There are as many paths to God as there are individuals This series on Huffington Post looks at six of the most well-traveled paths for contemporary believers The first two parts considered nbsp The Path of Belief nbsp and nbsp The Path of Independence You might be surprised to hear of agnost

In case you missed John W Martens post on The Good Word on the Scriptural roots of purgatory check it out here A sample Purgatory has had an odd history with many Catholics today no longer having a clear sense of what it is And while many Protestants have long rejected purgatory as a non-bi

While the events surrounding this year rsquo s March for Life in Washington D C have provided encouragement and inspiration to many who oppose abortion recent statistics regarding abortion rates in New York City demonstrate that the pro-life cause still has a long way to go According to CNS 41

Massachusetts it is time for the anti-bullying law to be implemented and a writer in the Boston Globe hopes its implementation does not suffer the same fate as an anti-hazing law that was enacted after the 1984 death of a college student who died of acute alcohol poisoning after an enforced hazing

Read the full story here in our online edition of Signs of the Times Others news covered this week how Catholic leaders helped boost support for the New Start treaty and a look at the controversy surrounding Mexican migrants who have been abuducted and killed on their way to the U S Tim Reidy n