12,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Moore, daunting road to recovery underway

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Devastated by a tornado, the city of Moore, Oklahoma has begun to dig out and count its blessings. The tornado on Monday claimed 24 lives, 10 of those children and 12,000 homes were totally destroyed or damaged. Insurance claims from the area are likely to exceed $2 billion, said Kelly ...

Eric Garcetti becomes Los Angeles' first Jewish mayor

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Forty-two-year-old Eric Garcetti in winning the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the city's first elected Jewish mayor. His opponent, Wendy Greuel, was hoping to become the city's first female mayor. Garcetti, a former city councilman received 54 percent of the 337,000 votes cast; Greuel ...

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Is the 'human cost' in the war on drugs too high?

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/20/2013

With millions of civilians, soldiers and criminals all dead, and no change in sight, a summit of Latin American nations has suggested that the best path may be to decriminalize drug use, while stressing cooperation between nations. The Organization of American States has suggested that ...

High-tech Indiana Jones team discovers the fabled lost city of Ciudad Blanca

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013

Scientists have discovered what they believe could be Ciudad Blanca, a fabled lost city hidden deep within the jungles of Honduras. Using airborne lasers to scan the ground beneath the dense jungle canopy, scientists have found what appears to be an entire city filled with temple mounds, canals, ...

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Evil Face of Jihad in London Suburb: Muslim Attackers Hack a Young Soldier to Death and Behead Him

By Keith A Fournier • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013

Since this evil act was first reported, I have been struck by the number of reporters who have expressed their inability to find words to describe the horror. We better develop the vocabulary quickly because what occurred in London is the evil face of Jihad and it is not going away. We have an ...

British soldier hacked to death in brazen attack by Islamic terrorists, stopped by prayerful, courageous women

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013

A brutal terrorist attack shocked  London on Wednesday. Two knife and pistol wielding terrorists brutally attacked and slaughtered a soldier as he returned to his barracks in London. The killers were confronted by women and police before being shot and arrested. The government is on alert. ...

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Where is President Obama as Egypt's Coptic Christians Die and Churches Burn?

By Michael Terheyden • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013

Last week, hundreds of Coptic Christians in Egypt stood up to a mob of 20 thousand Muslims. They risked their lives to protect their church, their religious freedom and each other. As Copts continue to suffer and die and their churches and property are destroyed, Christians have begun to notice ...

Israel and Syria at brink of war as both sides exchange fire, threats

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

Syria and Israel are on the brink of war over their conflict in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both sides are exchanging fire today with both sides pledging to retaliate against the other for any act seen as belligerent. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Catholic Online) - Syria and Israel could be on the ...

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Chinese hackers gained valuable information in Google breech years ago

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

There's no question they breached Google security years ago. The question arises: What were the Chinese hackers after? According to U.S. officials, it appears that the leak was intended to find the identities of Chinese operatives then living in the United States. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...

Indian families go to drastic measures to protect daughters from rape

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013

Ever since a medical student was brutally gang raped on a speeding bus in Delhi, India, the Indian media has reported on countless other instances of girls and young women being abducted, raped, tortured and killed. Father-led families here have sought to curtail this by severely limiting their ...

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Somali refugees, uprooted by war at home, must now flee Syria

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Somali refugees who at one time found shelter in the Arab League Nation of Syria are now being forced to relocate as their host country becomes engulfed in civil war. The Somali community in Syria is small, numbering only a few thousand. With daily bloodshed and bombings a daily fact of ...

Cholera in Niger, measles in C.A.R. threaten children

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013

The United Nations is keen on stemming the tide of an outbreak of diseases in two African nations. With the sudden introduction of measles in Niger and the measles in the Central African Republic, officials hope to spring into action before an epidemic breaks out in these ...

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Documents reveal US drone policy is scandalously indiscriminate

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

The Obama administration is now acknowledging the deaths of four American citizens since 2009 in drone strikes. A letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to key Congressional leaders provided the information. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - A letter sent by Attorney General Eric Holder confirms ...

'Journalism has been criminalized' Juan Williams declares

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Fox News Channel contributor Juan Williams has thoroughly blasted the Department of Justice for "criminalizing journalism." With Fox's Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen being labeled as a possible co-conspirator in a government leak investigation, Williams declared "I think what you've got ...

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Web developer: Earn $60,000 a year - without college degree or debt

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

It looks like computer nerds are having the last laugh - on all of us. Make $30 an hour, no bachelor's degree required - as a web developer. Rapidly developing, this career offers a median salary around $30 an hour, or $62,500 a year, and doesn't require a bachelor's degree. Companies ...

China, India, Brazil could dominate global investment by 2030

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/19/2013

A major global shift in the next 15 or more years will result in the developing world controlling roughly half of the world's capital, up from less than a third today. In other words, "financial markets in economies like Brazil, India, and those of the Middle East will develop ...

