This bit of news from the world of science is potentially huge — and could have important significance both medically and morally: Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Laboratory…

Thanksgiving and the holidays can be a difficult time for many of us. This year, the Associated Press profiles several families coping with tragedy — but counting their blessings: When American families gather together this week to give thanks for what they have, many also will reflect on what they have lost this year. Some…

How do you know if you have a vocation to the priesthood? That question has haunted more than a few men over the years. And in Los Angeles, a group (led by a man with another vocation, to marriage) is helping men discern what God wants for them. The Tidings has the details: After a…

You read news like this and don’t know where to begin to understand it, or even explain it: Three boys ages 8 and 9 were being held Monday in a detention center on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl in the woods near a suburban Atlanta apartment complex, officials said. The alleged attack…

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