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One unscientific report has concluded it must be Down Under: Australia is the most sinful nation on earth, as befits a country founded as a penal colony. A BBC magazine show’s investigation has supposedly shown we Aussies are still born to be bad – coming out trumps in a global tally of the seven deadly…

Will this ad actually make it to the Big Game? It’s part of a contest being run by Dorito’s, and was produced by a California megachurch. The folks behind it think they have the inside track. See what you think.

To promote the cause for women priests, the controversial Ray Bourgeois is taking his act on the road, and his latest stop was Sacramento. Details, from the The Bee: To parishioners in her small Sacramento congregation, Elizabeth English is their Catholic priest: She presides over their Sunday Mass, leads them during Communion and baptizes their…

The words of remarkable young lady named Ashley Torrenti, a 6th grader at a Catholic school in Flushing, Queens. Her parents were going to throw her a big birthday party. But she decided, instead, to send the money to Haiti. She was featured on a regular segment we have on “Currents” called “I Witness.” “I…

This is something truly inspired, and will be a bracing tonic for anyone who has spent too much time watching cable TV.   God bless Tracey Ullman. Enjoy.

Over 20 years ago — before Tim Tebow was causing a stir with a pro-life Super Bowl ad — championship players from the NFL appeared in the video below to state their advocacy for life. The video, and more, are mentioned prominently in this column by Frances Kissling and Kate Michelman, which appears in the…

Evidently, Wiccans form the largest non-Christian faith in the Air Force. Now they’ll have a place to call their own: The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado will set aside a worship space for followers of “Earth-centered” religions such as Wicca and Druidism, according to an Air Force news release. A stone circle atop a…

According to a new study, yes: A study to be released next month is offering a rare glimpse inside gay relationships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many. Some gay men and lesbians argue that, as a result, they have stronger, longer-lasting and more honest relationships. And while that may sound…

Salt Lake City ordained a new batch of deacons last week, and the local Catholic paper has some great pictures of the event. Check ’em out. Ad multos annos, brothers! Congratulations!

Somehow, I missed this when it was published last weekend, but Cardinal Sean, in his blog, makes note of something most others in the mainstream media missed — and something this writer below picked up as well: many at the March to Life were young. From the Washington Post: I went to the March for…
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