I've heard everything now. Believe it or not, World Cup fans are apparently oggling a fish tank in Germany that contains a small brown octupus. Known as Paul, it is said to have correctly predicted the results of all six matches involving the German team and is now preparing to pick the winner of Sunday's final match.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an effort to reduce the amount of carbon emission resulting from conventional forms of cremation, undertakers have developed a process that dissolves bodies in a caustic solution, part of which could end up in the local sewer.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal district court judge in Boston ruled yesterday that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it violates the rights of same-sex couples and interferes with state's rights to set their own marriage law.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an address to the United Nations regarding international goals for securing gender equality and the empowerment of women, the Vatican's representative, Archbishop Celestino Migliore said honoring women's unique service to others in the heart of the home is essential to the true empowerment of women.
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IZ writes:
"An office mate's wife is a fanatic Twilight fan, having come home early from an out-of-state trip to wait in line for 5 hours with friends to watch the midnight premier of "Eclipse". I read your blog about the new movie and how groups have formed gathering like-minded weirdos who are interested in vampires, etc. As my office mate jokingly refers to his wife's fanaticism, stating she's read each book multiple times as well as having seen all movies repeatedly, at what point would one question abnormal behavior (to me that is abnormal)? Another office mate who is "Catholic" is a Harry Potter fan and I just don't know how to contribute to the conversation without sounding like the bearer of bad news. Do you have any suggestions?"
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The state of Louisiana has become the fourth state to opt out of the abortion funding mandated by ObamaCare, with lawmakers in both the House and Senate passing the measure by wide margins.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The governor of Hawaii has vetoed a civil unions bill that would have granted same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples because she believes the issue is of "such societal importance that it deserves to be decided directly by all the people of Hawaii."
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A nation non-profit lobbying organization is warning the public that in just six months, the largest tax hikes in history will come in three "waves" that will impact American families and small businesses.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an effort to bypass Congressional opposition, President Barack Obama is using a recess appointment prerogative to appoint a controversial physician who is a self-professed supporter of health care rationing to serve as Chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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ML wrote:
"Recently a friend and I did a lot of research, and with it tried to convince our pastor that to stage Paul Winter's Missa Gaia in our (Catholic) church was to stage a New Age production. He would not hear of it. He did say that he would never allow if it were New Age. It's too late - the show (it was billed as a "show" in the local paper) went on as apart of an Earth Day 2010 celebration in our area. I attended and was predictably horrified. I normally would not have attended such an event but wanted to make sure that we were correct in our conclusions about this event. (I went armed with holy water, a miraculous medal, a St. Benedict's medial and a crucifix.) After I was told by my pastor that he just wanted me to pray for him, rather than to hear anything else that I had to say, my friend and I found a Vatican document that seemed to say that concerts could be allowed in churches but only sacred music could be performed. Could we have used that document to support our argument?"
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