By DALIA NAMMARIAssociated PressBETHLEHEM, West BankPilgrims and locals celebrated Christmas Day on Tuesday in the ancient Bethlehem church built over the site where tradition holds Jesus was born, candles illuminating the sacred site and the joyous sound of prayer filling
(AP) Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYCBy BOB THOMASAssociated PressLOS ANGELES Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the
The battle lines have been drawn between those who adhere to the traditions of Judeo-Christian religion and those who seek to undermine them, and the line in the sand is the issue of gay marriage. Pope Benedict XVI has thrown
In what some Catholics are calling a “surprise move,” Pope Benedict XVI issued an apostolic letter directing Catholic charities that they must act in complete compliance with Catholic teachings. The Pope’s letter was released following his expression of deep concern
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is joining Twitter promising “pearls of wisdom” in eight languages under the handle @pontifex, the Vatican announced on Monday.Papally-approved tweets will begin next week just in time for Christmas celebrations, as the Catholic Church
From Fox News Insider: Pope Benedict XVI elevated six new cardinals, bringing a more diverse group into College of Cardinals which is dominated by Europeans. They join the elite group that will help choose the pope’s successor. It is required
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, in a sumptuous service on Sunday that Christians hope will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the Middle East’s biggest Christian community. Many
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the start of the Year of Faith, a period from October 11, 2012 through November 24, 2013, during which he will call upon Catholics to strengthen their faith and lead by example. During the Year
The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy See became a sovereign state in 1929. The 19th-century courtroom where the trial takes
By VICTOR L. SIMPSONAssociated PressBEIRUTPope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday for religious freedom in the Middle East, calling it fundamental for stability in a region bloodied by sectarian strife. Benedict spoke on the second day of his visit to Lebanon, a
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Pope Benedict urged multi-faith Lebanon on Saturday to be a model of peace and religious coexistence for the Middle East, which he called a turbulent region that “seems to endure interminable birth pangs”. The pope, on the
A KFC and a Hardees restaurant were burned Friday in Tripoli as Islamists violently targeted American interests in Lebanon. The mob clashed with police, who opened fire, killing one member of the mob and leaving 25 wounded. After Friday prayers,
Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com REUTERS: A Hardee’s and a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food outlet burns after protesters set the building on fire in Tripoli, northern Lebanon September 14, 2012. Hundreds of protesters set alight a Kentucky
President Obama and the “social justice” Democrats have just told Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan they don’t want him at their convention next month, according to the New York Post. Earlier this week, the GOP announced that Cardinal Dolan will be giving the
The Obama campaign is in an utter tizzy about the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate. Yesterday, they sent out an email asking “why the hell” Romney would pick Ryan, and speculating that it was because Ryan
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), perturbed by the fact that more and more American Jews are turning away from her anti-Israel president, has been relegated to slandering American Jews who don’t toe the Democratic Party line. Pelosi said in
Nancy Pelosi, who supports across-the-board abortion, has now decided her uterus makes her more of an expert on the morality of having children than the Pope. Pelosi, who is Catholic, said so last week at a National Journal conference when
The Vatican’s inquisition into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope’s butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See.
Susan Sarandon alleged yesterday at the Tribeca Film Festival that the government had tapped her phone and denied her security clearance to the White House. “We know we’re under surveillance,” she stated. “I’ve had my phone tapped … I was
By FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.
(AP) Chavez going to Cuba to begin radiation treatmentBy JORGE RUEDAAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he’s flying to Cuba to begin radiation therapy Sunday, one month after undergoing surgery that removed a cancerous tumor. That will put him
While en route to Mexico and Cuba on Friday, Pope Benedict XVI commented, about Communist Cuba, “Today it is evident that Marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer corresponds to reality. In this way, we can no longer
LEON, MEXICO (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said on Friday that communism had failed in Cuba and offered the Church’s help in creating a new economic model, drawing a reserved response from the Cuban government ahead of his visit to the
President Barack Obama has been roundly criticized for his recent unconstitutional mandate to force Catholic charities (and other religious institutions) to provide (directly and then indirectly) access to contraception and abortion drugs. Peggy Noonan, who was once quite sympathetic to
The contraception mandate being enforced under ObamaCare has the Catholic Church under assault, not only by the Administration, but by critics in the media and around the blogosphere, who think the non-existent “right” to free contraception over–rules Catholic principles. Most
