Catholics and Muslims sign letter of cooperation and understanding in Voorhee...

BROADCAST NEWS DIRECTORS AND NEW MEDIA CONTENT PROVIDERS:  Leaders of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden and the Muslim American Association of Voorhees signed a historic letter of cooperation and...

UK Archbishop ProSharia Statement Inflames Religious Leaders

When most people are trying to gain Gods Favour, some even praying to a host of Gods in order to cover all their Bases, the ArchBishop of Canterbury's statements on introducing Sharia Law into British Society has...

Catholic schools reject homophobia survey

Hmmm...homophobia doesn't exist in Catholic Schools?  Somehow I doubt that.  What's so bad about opening up a discussion?"The Toronto District Catholic School Board has declined to take part in an online...

Kenyans hacked to death with machetes

Kenya has become Africa's new dead zone, I wonder who and or what will save the situation? " NAIROBI, Kenya - Several people were beaten and hacked to death with machetes in a Nairobi slum Sunday in renewed ethnic fighting over Kenya's disputed...

Black Pope Elected

"A little-known Spanish priest, who has spent his entire life in Asia among the poor, has been elected to lead the Jesuits, the Catholic Church’s largest religious order. Father Adolfo Nicolás was chosen by 217...

Catholic officials, Muslim scholars to meet in Rome

"A landmark meeting between Catholic officials and Muslim scholars that aims to spur dialogue between Christianity and Islam is planned to take place in Rome this spring, a senior Vatican official said.The top Vatican official in charge of relations with Islam, Cardinal...

Catholic church hypocritical accepting Blair, says priest

"A British priest Monday accused the Catholic church of being hypocritical for accepting the conversion of former prime minister Tony Blair because of his support for the Iraq war. "If the Roman Catholic church truly reflected the values of Jesus Christ, then Tony Blair...

No Halo For Thee -- The First Pope Not to Become a Saint Was Not a Bad Sort, ...

Leafing through the 1800 pages of the one-volume Spanish language Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado encyclopedia, I found a list of all 261 popes.  From the years 33 – 496 A.D., each of the first 49 popes from “San...

Exorcists Wanted

"THE Pope is setting up exorcism squads to tackle the growth of Satanism, it emerged yesterday. Church chiefs are concerned at the rise in the occult as people lose faith in Christianity. Bishops will have priests...

Vatican vows to fight Devil

"The Catholic Church has vowed to "fight the Devil head-on" by training hundreds of priests as exorcists. Father Gabriele Amorth (82), the Vatican's Exorcist-in-Chief, announced the initiative amid the Church's...

Texting may be hazardous to your thumbs

" Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The first recorded case of “Text Messagers Thumb”. In New Zealand.  "The 20-year old student is thought to have sent up to 100-text messages/day, which resulted in inflammation of the tendons in her thumb, causing grave...

Who Was Jesus?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorEveryone has a different viewpoint, Israels Temple Mount for example places Mohamhed, King David and Solomon, Abraham, and Jesus there in history. The Temple Mount a...

Catholic school board bans Godless book

Banning so-called atheistic books is a dumb move in my opinion.  For someone to develop a solid world view it needs to be challenged.  What are they so afraid of?  (Answer: eternal damnation)."The...

The Origin of the Twelve Days of Christmas

"The Origin of the Twelve Days of Christmas You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music. But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written. It is a good deal more than just a...

Muslims to overtake Protestants in Austria, study says

Vienna (ANTARA News) - Austria's Muslim community continues to grow, and according to a study by the Austrian Society for International Understanding, Islam will overtake Protestantism as the country's second-largest religious group by 2010. Christian religions had to suffer...

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