The good sisters of America may have a whole new quality of life matter to ponder after a perusal of some photos unearthed by the troublemakers at the National Catholic Reporter of Cardinal Franc Rod eacute Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious at a March ordination of six new deacons for

He s not likely to elbow Galileo out of the way in the hallways of the Vatican archives but Karl Marx is apparently enjoying a mild Roman restoration this week The Times of London is reporting a Marxist uprising at the Vatican or at least l Osservatore Romano which published a piece on October 2

As Caritas Internationalis and Catholic Relief Services expanded their efforts to respond to the unprecedented flooding throughout Asia following a series of typhoons and accompanying torrential comes news that a 2007 U S EPA report finally released in response to a Freedom of Information Act peti

While the U S media was burning through precious fossil fuels dedicating megawatts to Obama s OLYMPIAN FAILURE Wonderful Copenhagen my left foot and David Letterman s news of the weird other things were happening on the planet that you might find of interest Two young Iranians were detai

New media has been credited with getting the story out in Iran after government censorship shut off mainstream journalism Here s a little indication that it can also be put to less-to-no good during periods of chaos and drama as Honduras is currently experiencing Father Ismael Moreno S J and hi

After a night that exploded in looting gunfire and teargas and a day of ldquo absolute chaos rdquo in the capital city events on the ground in Honduras are escalating dangerously out of control Patrick Ahern a U S journalist based in Tegucigalpa told America today Thousands of demonstrators

While a lot of the national focus has turned to the health care squabble a minor distraction to these eyes the ongoing scandal of government-sponsored interference with free market enterprise continues to disturb We speak of course of municipal fire departments and a pernicious reliance on govern

A report from today s New York Times offers a reminder and I think one may have been necessary that there remain far worse things in the world to worry about than our own many problems in the United States Distracted as we are by deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan how the nation is going to