Thought of the Day

  Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.
   -- Sarah Ban Breathnach

> News From Rome

  Holy See Calls for Nuclear Disarmament

  Pope Calls Church's Missionary Effort an "Urgency"

  A Believer Always Knows of God's Tenderness, Says Pope

  Eucharist focus for Pope's Mission Day message

  The Pursuit Of Holiness Must Be Central To Life Of Bishops

  The Pope Has No Prisons for Disobedient Hierarchy

  What Vatican II did, and didn't, teach about conscience: Elections and voting booths are never `faith-free' zones

  Vatican says no to churches used as mosques

  Scope of the Church's Mission

  Seeking the Countenance of Jesus

  The Vatican's top exorcist sends the devil packing

> The Religious World

  Dr. Zambrano's Daily Newsletter

  Catholics must promote ‘freedom for’ more than ‘freedom from,’ says Cardinal Dulles

  A Saint Who Knew Loneliness: Carmelite Author Talks About Gemma Galgani

  Rediscover praying the Rosary

  Our hearts should be icons of God's love

  The "Holy Doorman" of St. Bonaventure's

> The Battle for Life

  Scroll Down to Answer Poll on Should Catholic pro-abort politiciams be denied Communion

  House Democrat leader says she'll take Communion despite Vatican opposition

  Surprise, surprise... Fr. Richard McBrien champions theological waffling in the case of pro-abortion politicians... - *cough* No news there ... ;p

  What pro-aborts won't say in D.C.

  Straight Guy with the Catholic Eye: Marching for the Right to Kill?!

  Catholic St. Francis University shows some spine and un-invites graduation speaker: Snyderman comments on abortion called antithetical to Catholic views

  Abortion Rally Doesn't Reflect Majority View, Says Bishops' Aide: Cites a Poll That Finds Only 13% Favor Procedure-on-Demand

  U.S. Bishops' Task Force to Discuss Pro-Abortion Politicians: In Wake of Cardinal Arinze's Comments

  Kerry Affirms Support for Abortion Rights Hours After Cardinal Arinze Statement

  Canada OB/GYNs Propose Abortions in Schools via Morning After Pill

  Two Hundred US Federal Representatives Petition Bush to Loosen Embryo Research Rules

  Ex-Nurse Pleads Guilty in Patient Deaths

> Our Church: The Broken Body of Christ

  Scandal put priests' rights at odds with church policy - Some priests are forced to leave their parishes even before the abuse allegations are investigated

  Church Fires Priest Known for Defending Victims

> MRM Family News

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> News From The World Over

  * EU counts down to historic moment - Ten new countries, most of them ex-communist states, join the EU at midnight - marking the biggest expansion in its history.

  UK: MPs debate 'Tony Martin law'

  Moscow: 3 Doctors Charged With Organ Theft

  US forces begin Falluja pullout

  Arab TV Shows Iraq Prisoner Photos

  Bangladesh: 4 killed, 5000 homeless after Bangla blaze

  Piracy Highlights Concerns About Security in SE Asian Waters

  More Than 100 Dead, 1,000 Wounded in Nigeria Feud

> US Too ...

  Department of State: WORLDWIDE CAUTION April 29, 2004

  State Department Identifies 37 Foreign Terrorist Organizations

  New Mexico: Bush declares county a disaster area - Due to severe storms and flooding earlier this month

  ‘Unusual Event’ Declared at PPL’s Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

  Diesel fuel spills near San Francisco

  Mississippi River barge leaks toxic chemical

  Calif. trains collide; no injuries reported

  Woman May Have Driven With Dead Mom

> Into the Internet

  'Can-Spam' Cops Can Arrest

  Netsky.x Lays Out Web Sites

  Senate votes for Internet tax ban

  Current Internet Threat Level

  Symantec ThreatCon Rating

  Virus Map: Today's highest threat

  Today's Top 10 Target Ports

> Science & Stuff

  Soyuz makes 'bull's eye' landing

> Nature's Nasties

  Freak snowfall covers Indian Kashmir, while 100 tourists rescued

  Mississippi: T-storm packs high winds, hail, heavy rain

  Washington: Power outages linger from spring storm

  Wyoming: Spring Storm Kills One, Injures Firefighters

  Montana: Storm dumps snow in mountains, closes roads

  Drought Monitor: Drought Worsens in Dakotas

  Taiwan: Drought looming in south, Penghu

  Wildfire west of Sisters scorches 11 acres

  California: Grass fire threatens homes

  California: Latest quake rattles Valley

  Greece: Quake under Antirio bridge

  Papua New Guinea: Activity at Bougainville volcano

  Kindergartner Diagnosed With Most Serious Form Of Meningitis

  Fears of Meningitis Outburst in Bulgarian Town

  N.S. orders probe into hospital exposure to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  South Africa: Panic as cholera spreads in North West

  NY: 2 more students get whooping cough

  New suspected Sars case in China

  First death from SARS in nine months as millions on move in China

  Whirling disease prompts Yellowstone drainage closure

  Gerbil population boom predicts plague

  Oak-threatening fungus spotted in N.C. counties

> Listing To The Left

  Paulist Center In Boston Proves Itself To Be A Haven For Catholic Laxity And Heretics, And "Redemptionis Sacramentum" : Liturgy Abuses Vs. Moral Abuses Of The Eucharist

> The "Gay" Agenda

  Homosexual leader vows to 'torture' opponents

  Canada: Homosexual Hate Crime Signed into Law; Chilling Effect on Free Speech, Religion and Importing Materials

  Arizona Employee Fired for Telling Subordinate "Homosexuality is a Sin"

> Endangered Sacrament: Marriage

  Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, M.D. Testifies In Mass. in Defense of the Family

  Judge Bork Warns Catholics That Same-Gender ‘Marriage’ Is Equal To Cultural Chaos

  Maine recognizes same-sex partnerships

  Kansas readies ban on gay couple rights

  Massachusetts Governor Warns on Gay Marriages

  Concerned Women for America withholds support for Federal Marriage Amendment: Enactment would put into the U.S. Constitution the power of states to create “civil unions,” “domestic partnerships,” or other false marriage

> Non-Median Media?

  Protestant sex abuse: A $69 million jury award: Why did the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's sex-abuse scandal get so little, if any, real media coverage?

> Messages From Heaven?

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  Message of Our Lady of Ostina, Italy - ARCHIVED

  I Am The One Who Cures - Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette

  Cherish This Gift Every Day - Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette

> Things To Ponder

  'The Jesus Factor' and George W. Bush

  Former addict leads men to Christ

> Cult and Occult

  Catholic (Michael Brown) Says Occult Infiltrates Church To Take Over

  The Witches Next Door

> The Anti-Religionists

  Kroger Pulls Christian Newspaper From Free Racks

> Murder and Mayhem

  Altar cloth in Mercy Hospital hallway may expose nun's killer

> Signs of Our Times

  Chicago: Girl gang stalks S. Side school's halls

> Odds And Ends

  Airline Pilot Caught Dozing in Flight

  'Lucky' won't fly in order to avoid tempting fate

  Woman, 97, handcuffed for motoring offence