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Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. Although she was an alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, Marilyn was more than a '50s sex goddess. Her apparent vulnerability and innocence, in combination with an...

VICTORIA (CP) - Tourism Victoria is defending a new advertising slogan that says "the search for your perfect orgasm is over". The organization has got about 20 calls and e-mails from people concerned about the phrase. But spokeswoman Melissa McLean says that particular line will only appear...

By Alison Auld HALIFAX (CP) - A proposed economic zone designed to enhance trade on North America's east coast would rob Atlantic Canada of its resources, foul the environment and erode labour standards, a new study says. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in a report released...

Francis Njuguna The church and other organizations working for justice and peace in Eastern Africa should intensify their efforts towards full peaceful environment in the region, a conference resolved yesterday. In a three page document, issued at the end of their weeklong meeting...

By BENEDICT CAREY Early on the morning of Dec. 13, police officers responding to a 911 call arrived at a house in Hull, Mass., a seaside town near Boston, and found a 4-year-old girl on the floor of her parents’ bedroom, dead. She was lying on her side, in a pink diaper, the police said...

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Researchers who wanted to find out why it is not only taboo to kiss your sister, but also disgusting, said on Wednesday they have discovered why in a discovery that challenges some basic tenets of Freudian theory. The instinct evolved naturally and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billions of emails are sent around the globe each day but are their true meanings getting across? Maybe not. Although emails are quick and easy to send, their lack of facial cues, body language and emotional feedback mean they can be easily misinterpreted. Kristin Byron, of...

By Astrid Zweynert and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is the worst country in the industrialized world in which to be a child, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. The charity looked at 40 indicators to gauge the lives of children in 21 economically advanced...

HAVANA (Reuters) - A senior Cuban official said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well" but gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing leader might return to public life. "He is recovering, doing very well and keeping abreast of everything," National Assembly president Ricardo...

Introduction Our Lord only gave us the essential elements of the Divine Liturgy, the Sacraments, etc.: not specifics on their practice or celebration. The essence of matter, form, and intention (found in every Sacrament) is drawn by the Magisterium from Divine Revelation in Sacred Tradition...

Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel, born only 3 weeks apart in 1941, were best friends all through their childhood as they grew up in Queens, NY. They both shared a great love for music, although Paul Simon proved much more talented when it came to songwriting. They started practicing their guitars...

The number of Catholics and priests in the world at end of 2006 increased slightly over the previous 12 months, according to the new Pontifical Yearbook. The 2007 edition of the yearbook, presented to Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, stated that as of 31 December 2006, the latest date for...

On the morning of February 29, 1704, a French and First Nations army fell upon the sleeping frontier village of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The raiders had spent a fireless winter night camped across the Deerfield River — cold, hungry and tired. Before dawn they sent out scouts, who reported that...

Wilfrid Laurier took leadership of the Liberal party of Canada on 18th of June 1887. Frail and intellectual, preferring the privacy of his library to the battlefield of politics, he was uncertain. “I know I have not the aptitude for it,” he admitted, “and I have a sad apprehension that it must...

Shawnadithit grew anxious waiting for her uncle, Longnon, to return to camp at the junction of Badger Brook and the Exploits River, deep in the wilds of Newfoundland. The little band of Beothuk was starving and Longnon had set out with his daughter in desperation to collect shellfish at Badger...

Joseph-Elzéar Bernier was Canada's greatest seaman, a man of strong will and extraordinary ingenuity. It is largely due to him that the Canadian flag now flies over the Arctic Archipelago. Bernier was born into a seafaring family at L'Islet, Quebec, in 1852. He went to sea with his father at age...

By Michael Tutton HALIFAX (CP) - Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean used a speech to the Nova Scotia legislature to tackle the touchy issue of racism in the province, urging citizens Tuesday to "take apart the walls of difference that continue to separate us." Jean's address marked the first time any...

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The Beatitudes, part 1 By Father C. G. Vaillancourt A NOBLE BEGINNING "Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him, and he opened his mouth and taught them...." St. Matthew tells us that Jesus began his public ministry by...