The BBC reports on the phenomeon of the swiftly growing Christian churches in China It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today but no-one denies the numbers are exploding The government says 25 million 18 million Protestants and six million Catholics Independent estima

The BBC reports on the phenomeon of the swiftly growing Christian churches in China It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today but no-one denies the numbers are exploding The government says 25 million 18 million Protestants and six million Catholics Independent estima

Interviewed by Our Sunday Visitor in their latest issue nbsp Love the cover OSV You wrote that humor should be seen as a requirement in a Church leader Why do you think it rsquo s such an important attribute nbsp Father Martin First it rsquo s important to have a sense of humility and pover

NPR profiles Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta a Washington veteran who has served in Congress and who was most recently head of the CIA Panetta cites his Catholic faith as something that helps to inform his life-and-death decisions For the past two years Leon Panetta was at the center of the U

The U S Census Bureau announced today that median household income declined in 2010 and the poverty rate increased The bureau reported the highest numbers of people living in poverty in the 52 years it has collected such estimates There were 46 2 million people in poverty in 2010 up from 43 6 mi

If you haven t already be sure to check out Austen Ivereigh s superb review of Brighton Rock Rowan Joffe s God-less adaptation of Graham Greene s classic novel and film And for fun here is a clip highlighting the 1947 film s famous final twist I would say spoiler alert but that cliche seem