Thought of the Day

  If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
   -- G. K. Chesterton

> News From Rome

  Pope Extols Altar Boys as "Garden" of Vocations

  John Paul II Urges Prayers for Priestly Vocations

  Pope says Eucharist celebration will attract vocations

  At Last Supper Christ called all priests of all times by name

  John Paul II's Holy Thursday Letter to Priests

  Vatican: Number of priests up slightly

  Pope to ping the faithful

  Holy See Wary of New Kind of Religious Intolerance

> The Religious World

  Catholic churches in Cuba converted into theaters for “The Passion of the Christ”

  Relics Linked to the Crucifixion on Display in U.S.

  Anonymity in the Confessional

  Halifax, NS: Number of parishes halved in canadian diocese, in hope of reviving Church

> The Battle for Life

  Doctor: Fetus Feels Pain After 20 Weeks

  John Kerry's Abortion Position Causes Easter Church Conflict

  Kerry Defiantly Rejects Church Teachings

  Bishop Bruskewitz will deny Kerry the Eucharist

  California Supreme Court Upholds Unborn-Child Murder Conviction

  Lethal Birth Control

  Woman gives herself a Caesarean

> Our Persecuted Brethren

  Fired Christian Wins Discrimination Suit Against AT&T

  China Arrests Another Catholic Bishop

> MRM Family News

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> News From The World Over

  UK: ID card Bill 'within four weeks'

  Israel enlists pigs against terrorists

  Jordan on High State of Alert After Terror Find

  Iraq: Marines take hit in Ramadi

  U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes in Iraq

  Up to 12 U.S. Marines Die in Worsening Iraq Violence

  60 Iraqis Killed Overnight in Fallujah

  U.S. to 'Destroy' Shiite Militia

  Iran agrees to nuclear timetable

  Maoist-led strike hits Nepal

  Rwanda remembers genocide victims

> US Too ...

  Water-treatment chemical spills at nuclear power plant

  One dead, others hurt in Amtrak crash

  Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Bologna For Possible Listeria Contamination

  Five School Buses Collide in 'Accordion Reaction,' 37 Injured

  N.Y. Woman Missing 14 Years Found in Storage

> Into the Internet

  New Netsky worms change their stripes

  Next: Outlawing Spyware?

  Spam clampdown starts to win victories

  Current Internet Threat Level

  Symantec ThreatCon Rating

  Virus Map: Today's highest threat

  Today's Top 10 Target Ports

> Science & Stuff

  Worm diet 'treats bowel disorder'

> Nature's Nasties

  Philippines: Super typhoon heads to RP

  Strong typhoon heading for the Marianas Group

  Texas: Wicked Weather Hits Coastal Bend

  Mexico Rescuers Find More Bodies, Flood Toll at 34

   Flood waters rise in Mexico

  Bam shaken by another quake

  Earthquake jolts northern Pakistan

  Quake in south of Kyrgyzstan

   Three small quakes shake Southern California

  Meningitis Hospitalizes Harvard Student

  China orders alert against epidemic meningitis from African countries

  India: Dysentery claims five lives in Gorakhpur

  Bangladesh: Mysterious disease breaks out in Faridpur again: 5 more killed

  UK: Winter vomiting virus hits 104 at hospital

  Ag Minister Announces Kill of 19 Million Birds in B.C.

  Avian flu feared in birds migrating to Russian Far East

  Mystery disease kills 15 buffaloes

> Who Will Watch The Watchers?

  Court allows citizens to sue abusive cops

> All the Privacy of a Fishbowl

  Colleges leaking confidential data

> The "Gay" Agenda

  Oklahoma Backs Down, Issues Birth Certificate To Baby With Two Dads

> Endangered Sacrament: Marriage

  Unique Status for Marriage is Not 'Homophobic', Bishops Say

> Messages From Heaven?

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  Be Faithful To Jesus - Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette

  Be Members Of The Kingdom - Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette

  Purgatory And What It's Probably Like: Protestants Too Report Experiences - by Michael Brown

> Speculation? Or ...

  How Will It All End?

> Odds And Ends

  Crikey! Real-Life 'Croc Hunter' Saves Girl

  2-Year-Old Runs Cash Register at Eatery

  Gymnast survives 10-metre fall

  Man kidnapped ex-lover's dentures

  Woman survives bullet in the head