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Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat. When I complained of it, everybody asked if I'd taken anything. But I don't particularly enjoy being medicated, and I hate cough syrup. The most I'll do is drink water, because you want your thro

The Student Union at Queensland University have shown themselves to be opposed to differing opinion and free speech like many...

Here's proof that I don't blindly agree with every word spoken or decision made by Ron Paul. Recently, the House of Representatives passed HR 1181 ("Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life

NARAL Pro-Choice America snubbed their old pal, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. The abortion advocacy group endorsed her rival for the Democratic candidacy, BarackObama, for president. One prominent abortion rights activist was not pleased with NARA

Deal Hudson describes a meeting today that occurred between himself, Bill Donahue and Pastor Hagee and his wife that occurred...

I was listening to Leo Laporte's Tech Guy podcast and one women called up about site advice and mentioned one...

Narnian eye candy. That's what The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian amounts to, for the most part. That's not a bad thing. It's a lot less than Lewis fans might have wanted, but in some ways it's actually better than...

(2008-05-16) -- Federal agents and National Guard troops surrounded the gleaming white temple-like San Francisco enclave of an isolationist sect after the black-robed "high priests" of the group yesterday declared themselves to be above the laws of the st

(2008-05-15) -- Former Democrat presidential hopeful John Edwards Wednesday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama's White House bid, but said he's still undecided about which horse to pick in the Kentucky Derby, which was run on May 3. Sen. Obama welcomed the supp

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Canberra issued a letter on the liturgy for Pentecost Sunday as the Australian bishops began full...

I've been thinking for a while about doing a post on who I think the final cylon is. I've even started the post at least once, but I haven't finished it. This post isn't it, by the way. (So let's...

Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1850) Here's the story: California Supreme Court Overturns Homosexual "Marriage" Ban Quote: The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become

PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT TO BE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT Colorado for Equal Rights Submits Nearly Double Required Signatures DENVER, COLORADO (13 May 2008) - Colorado for Equal Rights submitted 131,243 petition signatures to place the personhood amendment on the bal

Actually, it's an old Marian apparition, but it's been newly approved. The apparition occurred in France between 1664 and 1718, and the visionary was--as so often the case--a young girl. Video and info below. GET THE STORY.

(2008-05-14) -- An ebullient Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters today that the Republican loss of a Mississippi Congressional seat Tuesday bodes well for his presidential hopes in November. "Travis Childers, who beat the Republican in Mississipp

The global warming issue leaves me cold. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for conservation, recycling and such. But what's the point of preserving the earth and its greenness for future inhabitants if humanity does not have the right to be born? When did plant

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Last year I unveiled a very special Mother's Day photo album, which has continued to grow this year - now with 95 mother/child portraits: You can see the photos and read the moms comments at Our Little Extras - A Mother's Day Down Syndrome Celebration. Or

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, In the palace, cottage, hovel, Oh, no matter where the place; Would that never storms assailed it, Rainbows ever gently cu

Responding to God who calls me to follow Christ by a special vocation and in your presence Father Director, trusting in God who is ever faithful, and begging the intercession of Mary, Help of Christians, of St. Gaspar, our founder, and St. Fran

Welcome readers,

oddly, with my limited posting I am somewhat surprised to see I still gett 300-400 readers every day. For an odd, unexplained reason, the other day the readers topped 500 for the day, AND they come from all over. The blog tel

That's a question that's worth asking. I mean, it isn't as if Christian art has always been lame. A visit to the Sistine Chapel or a read through Dante or a listen to Mozart will tell you that. But for...

Hat tip to Fr. Loren, I found this wonderful little

Statio, Lectio, Meditatio, Oratio, Comtemplatio

Stop, read, reflect, pray, live differently.

Here are some helps for the nine days beginning Friday.

May is a special month for me:

May 5th, 1961, I

SDG here with a belated guest blog post from a 15-year-old who saw B16 at the youth rally. His excitement is palpable. The Church belongs to the young! This weekend I was blessed to be able to visit the Holy...