St. Augustine of Hippo was a North African convert who, after his conversion, became one of Catholicism’s greatest educators. Ostia Antica (Latin for "Old Mouth") is an ancient seaport located outside of the Eternal City itself at the mouth
Well, this tops the list! Two Sisters, Sr. Veit & Sr. Marguire from the Little Sisters of the Poor, who are enmeshed in a Supreme Court challenge of the Obama Administration's HHS Mandate, were in the
Are you hoping that we'll have a pro-life President in the White House next year? It's pretty much a "given" that all of the Democratic candidates espouse abortion rights. The Republicans candidates are, conversely, "pro-life";
A 23-year-old woman is incarcerated at the Anderson County Detention Center in South Carolina, facing charges of murder in the death of her newborn baby girl. Joanie Faith Holcombe admitted that she buried the dead infant,
At 10:05 p.m. Thursday, January 7, convicted serial killer Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. was executed by lethal injection in the State of Florida. The 53-year-old Bolin had been scheduled for execution at 6:00 p.m., but
Can I just say something real quick about Obama's gun control speech? I've had a busy day. I had a meeting, a trip to the airport, company coming for dinner.... In short, it was not
A new low for performance art: In the city of Pamplona, Spain, artist Abel Azcona used consecrated hosts to spell out the word “Pederasty” in Spanish on the sidewalk; the display was photographed, and featured in an
President Obama, in what House Speaker Paul Ryan has called "a dangerous level of executive overreach," today announced plans for a series of executive actions to implement stricter gun controls. The President's plan will expand requirements
On October 31, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI observed the 500th anniversary of the Sistine Chapel by offering a prayer—celebrating Vespers beneath Michelangelo’s famed frescoes of biblical stories including, most famously, the Creation of Adam. The
White elephant (n.) an idiom for a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose, and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth. * * * * * Did
