Beginning now, with the opening of government-run health-insurance exchanges, President Barack Obama will be prohibiting American Catholics from practicing their faith in the way they live their daily lives. LINK

The diocese of Stockton in California may have to declare bankruptcy in face of the significant damages it owes to victims of sexual abuse committed by members of its clergy throughout the 1990s. It would become the 10^th diocese in the US to invoke Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, LINK

The dissident theologian Hans Küng has revealed that he is considering assisted suicide. Küng, who at the age of 85 is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, writes in a forthcoming memoir that he does not “want to live on as a shadow of myself.” Questioning whether he will be able to continue living with dignity, LINK

Photons switch on the body’s processes like an orchestra conductor bringing each individual instrument into the collective sound. At different frequencies, they perform different functions. Popp found that molecules in the cells responded to certain frequencies, and that a range of vibrations from the photons caused a variety of frequencies in other molecules of the body.LINK

Our government is out of control. First, it was the World War II veterans who had to break down barriers to see the open air, un-attended memorial erected in their honor.  A memorial which is on public land but is supported – including the National Park Service fee – with privatefunds. LINK

Japanese doctors explain that, “We know our patients have radiation illness” but we are forced to keep it secret (VIDEO) LINK

God “absolutely” approves of everyone — including homosexuals — declared one of America’s most well-known evangelical pastors The Houston megapastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen, whose followers include the likes of Cher and Oprah Winfrey, is hitting the talk-show circuit to promote his new book, LINK

“There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride,” said Francis in the richly frescoed room of the residence of the archbishop of Assisi. LINK

Neither government agencies nor welfare organizations have accurate information regarding the scope of youth prostitution in Israel according to a report on prostitution involving minors, submitted recently to the Knesset. LINK

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Last weekend, “Alone Yet Not Alone,” an independent film with Christian themes from Enthuse Entertainment, took Hollywood by storm during its limited release debut, topping all films nationwide in per-theater ticket sales LINK

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On Friday, 25 calls came into the two churches I serve from people — many with children — seeking emergency assistance such as food and shelter. Congress, which just voted to dramatically cut food assistance to veterans and children, is ready to make matters much worse for all Americans LINK