For the first time in 53 years, Cubans will be permitted to celebrate Good Friday, thanks to the intervention of Pope Benedict XVI who asked Cuban president Raul Castro during his recent visit to make it a public holiday.
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Experts are concerned about the latest trend among young girls - watching internet videos in which girls make themselves up to look like real life Barbie dolls with perfect hair, skin and makeup.
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Schools across the U.S. are finally starting to crack-down on girls showing up at the prom in revealing gowns that are better suited to Playboy models than high school teens.
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The parents of two British tourists who were savagely gunned down in a racially motivated crime by a young black man in Sarasota, Florida last spring accused President Barack Obama of finding no "political value" in acknowledging the crime as he did when a white man gunned down a black teen last month.
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During an interview with Fox News'
O'Reilly Factor last night, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said he believes the Obama administration and its supporters are attempting to divide the Catholic Church.
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An Australian drug maker announced this week that testing of a new antiviral compound aimed at curing the common cold has met with "stunning success."
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In between the massive public events that marked his trip to Cuba this week, Pope Benedict XVI skillfully used the visit to intercede for the faithful in a variety of ways, from asking Cuban President Raul Castro to reinstate Good Friday as a holiday to pleading for the release of political prisoners.
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On the XXVII World Youth Day, which will be celebrated at the diocesan level this Palm Sunday throughout the Catholic world, Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging youth to be "missionaries of joy."
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Opening on the same weekend as the violence-strewn blockbuster,
The Hunger Games, the anti-abortion drama,
October Baby, scored the second highest per screen average at the box office, raking in nearly $2 million in ticket sales.
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Judging by the questions posed by Supreme Court Justices at yesterday's highly anticipated arguments at the Supreme Court over the individual mandate in the president's unpopular health reform law, the court appears divided on whether or not the law should be upheld.
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