A number of issues which may appear to be unrelated have been in the news Redefining Marriage, Children being raised in a “gender free” environment, Alasdair Thompson’s comments on workplace productivity, Cardinal sees ‘no theological obstacle’ to women priests. They are however connected by the underlying issue of gender difference. At one end of the Read more
While young men think they’re invincible, according to an Australian study Man Flu is real and young men are more susceptible to the common cold than young women. Researchers in the University of Queensland’s School of Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital have found that age and sex plays a significant role in how the immune Read more
On Friday, New York joined the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont and Washington DC as places where same-sex marriage is legal in the United States. Opponents of same-sex marriage have vowed to fight back and outlaw gay marriage as they did in California and Maine. The National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) has Read more
Mordechay Lewy, Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican, on Thursday praised Pope Pius XII for helping Jews during the Nazi occupation of Rome. On Sunday he “backed off” the comment, saying his analysis was “premature” and that it was a personal judgement. Lewy’s initial comments were made at a ceremeony on Thursday night to honour an Italian Read more
A woman died from a heart attack after waking up at her own funeral. Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, had been wrongly diagnosed as “brain dead” by doctors, but as mourners passed by her open coffin they were stunned when the supposedly dead woman suddenly woke up and started screaming. “Her eyes were moving and we immediately Read more
Dialogue rather than arms is the solution to global conflict according to the official representative of Vatican politics, Archbishop Edumnd Farhat. Farhat, speaking at the International conference on the global Fight against Terrorism in Theran insisted that charity, dialogue and pardon were the ways forward. “There is no word for terrorism in my religion, Christianity,” Farhat Read more
A move to appoint new bishops swiftly in dioceses where there are none is certain to worsen tension between the Vatican and China Patriotic church. Filling the more than 40 empty bishop’s seats is an urgent task because the vacancies are causing serious problems in the handling of church affairs, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted a spokesman as Read more
Pope Benedict marked the UN day for refugees by urging civil authorities and all people of good will to welcome refugees and guarantee them dignified living conditions until they can freely and safely return to their homeland. The pope’s comments were made during his Angelus message. Speaking on Vatican radio, Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio, the Read more
A Vatican e-learning centre is being developed to help shield victims of molestation. The Centre, available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, will provide information for victims and guidance to those who are in the position to respond to abuse cases. “We want people to know that we are serious about this and that we think Read more
Queries for Catholic related topics on Google have dropped significantly in volume between 2004 and 2011. The significant drop is disturbing however and while we should be concerned, it’s not a cause for panic, according Mark Gray a research associate at the Centre for Applied Research in the Apostolate in Georgetown. Gray created graphs from Read more