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Enough to make a T-rex cry: 'Jurassic Park 4' is on hold

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2013

Dinosaur fans - don't get your hopes up. The hotly anticipated sequel to the famous dinosaur series, "Jurassic Park 4," intended to be released this summer, has been put on hold. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "Universal has decided to release 'Jurassic Park 4' at a later date giving the ...

Special effects mastermind Ray Harryhausen dies

By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/7/2013

Computer generated imagery - or as it is called, CGI, has given movies of today an unlimited palette in which to sketch fantastical sights to movie audiences. It wasn't always that way. In the case of movie special effects mastermind Ray Harryhausen, it was literally a case of one movie ...

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Turning the Pages of Catholic History

By Tim Lilley • Catholic Online • 12/12/2012

"Men are surprised by each new turn of the pages of the book of history." With those words, esteemed historian James Hitchcock introduces readers to HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium. The new book is available now from Ignatius Press SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. ...

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Mother of TV psychologists Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2013

It all started out of necessity, Dr. Joyce Brothers insisted. Her husband was still in medical school and she had just given up her teaching positions at Hunter College and Columbia University to be at home with her newborn. Struggling for income, Brothers entered the TV game show "The ...

The British are coming! New Head of NBC Division said to be Deborah Turness

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/10/2013

Deborah Turness, the head of Britain's ITV News, is expected to become the president of NBC News. According to several people with knowledge of the appointment, the formal announcement could come as soon as this Monday. If appointed, Turness would be the first woman president of a network ...

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Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies from cancer

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

The Doors were probably best known for flamboyant front man Jim Morrison's antics. Musically, however, it was the sinewy lines contributed by keyboard player Ray Manzarek that made the Doors' songs remained in the rock music standard playbooks. The rollicking keyboard of "People Are ...

Blonde songstress of Abba to release new album after years of silence

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2013

The sale of untold millions of albums, in addition to being one of Sweden's top exports did little to assuage the fears and insecurities of the lovely Agnetha Fältskog, the blonde songstress in the super group quartet Abba. An intense fear of flying, coupled with a disastrous trip across the United ...

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Rome's Exorcist Finding Blessed John Paul II Effective Against Satan

By David Kerr • Catholic News Agency • 5/18/2011

I have asked the demon more than once, 'Why are you so scared of John Paul II and I have had two different responses, both interesting. One, 'because he disrupted my plans.' And, I think that he is referring to the fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The collapse of communism."Another ...

A Monk Reflects on Divine Mercy and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Fr. Gregory Gresko, OSB • Catholic Online • 5/8/2011

In the message of Divine Mercy, Jesus expresses His intimate desire to enter into the temple of our heart, but for Him to be able to enter we first must open the door of our heart to His Divine Love.  May we plunge into the love and mercy that emanate from His Sacred ...

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Has Justin Bieber's 'bad boy' stance gone too far? Pot smelled on tour bus

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/25/2013

Pop singing sensation Justin Bieber with the arrival of his 18th birthday has been anxious to shed his "goody two-shoes" image. Posting shirtless pictures of himself on the Internet, Bieber wants the world to know that he's a grown man and not the bubbly teenager of yore. It may have just ...

Comedian Jonathan Winters dies at 87

By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 4/12/2013

The cliché term "comic genius" is used too frequently, but was highly appropriate for Jonathan Winters. His "stream of consciousness" style - where he would flit from one character to the next, without scripting, inspired many other comics, in particular Robin Williams. The younger comic ...

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Answering The Question About Why You School Your Children At Home

By Tara K. E. Brelinsky • Catholic Online • 4/3/2013

The important lesson here is to seek God's plan for the education of your children, not your mom's or your father-in-law's plan. Once He plants the seed of your vocation in your heart, nurture it and protect against discouragement by others who have another vocation. You are fully capable of ...

What is Your Vocation?

By Tara K. E. Brelinsky • Catholic Online • 3/14/2013

I guess I'd have to admit my own excitement at the realization that I've successfully completed another home schooling year with my sanity in tact (mostly).  Although I might also be spied taking some extra deep breaths and wringing my hands as I navigate the half-opened boxes and packing ...

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Small comfort: Two friends die in each other's arms at destroyed Oklahoma school

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Antonia Lee Candelaria and Emily Conatzer, both nine years old, died when the Oklahoma tornado knocked down the Plaza Towers Elementary School. Inseparable in life, they died in each other's arms. "There were little marks, imprints and tiny scratch on her forearm like someone had been ...

Teenage birth rates drop dramatically among Hispanic women, girls

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

The statistics are encouraging - and surprising. Births among young teenage girls and women are down across the board across the United States - 30 percent overall. What's remarkable is that teenage birth rates among young women of Hispanic descent are at an all time low of 34 percent. ...

