Faith

Pope Benedict celebrates 90th birthday with Bavarian guests, beer, pretzels

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:30:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – A bit of Bavaria, including German beer and pretzels, came to the Vatican to help celebrate retired Pope Benedict XVI's 90th birthday.

These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:20:00 -0500

WASHINGTON – As Ash Wednesday kicks off the Lenten season, Catholics enter into 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries.

Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:00:00 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - Clerics in Kenya are backing a presidential decree banning homemade brews, largely blamed for a recent spate of deaths in the East African nation.

Make room for God in the man cave

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 30 May 2015 11:00:00 -0400

While many men spend time in their man cave drinking beer and watching sports, Todd Stahl would rather pass his time in male solitude with devotions and self-reflection.

Day 6: Something good is brewing in Taybeh

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sun, 18 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

The last fully and completely Christian village in the Middle East is home of the only beer manufactured in the Palestinian Territories. Taybeh beer is named after the town of 1,300 Palestinian Christians within sight of the Dead Sea.

Damien beer honours its saintly namesake

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:38:00 -0400

HONOLULU - First, a couple of schools. Then, several U.S. parishes. Now ... a fine craft beer?

Many things have been named after St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, but none was more surprising than a recent discovery at a Whole Foods store in Hawaii — a bottle of Belgian ale labelled with the likeness of St. Damien.

The beer is called Damiaan Donker. The name pairs the Dutch words for "Damien" and "dark, strong ale."