In a small Galilee town where tradition says Jesus turned water into wine, an ambitious priest hopes to perform his own miracle -- revive a shrinking flock, according to the Associated Press.
Father Masoud Abu Hatoum -- nicknamed "the bulldozer" for his enthusiasm -- has come up with a few ideas, like re-enacting the New Testament story of Jesus transforming the water for guests at a wedding in the Galilee hamlet of Cana, now the northern Israeli town of Kufr Kana.
"We have to attract people," said Fr. Abu Hatoum.
Unfortunately, he will have a tough time slowing the exit of Christians from this economically depressed town, as the young move away to cities like Nazareth, which offer bigger Christian communities, more jobs, and better marriage prospects.
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