mike Rowe doubles down after blasting Kimmel’s ‘tone-deaf’ plumber jokes

After being scorned on social media, “Dirty Jobs” television show veteran Mike Rowe doubled down on his criticism of Jimmy Kimmel’s “tone deaf” monologues mocking new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for being a former plumber. Rowe said he had not noticed his post about late-night host Kimmel “belittling plumbers” had gone viral because he…

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Legendary women's basketball coaches Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma get into heated shouting match

Legendary women’s basketball coaches Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma get into heated shouting match

Friday’s women’s March Madness game between UConn and South Carolina saw an eruption of tempers boiled over as two of the game’s sport’s most legendary coaches got into engaged in a heated sideline confrontation. UConn’s Geno Auriemma and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley were seen shouting aggressively at each other in the closing moment moments of…

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