Tim Townsend
Tim Townsend is religion writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Blog Posts by Tim Townsend
Posted by Tim Townsend 3 weeks 3 days ago
On a recent rainy Saturday, about 125 Catholics packed a basement conference room, many of them older, most of them lay people. Many were representing their parishes.They gathered here to learn how...
Posted by Tim Townsend 4 weeks 6 days ago
At issue was a new $100 “annual registration fee” that the city imposed on churches and nonprofits. Most of the fee will go toward building safety and fire inspections, and $25 toward administration...
Posted by Tim Townsend 13 weeks 3 days ago
ST. LOUIS — A decision by the leader of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to censure a pastor for participating in a prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre has reopened old...
Posted by Tim Townsend 24 weeks 6 days ago
ST. LOUIS -- As Drew Burkemper got up to preach, the weight of his task was evident. His classmate at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, Adam Maus, had just pretty much killed it.Like Burkemper, Maus and...
Posted by Tim Townsend 33 weeks 2 days ago
An Illinois priest who was forced out of his parish by his bishop for improvising prayers during Mass has had his suspension reversed by the Vatican.The Vatican decided in favor of the Rev...
