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I got the impression that some readers didn't care for the Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra rendition of White Christmas. ( Cathy liked it th...

With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambus...

Moscow, Dec. 19, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II believes that the world's Orthodox leaders should settle their...

The 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and his wife, Jane Williams The Archbi...

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Apparently Terry was able to snap a pic of a few caroling bloggers.

Pope Approves Decree of Heroic Virtue VATICAN CITY, DEC. 18, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A 6-year-old Italian girl who cheerfully endured the amputat...

Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-May...

Padre Giovanni Trigilio

Addresses Japanese Bishops on the Fulfillment of the Human Heart VATICAN CITY, DEC. 17, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The deception caused by the glamo...

Mother Necessity - Where would we be? Interplanet Janet - She's a galaxy girl! Conjunction Junction - What's their function? The ...

Father Z. posted a video (wow! 1001 downloads so far...): Click here to see it .

Cathy tagged me for the Top 10 Meme. "Vin: I'm curious what you believe your Top 10 images are." 1. Laurel and Hardy (aka ...

Dedicates New Church in Rome ROME, DEC. 16, 2007 ( Zenit.org ).- Christians need to put as much effort into building up their faith as they ...

Hard to conjure up that image but it's true. Thomspon sends out an e-mail blast taking issue with Romney's statement today on MTP th...

Holy Smoke by Damian Thompson Bad news for England’s ludicrously overstaffed Catholic seminaries, one of which employs 37 staff for 32 stude...

The sports world recently greeted the news that this year’s Heisman Trophy Winner, Tim Tebow from the University of Florid...

"I had a very strange dream last night. I am not sure, but I think the Legionarires of Christ might actually be…. Cylons! "

Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the USSCB will allow... The Crescat Song

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 14, 2007 ( Zenit.org ).- In reflecting on the meaning of the Christmas tree, Benedict XVI affirmed that Christmas is a Ch...

"I have on the EWTN broadcast of the solemn Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum in Hanceville. I wonder how many aneurysms are taking ...

Celebration of the Advent Solemn Mass of Our Lady by Candlelight (The “Rorate” Mass) from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in ...