The Russian Orthodox Church today elected a new patriarch, the first since the fall of the Soviet Union. Metropolitan Kirill, formerly head of external affairs...
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Having already conquered social networking and texting, Pope Benedict XVI has now moved on to YouTube videos. The Vatican has its own YouTube channel, and...
These old stories are too weird not to make a note of them: An artist-inventor working at MIT created a leg band that punishes you for using too much...
Having heard the two prayers at today’s ceremony, I’m sticking to my guns—no prayer at the presidential inauguration. (See my earlier post on this topic). The...
There’s another option besides burial or cremations for a deceased loved one these days: diamonds. Companies will turn the ashes of the dead into diamonds...
The old truism in war from a journalist's perspective had been "truth is the first casualty." The Israeli incursion into the Gaza ghetto reminds...
How about this for an economic stimulus plan: $250 from your local Catholic parish school? That's what some families in Nashville have received from their...
