Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

Sailing around Africa in a Phoenician boat

"On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian...

Beijing puts on a show for the world

"China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening...

Soldiers cleared of Cyprus brawl

The case of nine British soldiers who got into a bar brawl in Cyprus has been settled, with the soldiers being cleared. The bar owner, a customer and two soldiers were injured in the fighting.A Cypriot Judge made the ruling, deciding that there was not enough evidence to link...

Greatest show on turf opens gates

Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...

IRELAND: Chickens came home to roost yesterday . . . with a vengeance

This is my favourite report on the Lisbon Treaty outcome. ...but I think you'd have to know the 'players' to get the 'in' jokes and the 'craic' - the sense of delight and cheeky mischief making too. A terrific read!"So now it's plan C and that leaves Brian another 23 letters...