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See what EXPLOSIVE revelations about infidelity and children this author discovered

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/25/2013

Adultery is a serious offense. The Bible speaks about the sacred bond of marriage and the importance of faithfulness to your spouse. However, in modern times we have lost much of this morality to corrosive influences and the apparently widespread acceptance that infidelity is both common and almost ...

Why Wait for Marriage? Just Look at the Faces of those Who Did!

By Ian Johnstone • Catholic-Link • 2/8/2013

In today's video we witness a special event: two individuals who have said yes to God's plan for our sexuality. They have waited till marriage and are speaking to the camera on the day of their wedding. The man is ecstatic and overwhelmed with joy as he explains while choking back tears, "For us ...

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Pope Francis says atheists can do good and go to heaven too!

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013

Pope Francis has good news for atheists. Jesus died and was raised for them as well. His redemptive embrace was for all, not just a chosen few.The choice to accept its reach is our own. The Holy Father was not teaching anything new. In fact, this hope that all who do not yet know God are not ...

Exorcism or not, it's still a miracle

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013

Pope Francis regularly visits pilgrims in St. Peter's Square following his Masses, often taking time to bless and pray alongside the elderly and sick. This habit has provoked speculation that he may have performed an exorcism on Sunday. A Vatican spokesman has denied this rumor. ROME, ITALY ...

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United Nations: A cure for world hunger - eat bugs

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2013

With much of the world going to bed hungry every night, the United Nations is now espousing a solution that is inexpensive and is immediately accessible to all: People should just start eating bugs. That's right, experts say that such untapped foodstuffs as grasshoppers, ants and other ...

NuVal system providing an easier way to choose healthy foods

By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/17/2013

For customers at nearly thirty supermarket chains across the nation, there's now an easier way to decipher the nutritional value of their product selections. Known as NuVal, a private scoring system has been developed to help consumers tell if they're really getting the nutrition they think they're ...

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How to meet that special someone this Valentine's Day

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/14/2013

If you're single this Valentine's Day, take heart - there are a lot of places in which to meet other people who are anxious to get to know you! Let's cross off the most obvious one - single bars. With their loud, deafening music, and alcohol-impaired patrons, chances of finding someone worthwhile ...

Making A List? Check It Twice! (4 Men, 4 Lessons)

By Catherine Perry • Catholic Match: Blog • 7/10/2011

In her quest for Mr. Right, a devout single woman from New York encountered four different prospects -- and was surprised by what she discovered. Before my spiritual awakening - one that I can partially thank CatholicMatch for - I'd had a very limited understanding of what prayer was. I'd ...

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Forget printing guns, doctors use 3D printer to save baby

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

Much has been made over the development of the 3D printer and its ability to create guns and possibly food. Now, the 3D printer has a new acclaim. Doctors have used one to save the life of an infant. COLUMBUS, OH (Catholic Online) - At just 6 weeks of age, Kaiba Gionfriddo began experiencing ...

Chamomile tea can be refreshing treat - as well as a safeguard against cancer, researchers say

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013

It's a refreshing treat for the late afternoon - and now a cup of chamomile tea could help ward off cancer, researchers say. It seems that the tea contains a chemical, apigenin, which takes away some of the "superpowers" of cancer cells. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Scientists at Ohio ...

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Abbey of St. Foy is longtime medieval pilgrimage route

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/17/2013

The Abbey of St. Foy, nestled in the hills of southern France is a beautiful Romanesque church perfectly aligned with its surroundings. The tiny village of Conque that surrounds the abbey echoes its pointed towers in the surrounding architecture. The abbey is also the only medieval shrine ...

Austere Abbaye de Fonteny filled only with light

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/5/2012

Found in the Burgundy Valley, the Abbaye de Fontenay is a well-restored 12th-century Cistercian monastery founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The inside and outside of the structure is simple and unadorned. While Bernard of Clairvaux did not attempt to reject art or beauty, he was cautious of ...

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Dr. Beena George Named New UST Cameron Dean

By Bridget Hardy, University of St. Thomas • University of St. Thomas • 5/22/2013

Dr. Beena George is the fourth dean of the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business effective on May 20. George previously served as the associate dean of the Cameron School and contributed to the school's elite accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. ...

UST Honors Student Sings Her Way to Grad School

By Bridget Hardy, University of St. Thomas • University of St. Thomas • 5/21/2013

Smart, articulate, dynamic and a devout Catholic are just a few ways University of St. Thomas professors describe graduating music major and English minor Meeka Opong. Taking her talents in music to Clarksville, Tenn., Opong will pursue her Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Austin Peay State ...

