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A Russian tycoon is requiring his employees to repent or get fired . Those living with someone must marry them by October 14th, while anyone who has had an abortion will be fired outright. Russia’s recent bad weather “is punishment for the Russian people’s sins,” says Vasily . . . . Continue Reading »

The South African bishops had to correct one of their remaining “spirit of Vatican II” colleagues, who accused Pope Benedict of being a “restorationist.” The bishops called on “all Catholics to be equally bold in standing up for the doctrinal, social and the moral . . . . Continue Reading »

Our writer Mary Eberstadt asks “Is This Kid Making Me Miserable?” in a reflection on the errors of the new fad to claim that being a parent makes you unhappy. That, she argues, is to get things complete backward. The New York Times looks at the world’s ugliest animals , which . . . . Continue Reading »

Contraception coverage collides with Catholic Church Thousands of Catholic Church employees in Wisconsin are now eligible for birth control coverage through their health insurance plans, under the budget bill passed by the Legislature last year. But because the church considers artificial . . . . Continue Reading »

A high school history teaches asks New York state to  Fix the Regents’ Exams .  ”The correlation between increased passing rates and the increasingly content-free nature of the exams is,” he argues, “hard to miss.” An  English government study says that . . . . Continue Reading »

Pope snubbed by Scottish Catholics Controversy has broken out over the Pope’s planned open-air Mass at Bellahouston Park, near Glasgow, with many parishes returning more than half of their allocated tickets for the event. The organisers now reportedly fear that attendance will fall short of . . . . Continue Reading »

Allowed to show some English movies, the Poles made up their own posters , substituting art for the girls and guns favored by the English studios. Deciding to do something “mischievous in its conception,” two Hollywood biggies have compiled a list of the 50 most influential rabbis in . . . . Continue Reading »

Over 200 Military Physicians Petition for No Abortion on Military Bases Over 200 active and retired military physicians have signed a letter organized by the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA), in which they ask Senators to vote against the FY 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, . . . . Continue Reading »

The Russian Orthodox Church is training an “army” of young missionaries with an “anti-Western philosophy” to convey the Church’s teaching on contemporary issues and “distance young people from drugs, alcoholism, sexual promiscuity.” In Philosophy and Faith , . . . . Continue Reading »

Remains of St John the Baptist ‘found’ Bone fragments of St John the Baptist appear to have been found on Sveti Ivan Island near Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea. Obama tells veterans that end of Iraq war is about to begin In a speech to the Disabled American Veterans national . . . . Continue Reading »