Thought of the Day

  "Everyone has the right to believe and accept what he or she wants, but reality doesn't discriminate. Reality is not different for different people. Not once has reality excused anyone for good intentions ignorance or stubbornness. Reality shows no mercy, accepts no excuses, and issues no pardons. Reality does not "turn the other cheek." This does not mean that reality is cruel, it just means that reality is."
   -- Gary Ryan Blair

> News From Rome

  John Paul II Laments Media Distortion of Magisterial Documents

  Common Ethics Needs Acceptance of Natural Law, Says Pope

  John Paul II's Address to President of U.N. General Assembly

  Pope Calls for Reform of U.N. So That It Will Be More Respected

  Our Lady of Lourdes and Those Who Suffer

  "It Is As It Was" -- Vatican Intrigue

  Pope, Ratzinger shake hands on War against Relativism

  Dialogue Opens Up With Ancient Churches of East

  A church-state coincidence: Pope meets U.S. bishops in election year

> The Religious World

  Archbishop warns kids of TV evil

  Padre Pio center will appeal to Vatican

  When You Need To Tackle A Problem, Pray Seven Times And Surround It Like Joshua - by Michael Brown

  Christians urged to convert Muslims

  Spirituality's impact on mental health

  Pilot suggested passengers discuss Christianity during LA-to-New York flight

  Put Out Into the Deep: The New Evangelization - by Deacon Keith A. Fournier

> The Battle for Life

  Painkillers for aborted babies?

  Born-Alive Infanticides May be Occurring Despite Federal Law Preventing It

  Episcopate Reminds Argentina That Constitution Bars Abortion

> MRM Family News

  *** February 4, 2004 - Journal UPDATE! New pics! *** - ARCHIVED

> News From The World Over

  Haitian Cities Erupt in Revolt

  Blunkett announces 'British FBI'

  Russia: Blast Stokes Nationalist Rhetoric

  Putin Says Moscow Will Not Negotiate

  18 Years After Chernobyl Disaster; Millions Still Suffer

  Ukraine Courthouse Blast Injures 10

  Woman rescued from Turkey rubble - Workers found a woman alive in the rubble of buildings which collapsed one week ago

  Palestinians Mull Unilaterally Declaring State

  Almost 400 Members of Arafat's Fatah Quit

  Two US soldiers killed, six wounded in blast in northern Iraq

  * Live From Iraq: Fox News' Baghdad Cam

  Clashes force more Sudanese out

> US Too ...

  Bush Upbeat in Economic Report

  Victorious Kerry rounds on Bush

  Intelligence hit mark on nuclear ambitions

  Ohio Cops: Two More Shootings Along Highway

  Police Bust Major Child-Porn Ring in Illinois

  8-Year-Old Assaulted in Philly Library Bathroom

  FBI Arrests Man Boarding Plane With Gun

  Borderline inane: Go to church, face a $5,000 fine - This sort of thing is happening all along the New England/Canada border

  Toilet-Paper Gun Inmate Nabbed in Omaha, Neb.

> Into the Internet

  US anti-spam law fails to bite

> Science & Stuff

  Two-headed baby dies after op

  Popular Drug For Chest Pain May Promote Blood Vessel Damage

> Nature's Nasties

  Michigan: U-M battles stomach flu sweeping through dorms

  Saratoga, NY: Whooping cough cases cause concern

  Wisconsin: Whooping cough shows up at Horace Mann

  CA: Patterson boy, 10, loses life after suspected meningitis

  Saudi contracts mad cow disease

  Indonesia: Dengue Fever Claims Two Lives In Sampit

  Russia: Flu rate for babies exceeds epidemic threshold in 14 cities

  Bird flu fears hit U.S.

  Avian influenza A(H5N1) - update 19 -WHO

  Bird flu epidemic may be widespread in Cambodia: experts

  Vietnam Says One New Bird Flu Death; Asia Toll 19

  Mystery as dead birds rain down

  Vietnam Reports Outbreak of Foot-And-Mouth Disease

  Strong quake shakes Greece

  Iran: Quake jolts north of Khorassan prov.

  Another Strong Earthquake Hits Indonesia

  Aftershocks rattle quake-hit Indonesian town

  Moderate quake hits Taiwan

  No swimming here: Pinatubo lake turns almost black

  Woman dies in flash flood in E. Kentucky

  W.Va. governor declares emergency after storm

> All the Privacy of a Fishbowl

  Great Taste, Less Privacy

> Liberal Intolerance

  Hating FOX - by Brent Bozell

> Endangered Species: Marriage

  Urgent Alert: Church and Family Under Attack in MA

  Boston archbishop finds expanded ruling on gay marriage ´troubling´

  Egan: Society's making a mockery of marriage

> Messages From Heaven?

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  Ex-atheist describes near-death experience

> Things To Ponder

  Did David Hasselhoff really help end the Cold War? - Interesting trivia

  From our Mailbox: Death & Faith - from Rita Doucette - ARCHIVED

  From our Mailbox: Beatitudes For The Embattled And Neurotic - from Kathy Recirar - ARCHIVED

  Interview: 'You Want Me To Play Jesus?'

  'The Passion of The Christ' more than a movie

  Father Thomas Rosica on Mel Gibson's "The Passion"

  The Return of Paganism

> The Anti-Catholics

  Catholics remain ‘outsiders’ in America

> Speculation? Or ...

  Report: Al-Qaida has obtained tactical nuclear explosives

> Odds And Ends

  Seven Chinese Acrobats Defect in Canada