In Mexico, world loses giants for justice
Two heavy blows in one week and a day! First, journalist, poet, commentator, lifelong post-beat Beatnik and activist for hopeless causes Johnny Ross, 72, died of liver cancer on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in western Mexico, on January 17.
Pope's condom statement offers Rorschach theology
Pope Benedict XVI set off a firestorm this week when the Vatican released excerpts from a new book in which the pontiff obliquely says that HIV prevention might be a reason for condoms.
Comic shines light on moderate Islamic values
A new comic series' mission is two-fold: to defend Islam from its detractors as well as to defend it from extremists operating in its name.
Vatican praises Beatles, sidesteps growing scandal
The Vatican newspaper paid tribute to the Fab Four this weekend - can the Beatles rescue the Vatican?
Satan, child abuse and the pope: an Irish view
To say that the revelations concerning child abuse in the Catholic Church has rocked it to its very foundations would be an understatement.
