As in "in the side" – Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong calls for a re-examination: Wearing the red and white robes he was given after Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in March, Cardinal Zen walked straight from celebrating Mass at the cathedral here to a prayer meeting on a cement-floored, indoor basketball court…

Michelle Boorstein of the Wa Po visits a parish in DC where the Tridentine Rite is offered, and files a brief, refreshingly undertanding report. I mean, when’s the last time you heard ad orientem described accurately in the secular press? Heck…in the Catholic press? Together, everyone faces East, acknowledging that Jesus is the true dawn.

Except me. One woman’s tale of why she "had" to get an abortion – because she couldn’t get a "Plan B" emergency contraception pill, ended up pregnant, etc. I’m still in good health, but unlike the last time I was pregnant, nearly a decade ago, I’m now taking three medications. One of them, for high…

N.J. church will donate $1 million to Hurrican Katrina recovery and rebuilding. Fountain Baptist Church favors exuberance in worship, its members encouraging their spirited pastor with approving nods and liberal supplies of amens. The fervor of spirit at this 108-year-old suburban African American church, about 1,900 members strong, is matched by a charitable heart —…

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