Thought of the Day

  "Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don't miss it."
   -- Leo Buscaglia

> News From Rome

  Pope Renews Best Wishes For New Year

  Pope reflects upon wonder of Incarnation

  Pope Calls All Christians to Join in Defence and Promotion of Traditional Family

  Vatican paper surveys 40 years of papal travel

  Vatican astronomers thrilled at Spirit probe landing on Mars

> The Religious World

  As Bishops Release Audits, This Warning: 'The Season Of Judgment Has Begun' - by Michael Brown

  Russian Orthodox Patriarch Gives Christmas Message

  Fr Charles Morerod, O.P. - Reflections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia

  Dr Gerhard Ludwig Muller - Reflections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia

  Jews for Jesus criticizes evangelicals

> The Battle for Life

  Priests for Life Newsletter ~ Volume 14, Number 1

  N.J. second state to allow stem cell research

  Objecting Pharmacists Refuse to Sell 'Morning-After Pill'

  How the New Bishop of Phoenix Spent His Christmas Eve - Praying Outside an Abortuary

  Texas First State to Warn of Abortion-Cerebral Palsy Link

  Finkel Gets 34 Years for Sex Abuse of Abortion Patients

  NH to appeal abortion ruling

> MRM Family News

  New article on Ron Smith's page ~ "Bible and Cathechism Q&A"

> News From The World Over

  Protests widen over sky marshals

  Diana crash investigation ordered

  China speeds up Sars civet cull

  North Korea Offers to Halt Nuclear Facilities

  Syria calls for Israel to disarm

  'Twelve die' in Afghanistan blast

  Ancient Church Collapse Kills 17 In Ethiopia

> US Too ...

  Army's 'Stop Loss' Order Extended

  False Alarm Shuts Down Concourses at Airport

  Firefighters Rescue Family Stranded by Flood

  Study: U.S. Teens Fatter Than Peers Elsewhere

  Resident recovering after being run over

> Monetary Madness

  Official warning: Identity theft growing in Maine

> Into the Internet

  Virus hits Instant Messaging service

> Science & Stuff

  Vaccine 'could beat meningitis'

  Vets treat via the net

  Scientists find rare meteorite

  Mothership is last chance for Beagle 2

  Space Station Experiencing Drop In Air Pressure

> Nature's Nasties

  Iran: 5th quake hits Izeh

  Strong earthquake jolts Japan

  Spain: Great ball of fire in sky is said to be meteorite

  Texas: Drought bringing flood of worries

  Niue battered by hurricane Heta

  Northwest Bracing For Strongest Snow Storm In Years

  MO: Storm brings down limbs, cuts off power

  Freezing Temperatures Kill Nearly 600 in South Asia

  Arctic Blast Rips Through Shivering Midwest

  Worst of influenza A may be over, influenza B may be to come

  Flu Death Rate Rises as Epidemic Peaks

  Flu epidemic may have peaked in Tennessee

  Influenza may be to blame for Nova Scotia child's death

  MA: School Counselors On Hand After Meningitis Death

  MI: School Concerned Over Teen's Meningitis Death

  South Florida woman has mad cow disease

  Mad cow disease: 450 Calves in Washington State to be Destroyed

  More Australian dengue fever cases

  Doctors warn of death toll from 'silent epidemic' of hepatitis C

  Norwalk virus hits Squamish, BC

> Liberal Intolerance

  Washington Liberals Wary of Those with 'Deeply Held Beliefs'

> The "Gay" Agenda

  Weld, 2 ex-AGs urge passage of gay marriage law

  Pro-Gay Chicago Catholic Priests Send Open Letter Ripping "Vile and Toxic" Rhetoric of the Vatican

> Off The Charts Completely

  PETA to cannibals: 'Don't let them eat steak'

> The Prayer Warrior

  Two New Words to the Prayer Warrior - ARCHIVED

> Messages From Heaven?

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  Message to Micheline Choquette - ARCHIVED

> Things To Ponder

  The U.S.-European Divorce

> Too Horrible To Contemplate

  Monkeys make a meal of human babies

> The Anti-Religionists

  Kindergartner Censored for Distributing Gifts With Religious Message

> Odds And Ends

  Ohio Woman Claims She Lost Winning Ticket

  Soldier keeps bride waiting 24 years

  Frogs handed German lifeline

  Armed robber leaves investigators a clue: his ID card

  Drink-driver damaged 11 cars in 10-yard manouevre

  Police 'missed burglar under the bed'

  Man burns £3000 by mistake

  Friends hold wake in bar after 'stealing corpse'