AsiaNews: Until now, only male gurus could beg without clothes. To avoid speculation and cases of prostitution, the government creates the “ID for devotees.” Among the most important festivals of the Hindu calendar, the Mahashivaratri gathers hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading
AsiaNews: After invading Cairo and the neighboring cities, more than 30 million locusts from Sudan have arrived in Israel, leaving behind thousands of hectares of destroyed fields. It is the worst invasion since the one that devastated Cairo in 2007. In … Continue reading
Catholic Online: Five cardinals who are part of the papal conclave to select Pope Benedict’s successor are running behind. They have yet to join their contemporaries at the Vatican, and many have begun to speculate as to the delays. Read … Continue reading
Paul Kokoski, Catholic Online: Not surprisingly, Hugo Chavez departed this vale of tears on the 60th anniversary of the death of Joe Stalin. He will not be missed. More here.
LifeNews: Both The Irish Rover and The Sycamore Trust are reporting that the University of Notre Dame has shut down the four-year-old Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life. The decision appears to have been made so that direction of the Fund could be placed under … Continue reading
Kristen Hatten, LifeNews: I have written several pieces about China, from my most recent post on “birth tourism” to my coverage of the It’s A Girl documentary and the work Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is doing to save baby girls. China is a … Continue reading
CNA: The recent explosion of success in using adult stem cells to treat and cure diseases marks a shift in the medical field by making it unnecessary to use controversial embryonic stem cells, said Dr. Robin Smith. Full report here.
(Rorate Caeli) Regarding the cancelling of the press conferences that some of the American cardinals were giving in these days, Fr. Lombardi observed that “the Congregations are not a synod or a congress in which we try to report the … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: We bring to the attention of the dear Lord Cardinals the important ecumenical desire of the Russian Orthodox Church, as expressed by the head of the Department of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion: “It is … Continue reading
WND Lee Hieb, M.D.: A few weeks ago I wrote an article on bioweapons and particularly my fears about smallpox. For me, a terrorist release of smallpox is the most terrifying prospect that should keep every legislator, scientist and attentive citizen … Continue reading
Catholic Online: On February 28, 2013, the Department of Justice of the Obama Administration filed what is called a Friend of the Court or Amicus Brief in the case styled Hollingsworth v Perry.It should have come as no surprise to … Continue reading
(Population Research Institute) It is now safer to be a monkey in Spain—at least if you’re one of the larger species—than a man. Thanks to a new law passed by the Spanish parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister … Continue reading
It was quite a long time ago, when I had a TV, that I heard Clint Eastwood, in a Dirty Harry movie, utter a particularly despicable and blasphemous line against Our Savior and His Holy Name. I clicked off the … Continue reading
First there’s Mayor Bloomberg (net worth 25 billion) outlawing certain food donations from markets and bakers to homeless shelters. Now this. God help them. Who do these bureaucrats think they are? May those responsible feel hunger and have to scramble … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman is a stance akin to racism, according to the ombudsman of The Washington Post. More here.
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