We are pleased to offer this guest blog post on the upcoming election in Sudan from Christian Hennemeyer Mr Hennemeyer has worked in the foreign aid field for over 25 years mainly in Africa Birth is a bloody and painful experience and the birth of a new African nation may be no less traumati

Even the Tree has a stylist nbsp According to The New York Times the affluent in New York City are now outsourcing the decoration of homes for Christmas nbsp to a stylist No no NO NO NO nbsp I TOLD you not to use so much TINSEL And that WHITE TREE nbsp Hans what were you thinking

Father Jim Martin s recent blog on the Wisconsin apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary rekindled thoughts about and an assessment of what these visions really mean Over a hundred years ago William James considered by many to be the Father of American Psychology wondered similar thoughts and unde

Inside Job the new film on the underlying reasons and the putative villains behind the Great Recession is sure well pretty sure to gain an Oscar nod for best documentary nbsp Which means that America needed to review it for you nbsp Karen Smith our editorial director liked it and w

Thanks Archbishop Fabriciano Your pal nbsp Children everywhere nbsp Argentine archbishop slams Santa Claus AFP ndash 1 day ago BUENOS AIRES mdash A Roman Catholic archbishop surprised his parishioners in Argentina by telling the children that Santa Claus was not real but instead a comme

Are we desacralizing Dec 25 with ldquo Midnight Masses rdquo earlier and earlier the day before nbsp What rsquo s your opinion Over dinner a few weeks ago I spoke with a group of five parish priests about something that had me concerned or at least had piqued my curiosity nbsp What did the