A poll released today by Public Religion Research and sponsored by a coalition of progressive faith-based organizations has some surprises about the role faith played in the 2008 presidential election and how faith voters are approaching the country rsquo s challenges Not surprisingly religious

nbsp From The New York Times by Victoria Burnett AP a surprising development in a case that has great meaning for many of our readers and our editors as well Nearly 20 years after the Salvadoran Army killed six Jesuit priests in one of the most notorious events of El Salvador s civil war a

From The New York Times First Pictures Taken of Extrasolar Planets The heavens declare the glory of God the sky proclaims its builder s craft nbsp One day to the next conveys that message one night to the next imparts that knowledge There is no word or sound no voice is heard Yet the

For all those Mad Men fanatics out there and I know you re there--whenever we post on that show we get loads of hits here s a provocative article on the ways that Arthur Miller s midcentury Death of a Salesman anticipated some of the themes of AMC s hit show nbsp Mark Scalese the au

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp George Coyne SJ the former director of the Vatican observatory talks to Bustedhalo com on this lively video and explains the church s official view on evolution nbsp It s called Is evolution making a monkey out of the Catholic church Check it out here nbsp

How do you ldquo recant rdquo and begin to believe something you don rsquo t believe The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith or CDF is ordering Father Roy Bourgeois M M to recant his belief and support for women rsquo s ordination If not he will be excommunicated in thirty days