A federal judge here upheld the state’s ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, going against what had been a unanimous trend of federal court decisions striking down such bans since the Supreme Court ruled on the matter last year. MORE

Some homeowners in Philadelphia are losing their homes and it has nothing to do with their ability to pay the mortgage.

“without warning Philadelphia Police and Prosecutors seized their home” MORE

“The UN has had its time,” Peres was quoted as saying by Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana. “What we need is an organization of United Religions, the UN of religions. “It would be the best way to combat these terrorists who kill in the name of their faith, because most people are not like them, they practise their religions without killing anyone, without even thinking about it. MORE

Spurned by Johnny Carson, the pull-no-punches celebrity rallied time and again to reinvent herself as a reality star and fashion critic

In the summer of 2014, social media sites were awash with videos of people taking the “ALS ice bucket challenge.” The ALS marketing stunt caught on like wildfire, prompting hundreds of thousands of social media users to pour buckets of ice water over their heads. As the organization gained attention, $12.5 million in donations over the course of a year were funneled to a staff of eleven executives sitting at the top of the ALS pyramid. MORE

For people in the western world that have never seen anything like this other than in the movies, it can be difficult to grasp just how horrible this epidemic truly is.  In the areas of west Africa where Ebola is spreading, fear and panic are everywhere, food shortages are becoming a serious problem and there have been reports of dead bodies rotting in the streets.  MORE

“I emphasize that they finish their days under the hot sun in Syria and Iraq, and in the first instant of death meet their eternal flames of Hell. Allahu Akbar!”

– Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov MORE

The Earth is the only world for us — for now at least. But our planet is dwarfed by the stars and galaxies that make up the universe. MORE

Good wholesome family movie and you can purchase on Amazon.com but to see it free on Youtube: MORE

This is kind of funny, where the U.S. and Russia were cooperating with each other with the terrorists threat but because of the Ukrainian crises we have stopped. MORE

1. Why not?
2. He was a pope right, that counts. No?
3. It would look bad if John XXIII and JPII are saints and Paul VI isn’t even beatified. Eh?
4. Because I said so. I’m the pope right? Yes?
5. He was on the cover of Time magazine 3 times. OK, one of them was for Humanae Vitae, but we’ll let that slide, No?
6. What? Do you think I should beatify Benedict XVI instead? That’s a joke. I’m so funny. Eh?
7. He’s already been dead nearly 40 years. Isn’t there something in Canon law about that? No? There will be soon. Eh?
8. He didn’t totally destroy the Church. That’s a miracle, right? Am I right? Yes?
9. That’s ten right? No? Boy this is tough, eh? No? Yes? MORE

Bergoglio teams up with Plim Plim the clown to promote coexist-ence between religions

Just the other day on CallMeJorge I commented… ” It’s as if we were watching the Francis the Pope Saturday morning cartoon show….MORE

A gay group will march under its own banner for the first time in the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, organizers said Wednesday.

The prohibition on identified gay groups in the centuries-old New York parade had made participation a political issue. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to march this year, and Guinness beer dropped its sponsorship. MORE