Thought of the Day

  "Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."
   -- David Lloyd George

> News From Rome

  John Paul II Says, "Christianity Does Not Feel Foreign to the World"

  Pope Reaffirms Value of Dialogue With the World

  John Paul II Renews Peace Appeal to Leaders of Nations

  Adoration Tally Presented to Pope by Vocation.com

> The Religious World

  Click and ye shall be saved

  Your Catholic Voice praises U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for report on sexual abuse scandal

  Exposition of the Eucharist by a Layperson?

> The Battle for Life

  Washington Cardinal Ends Catholic University's Use of Aborted Fetal Cell Lines

  Nine Hungarian Hospitals Agree to Halt Abortions on National Holidays

  Ugandan Priest Urges Resistance to EU Pressure to Legalize Abortion

  Fetal deaths may lead to homicide charges

  Man Saves Baby Left To Die In Toilet

> News From The World Over

  Suspect confesses to killing Swedish minister

  Libya and Israel hint at new ties

  Three Palestinians die in raids

  Birth-rate crisis set to make Jews a minority in Israel

  US to release 500 Iraqi prisoners

> US Too ...

  Details of Bush Immigration Plan Outlined

  Still No Vetoes From President Bush

  Court to FBI: No spying on in-car computers

  First Planeload of 101st Soldiers Back From War

  DNA confirms US mad cow from Canada

  Pools design chosen to mark 9/11

  AR blasts force evacuations

> Into the Internet

  Webloggers upload digital doodles using smart pens

> Science & Stuff

  Mars probe returns colour images

  NASA spacecraft heads back to Earth with comet sample

  Biggest, Brightest Star Puzzles Astronomers

  Smoking linked to breast cancer

  Cancer question mark over aspirin

  Aspartame Disease: An FDA-Approved Epidemic

> Nature's Nasties

  Influenza: 2nd strain of flu could follow first

  Ontario: Vicious flu virus claims sixth life

  Flu Epidemic Expected to Break Out in Bulgaria

  Fourth San Ramon Valley student ill with meningitis

  Ohio: Bacterial Meningitis Suspected Cause Of Toddler's Death

  Two Infants Die of Meningitis in Jerusalem

  Allergy patients battle cedar fever

  Angolan health ministry on alert over Ebola

  Cholera outbreak kills 6 in Mozambican capital

  Burundi: Cholera Breaks Out in the Northwest

  UK: Deaths from brain disease rise

  South Africa: Mystery virus kills chickens

  Worst storm in memory hits Pacific's Niue, one dead

  Storm 'Virtually Flattens' Niue

  Storm batters Oregon

  Ohio River headed past flood stage

  Ohio: Flood Victims Wait To Return Home

  Cold snap claims 274 lives in India

  South Africa: Fears mount as drought persists

  Iran: 13th quake in two days hits Izeh

  Report: New Quake Fears After 31 Tremors Hit Iran

> The "Gay" Agenda

  Christian fired for 'anti-gay' Bible verses

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> *Too Beautiful To Pass Up*

  Make-a-Wish hero dies of cancer

> Cult and Occult

  Scientific studies show it isn’t ‘written in the stars’ after all

> Signs of Our Times

  'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry

> It Boggles the Mind ...

  Man seeks to establish Christian nudist colony outside Tampa

> Odds And Ends

  UK: Grandmother 'was drugs mastermind'

  Haircut Lands Drunk Thief in Hot Water

  Teenage Burglar Survives Times Square Plunge

  Man Accused of Using Phony Money for Bail

  Pensioner, 91, called up for army

  Man robs grocery store disguised as chicken

  Nun becomes black belt karate ace