Are We Beyond the Conflict of Science and Faith?

When I was a physics major in college, my father happened to be a professor of Medieval Philosophy at the same institution. One day, after lecturing on Dante and the Music of the Spheres, he happened across my physics professor, Jim Lang: “Jim, can you hear the music of the spheres?” Lang: “Hear it? Hear [...]

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New study – TV exposure makes toddlers aggressive

The more television that a three-year-old watches, the more likely he or she is to behave aggressively, according to a US study.
Just having the TV on in the background, even if the child wasn’t watching it, was also linked to aggressive behaviour although the relationship wasn’t as strong, said the researchers.
“Parents should be smart about [...]

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Cardinal Pell sees anti-Christian motives in government bid to take over hospital

The ACT Government, which oversees the capital area of Canberra within New South Wales, offered $77 million to hospital owners Little Company of Mary Health Care (LCMHC). It claimed the takeover would boost investment in the hospital and streamline services.
The LCMHC would be able to purchase the nearby palliative care center, Clare Holland House, for [...]

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Nun Abortion Clinic Escort Reprimanded – Dominican Congregation Apologizes for Scandal

A congregation of US Dominican nuns has publicly apologized for the scandal caused by one of its members acting as a volunteer escort at a Chicago area abortion facility, who now faces severe canonical penalties including excommunication and the possibility of dismissal.
LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) first broke the story about Sr. Donna Quinn, O.P., a Dominican nun [...]

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