A vial of blood from the patron saint of the Italian city of Naples transformed from its usual solid state into a liquid after a visit from Pope Francis, marking the first time since 1848 that this phenomenon occurred during the visit of a sitting pontiff.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
An upstate New York school district has issued a formal apology after Pine Bush High School students were made to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic last week while celebrating Foreign Language Week.
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A 22 month-old Pennsylvania boy whose lifeless body was pulled from the icy Buffalo Creek in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania was revived after an hour and 41 minutes of CPR - with no brain damage!
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A lawsuit has been filed by teachers in Cranston, Rhode Island who say their civil rights were violated when the city’s school department turned down their requests to observe Good Friday.
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A Norwegian man who tricked his girlfriend into drinking a smoothie laced with abortion pills has been sentenced to six years in jail and fined $28,000.
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During a March 13 panel discussion at the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See told participants that it’s time to better appreciate the full greatness of woman - not for the attributes she shares with men, but for the unique gifts that pertain to her as woman.
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In what is becoming a new phenomenon, another child of same-sex parents has published an open letter to the gay community telling them that she decided to “come out” of the closet and tell the truth about children who are raised in same-sex households - they’re hurting.
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Experts are raising the alarm about the new generation of "sharents" - parents who are too willing to share personal information about their children on-line, information that could come back to haunt their child later in life.
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An advertising research firm has found that an ad featuring a seemingly naked woman walking through a farmer's market which aired on Super Bowl Sunday failed to sell more burgers - and may have cost the restaurant potential customers.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, two Italian fashion designers who are known as the world’s wealthiest one-time same-sex couple, are being attacked by their own this week after the two spoke out against gay “marriage” and adoption as well as the use of artificial reproductive techniques that take the love out of procreation.
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