The Vatican is ready to open a discussion about whether Catholic priests should be required to remain celibate, the Vatican’s newly appointed secretary of state said in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper. LINK

The Pope has struck a surprisingly conciliatory tone towards atheists and agnostics, saying that God will “forgive” them as long as they behave morally and live according to their consciences.LINK

Did you know that the big banks have a way to legally steal your house from you even if you don’t owe a single penny on your mortgage?  Big banks and hedge funds are buying billions of dollars worth of tax liens from local governments all over the nation, and they are ruthlessly foreclosing LINK

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There’s been a lot of discussion on whether it is better to have male altar servers or to allow both girls and boys to serve at the altar. Most of the discussion ends up being people offering their opinions LINK

A video apparently made by some of the Islamists fighting and killing each other and the population in Syrian reveals quantities of Bibles and biblical materials, such as the Book of John, as a narrator describes them as being “more dangerous than chemical weapons.”LINK

Christian persecution is escalating in America and it’s being conducted by local, state and federal governments.  The latest example of Christian persecution can be found in the recent actions taken by the San Antonio City Council.LINK

The U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly has sidestepped opportunities to respond to atheists’ demands that the words “under God” be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, but that apparently has in no way blunted the campaign to censor that traditional statement about the nation’s founding.LINK

My wife and I taught our two sons never to call somebody or something stupid. If you use a word too often it loses its meaning. It’s the same with a well-placed but rare expletive. Sometimes it’s needed to make a point. Here’s something that’s really stupid from St. John’s Anglican Church in Ontario, Canada: LINK

Despite assurances from the sycophant media that President Obama was “dominating” Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg has seen a round of criticism aimed at the ersatz Alexander’s plan to go to war in Syria. LINK

Moscow, September 6, Interfax – The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed concern over the attempts made by the armed opposition in Syria to take over the city of Maalula, a symbol of the Christian presence in Syria.LINK

Lee Hicks, a TDSB teacher who advises kindergarten kids to cross-dress and drags children to anti-oil protestswith him/her is selling cross-dressing posters for teachers to put up in their classrooms.  The posters declare that “gender is irrelevant”.LINK

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The deadly violence percolating half a world away in Syria and the warnings of a possible U.S. attack have some people not only looking ahead to what might happen in the coming days — but also looking backward into ancient, apocalyptic prophecies in the pages of the Old Testament.LINK

While the international community debates what to do about Syria, evidence of the use of chemical weapons dating back 1,700 years has surfaced. British archeologist Dr Simon James believes 20 Roman soldiers may have been killed by lethal poisonous gas during a Persian attack on their fort at Dura-Europas in Eastern Syria during the 3rd century.LINK