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The Greek roots of the term "Catholic" mean "according to (kata-) the whole (holos)," or more colloquially, "universal." At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term "Catholic" in reference to the Church. At that time, or shortly...

Berryville, Arkansas Dale Ertel loves snakes. He has over 70 of them -- "more snakes than the reptile house at the Little Rock zoo," he claims with pride -- in an old trailer parked on his property off of US 62. "Snake World" says the hand-made sign out by the road. How could we resist? Dale...

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT I am the LORD your God, You shall not have strange gods before me. [Ex 20:2-5] "You shall adore the Lord your God only and him only shall you serve."[Mt 4:10] Am I keeping this commandment? Do I give God time every day in prayer? Do I seek to love Him with my whole...

<DIV> Immaculate Conception is the title by which we recognize that the Blessed Virgin Mary by a special grace of God was exempt of original sin. She announced herself with this title to Bernadette Soubiruous in the Apparitions of Lourdes in 1858. The authenticity of these apparitions has...

By Gregory Bonnell TORONTO (CP) - The author of a book about the Robert Baltovich murder case said Wednesday that while he has "nothing to hide," he intends to fight a subpoena ordering him to surrender his source material to Crown prosecutors. Author Derek Finkle said it would be violation...

By Les Perreaux MONTREAL (CP) - Liberal red is looking a little orange for leadership hopeful Bob Rae. Rae's gigantic sign at the entrance of the Montreal convention centre has some delegates taking a second look. Is the former NDP premier of Ontario and relative Liberal newcomer advertising...

MONTREAL (CP) - The hoopla and excitement is building at the Liberal leadership convention as the eight contenders make their grand entrances. But the difference is stark among the four contenders with a real shot at winning and the four trailing candidates. Bob Rae, Gerard Kennedy and...

By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control, a study released on Tuesday found. The study used functional magnetic resonance imaging...

BBC News China does not recognise the Pope's authority China has named a new Catholic bishop in a move likely to increase tension with the Vatican. Father Wang Renlei will be ordained on Thursday, a Chinese official said. China and Rome do not have diplomatic relations and in May the...

By Dennis Bueckert OTTAWA (CP) - For the second time this month, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has cancelled an appearance at a parliamentary committee on global warming, leaving critics to suggest the government is in disarray on the issue. Ambrose was to appear before the House of...

By Jennifer Graham REGINA (CP) - They're an unlikely group of calendar centrefolds - one owns a pharmacy and another a grocery store - but these pinups have come together to raise awareness about a pressing issue: potholes. Eleven men and one woman from Leader, Sask., have bared all in the...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A young South African has been fined by a local court for playing hooky from work and trying to cover it with a fake gynaecologist's certificate attesting he was pregnant and needed a week off. A magistrate's court in Vereeniging, near Johannesburg, fined 27-year-old...

Larry Taylor.Rolling Stone Magazine BACKGROUND HISTORY: The first musical bands originated in New Orleans among black musicians who have traditionally been the innovators. The first jazz record ever recorded was by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917, and of course they were white because...

Woman with 'peace wreath' won't be fined after all By Robert Weller, Associated Press DENVER — A subdivision has withdrawn its threat of $25 daily fines against a homeowner who put a Christmas wreath shaped like a peace sign on the front of her home. Homeowner Lisa Jensen told The Associated...

Beatles producer Sir George Martin has received an honourary doctorate in music. Fondly referred to as "the fifth Beatle" for his work with the Fab Four, the 80-year-old was honoured by Leeds Metropolitan University for his services to the music world. The accolade comes after he was inducted...

Written by Catholic News Agency (CNA) Archbishop says public leaders, who claim to be Catholic but do not act on Gospel, are deceiving themselves HARRISBURG - Political and community leaders are called to change the world with justice and charity, and with a greater love for God than for...

Written by Catholic News Agency (CNA) VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Francis Arinze, the Vatican's Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, reportedly sent a letter to Church prelates worldwide, instructing them to adjust the translation of a phrase...

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Emphasizing that they were addressing all Catholics, and not just politicians or any other group, the U.S. bishops Nov. 14 voted in favor of a document calling on those in a state of serious sin to refrain from receiving...

By Bill Graveland KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Chief Warrant Officer Robert (Bobby) Girouard once helped other soldiers cope with mourning for fallen comrades before getting them battle ready again. Cpl. Albert Storm mused about retirement the day before he died. Both were killed Monday when...

"Become like unto me", says the Lord. Be Holy as I am Holy. (Leviticus 11:44) According to the Venerable Maria of Agreda (c1600), in revelations from Our Lady in "the Mystical City of God", these were the first words that the Incarnate Word of God spoke to his mother Mary when He first looked at...