Helen Margaret (Zoth) Tibey passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Just Like Home in Seymour, at the age of 91. Full Article at Times Record News
Washington City Council has voted to approve same-sex marriage, putting the US capital on course to become the sixth state or region in the United States to allow gay marriage. Full Article at ABC Online
News that two struggling inner-city Catholic schools might be saved via, uh, conversion to charter schools made for one of those feel-good stories that tend to lose their lovin' feeling upon due deliberation. Full Article at Indianapolis Star
First of all, I am a practicing Catholic and a conservative. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI called for urgent action to protect the environment, saying Tuesday that climate change and natural catastrophes threaten the rights to life, food, health -- and ultimately peace. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
A burglar has holy targets for his unholy acts. Targeting synagogues, churches and a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Miami Beach, the man steals expensive audio equipment and cash from collection boxes, police say. Full Article at Miami Herald
People contacted the congresswoman's office in Tampa with tales of health care fraud, veterans affairs issues and problems navigating through the immigration process. Full Article at Tampa Bay Online
MANCHESTER – Newly released documents from the Diocese of Bridgeport show that a Connecticut priest accused of molesting children took some of his alleged victims to a vacation home in Washington, N.H. , during the 1970s. Full Article at The Union Leader
A three-year inquiry into claims of widespread sexual abuse of children in Cornwall, Ontario concluded yesterday. Full Article at North Country Public Radio
A $53-million public inquiry on child abuse, or was it child-abuse hysteria, in Cornwall, Ont. , is unlikely to produce a public benefit worthy of the price tag. Full Article at Globe and Mail