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Fun with nativity sets

The war on Christmas has gone up a notch from heated rhetoric to plundering. It seems that outdoor nativity statues, as well as menorahs, are often stolen. So...

Vatican on in vitro

A long-awaited bioethics document, Dignitas Personae, was released by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It provides a needed update to the last...

Homosexuality and the Holy See

The pope's spokesman confirmed today that the Vatican opposes laws criminalizing homosexuality, according to Catholic News Service. Most would be glad to...

A very bright Christmas

There was a big Christmas display two blocks away from the house I grew up in until age 6. Every year, even when we moved out of the state, we came back to...

What’s the world coming to?

A few random bits of odd religious news for you: South Park is taking on the Church of the Latter Day Saints through Broadway. Trey Parker and Matt Stone...

Solar in the least expected places

This week a Hindu statesman eloquently praised the Vatican for having installed a 2,400-panel solar field. “We may believe in different religions, yet we share...

More peaceful sign of peace?

The liturgical winds of change keep blowing: Fresh off his restoration of the Latin Mass, Pope Benedict XVI is polling the world's bishops about moving the...