Kelly Clinger's painful testimony: "I had an abortion and I hate myself"

Kelly Clinger, who was a back-up singer for the pop star Britney Spears, has blogged about her abortions. "Someone asked if I had hea...

Padre Pio’s First Miracle – A burnt face is healed

It was the year 1908, and Padre Pio lived in the monastery of Montefusco. One day, he collected chestnuts in the forest nearby, and sent a b...

Do the Legion of Christ stand a chance of surviving? And may Pope Benedict save them from themselves? Part Two

Maybe it’s negative on both counts. Leading Catholic journalist, William Oddie, started a vital debate , ‘the superiors of the Legion of C...

Why a cruel recession grips Ireland...

From Daniel Hannan's excellent Daily Telegraph blog post . In the 1990s, you used to hear the argument that Ireland was growing thanks...

Padre Pio: “remove also the pictures of the bad women in the drawer of the table at home”

In the past number of days, as preparation for an anti-porn newspaper article, I have been reading lots of research on the devastating effec...

Child hostage gives a harrowing account of the Baghdad church attack

Instead of prison, a judge orders Irishman to climb Croagh Patrick and 'say a few prayers'

 Joseph McElwee was ordered to climb the mountain in Co Mayo by Judge Seamus Hughes after being found guilty of threatening and abusing ga...