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St. Catherine of Sienna Calls Each One of Us to Love God Right Where We Are

By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 4/30/2013

While praying at Peter's tomb, she experienced the great weight of the Church fall on her shoulders, and she offered herself and her suffering as a "victim" for the renewal of the Church. On April 29 of that year, around midday, God called her to Himself. Days before her death, she wrote, "If I ...

The Vision of St. John Bosco and the Papacy of Benedict XVI

By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 2/2/2013

Does the heroic leadership of Pope Benedict XVI represent one more fulfillment of the prophetic vision of the Saint whose Feast we celebrate? Pope Benedict XVI is steering the Ship through troubled waters, charting a path through those sure pillars of protection and heavenly aid. St. John Bosco, ...

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NOAA issues warning to expect more hurricanes this year

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an active Atlantic hurricane season for 2013. NOAA says that several factors appear to be combining to bring about more activity than normal. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Your help is needed: Scientist seeks help in mapping global emissions

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013

Global warming, along with carbon dioxide emissions are a major ecological concern. The chief problem in tracking who or what company is responsible, however, is described as "Sketchy." Good data exists for the United States, Canada, India and the European Union. The rest of the world - ...

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Navy dolphin discovers ancient naval torpedo

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

Mankind's closest finned friend has been getting a lot of work in naval operations. Just recently, a Navy dolphin training to look for mines off the coast of San Diego found a museum-worthy 19th-century torpedo on the seafloor. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic online) - The brass-coated, "steampunk-like" ...

Maybe climate change isn't so bad after all? Study shows prehistoric humans benefitted technologically from climate change

By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013

Climate change hasn't been all bad, according to a new study released in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers studying human development in South Africa have learned that climate change promoted human development. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - A new study reveals that periods of ...

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Archbishop José H. Gomez on Praying for Priests and Promoting Vocations

By Archbishop José H. Gomez • The Tidings • 11/20/2012

Every priest is a sacrament - a sign and instrument that brings men and women to the encounter with the living God. So in this Year of Faith, we need to refocus ourselves, especially in our families, on helping men to hear this beautiful and noble calling from Jesus. BALTIMORE, MD (The Tidings) - I ...

COL EXCLUSIVE: Fr. Pontifex - See what this priest does to deliver his powerful message

By Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online) • Catholic Online • 11/19/2012

He is a growing personality in the Catholic world and represents a new movement to engage the youth and reconvert the lost. Is he the Pope? A new bishop? A pop star? Well, he's not any of these things - yet. However, Fr. Pontifex, may eventually be all three, God willing. EVANSVILLE, IN (Catholic ...

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Washington state legalizes same-sex marriage, pot

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/6/2012

New laws legalizing same-sex "marriages" and marijuana consumption took effect in Washington state at midnight on Wednesday, sparking statewide celebrations. Same sex couples lined the streets hoping to obtain state permission to marry and marijuana advocates gathered outdoors to light up in ...

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Unprecedented kindness - Boston Marathon to call back runners who couldn't finish

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013

Several thousand runners who did not get to finish the Boston Marathon because of the terrorist bombings, will be invited back next year. According to Boston officials, about 5,600 runners will get a second chance to finish the race in 2014. BOSTON, MA (Catholic Online) - The Boston Marathon is an ...

Soccer superstar David Beckham hits the showers - for good

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013

Everyone knows who David Beckham is. Even in the United States, where soccer is not the major athletic activity as it is around the world is familiar with the footballer's prowess and the saying "Bend it like Beckham." His marriage to former Spice Girl and fashion designer, Victoria, also ...

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A Layman's Plea for Tolerance of Catholics

By Jason DeSena Trennert • Catholic Online • 1/1/2013

For all those inclined to revile the Church and what it stands for, practicing Catholics like me have a humble request - attend any mass at any time at any Catholic church in the world.  It won't take more than an hour of your time, you won't be asked to convert, and I can promise you that the ...

A Question For The Christmas Season: Do You Want To Become A Saint?

By F. K. Bartels • Catholic Online • 12/31/2012

Who and what is a saint, and why should anyone want to be one? Is it in any way important to think about the saints? What do their lives mean for our lives? Given the nature of our modern, hyper-energized and technologically advanced world, are they still relevant today? On the other hand, could ...

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The Power of the Resurrection in our Lives: Christ Is Risen; Indeed, He Is Risen!

By F. K. Bartels • Catholic Online • 4/6/2013

There is great cause for belief in the Resurrection. One of the most wonderful tenets of Catholicism and the true Christian religion the Church transmits, is that the Resurrection is a historical event. We do not believe Christ is resurrected only because we are told he is, nor only because we read ...

The Surprise of Easter

By Fr. Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 3/31/2013

To make sure that all mankind knows that it is not over but actually just beginning, God has an Easter bombshell. While we may have been able to anticipate the wondrous joy of a day of resurrection, the first Easter was a complete surprise. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Christ is risen! He is ...

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