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April 18, 2017

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

Retired Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, left, toast men in traditional clothing with a beer during the German pontiff's 90th birthday celebration April 17 at the Vatican. The pope's birthday was the previous day.

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.

Published in International
March 1, 2017

These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

Back in the 1600s, the Paulaner monks brewed beer specifically for a liquid-only fast during Lent.

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

Published in Faith
August 13, 2015

Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews

Community leaders, politicians and administration officers pour contents of an illicit brew during a crackdown in July 2015.

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.

Published in International
May 30, 2015

Make room for God in the man cave

Todd Stahl, author of 40 Days in the Man Cave.

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.

Published in Book News
May 18, 2014

Day 6: Something good is brewing in Taybeh

Taybe beer in three varieties - Dark, Amber, Golden.

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.

Published in Michael Swan in the Holy Land
May 5, 2012

Damien beer honours its saintly namesake

Pictured is a bottle of Damiaan Donker, a dark Belgian ale named after St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, Hawaii. The 19th-century Belgian missionary ministered to people with leprosy in Hawaii.

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."

Published in Features