And now there’s scientific evidence to back it up: It is widely known that women tend to gain weight after giving birth, but now a large study has found evidence that even among childless women, those who live with a mate put on more pounds than those who live without one. The differences, the scientists…

From Afghanistan comes this remarkable story of a Catholic soldier who has become the lay spiritual leader for many in his battalion: Like all Marines, Cpl. Matthew Munoz is there for his buddies, but the 23-year-old also has stepped forward to help tend to the spiritual well-being of his comrades in arms. Cpl. Munoz is…

The recent visit of a Cardinal to Medjugorje has attracted a fair amount of attention — and the local bishop isn’t happy: Most Rev. Ratko Peri?, the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno in Bosnia-Herzegovina, released a statement in which he criticizes Vienna, Austria’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn for making a highly publicized “personal visit” to the region in…

Yep.  I can’t imagine these things popping up at a Catholic mass, but you never know.      Anyway: now this invention is getting even more attention because of a lawsuit: A holy war of sorts has broken out in the communion-wafer-dispensing space. A Minnesota marketer of communion-wafer dispensers is accusing its former president of patent…

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