Father Edward Pilarskiego: Drunk Preist Dragged From Pulpit

A Polish priest, Father Edward Pilarskiego, was dragged from the pulpit by his own parishoners as he was clutching a bottle of vodka. Father Pilarskiego was notorious for injecting foul language into his sermons as well as dipping into the parish's collection money for...

Pope Canonizes 5 New Saints

Pope Benedict XVI has canonized five new saints: Father Damien (Jozef De Veuster), who tended to sufferers of leprosy on Molokai Zygmunt Szcezesny Felinski, who defended the Catholic Church as Poland was annexed...

More on the Pope and Condoms

The fallout from the Pope's words on condom use last week is starting to reach across the globe.  I wonder if the Pope realizes how his words can devastate public health worldwide, and fuel more HIV...

Who Was St. Patrick?

I'm a day late posting this article, because I just found it! I did post an article on the Letters of Beckett, because I prefer to think of Beckett's struggle for authenticity, –rather than all that St. Pat...

Brazil: Possible serial killings target gays

Another sad side of Brazilians come to surface. This time it is a serial killer who is supposed to be targeting gay people in Sao Paulo. Urban violence in Brazil is rather high for world standards. According to...

Gene Test Shows Spain’s Jewish and Muslim Mix

Historian Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz concludes that the Spanish civilization is Catholic and other influences.However others such as the biologists in this case states that Spain have been enriched by 3 historical cultures; Catholic,Jewish and Muslim.Test conducted by...

Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez leaves party chief post after vetoing abortion

After confronting criticism for his vetoing a bill on abortion - which had been approved by local Parliament - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez resigned as Chief of the Socialist Party. The bill allowed abortion during the first 12 weeks if there was a health...

Catholics & Muslims Create 'Faith Force' To Combat Religious Violence

For three days, scholars and leaders representing both Catholicism and Islam have made this announcement. This could be deemed as historic and symbolic. It could forge an interesting bond and alliance between those of the Catholic faith and those of the Islamic faith. After...

If You Voted For Obama, You Must Do Penance, Says Catholic Priest

Apparently, there is still fallout coming out from the religious side of the political spectrum after Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois became the United States President-elect on November 4. Apparently, Reverend Jay Scott Newman of St. Mary’s Catholic...

Out of hiding, many Kosovars escape Islam to embrace Christianity

"By Fatos Bytyci KLINA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kosovar Albanians gather on Sundays to attend religious services in a still unfinished red-brick church in the Kosovo town of Klina. Turning away from the majority Muslim faith imposed by the Ottoman Turks centuries ago,...

Pope critiques modern angst

The Pope had some interesting comments today about materialism and modern angst in his final address to the hundreds of thousands gathered in Australia for World Youth Day. He spoke about a spreading emptiness and...

'Father' Tim Russert: Irish Catholicism and American Journalism

Another good piece of journalism from Poynter Institute's Roy Peter Clark.  When asked if he thinks first any of the writing tools he introduced before he write.  His answer, obviously is no. "I turn to a tool when I need it.  I use the tools, they don't use...

Old Catholic "Guilt" myth debunked

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWe have all heard of the Catholic Guilt Complex, Marriage before Sex, unpure thoughts are a sure fire way to Hell, Condoms, Birth Control, Masturbation is a sin, but...

Paraguay: Ex Bishop Fernando Lugo elected President (updated II)

Caracas, Venezuela, 20 April 2008. As the 84% of the votes counting progresses and after the recoginition of defeat by government -Blanca Ovelar-  and main opposition - Lino Oviedo- candidates,...

Vatican says Pope's baptism of Muslim not a hostile act

The Vatican's own newspaper printed an article today stating how the Pope Benedict's baptism of an Italian Muslim man over Easter weekend was not a hostile act against Islam, after the move angered critics in the...

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