A French mayor has issued a decree pledging free handouts of Viagra to all couples in the village – including newcomers – in an unorthodox attempt to boost the local birth rate and keep its school open. With the number of babies falling, Jean Debouzy, mayor of Montereau, population 650, in the Loiret department south Read more
Victims of a paedophile priest from Dunedin are pleased Father Magnus Murray had been laicised. The Catholic Bishop of Hamilton Steve Lowe said he laicisation had been “a complicated process because of Murray’s age and health”.. Continue reading
While it was not her intent, Actress Alyssa Milano’s tweet calling on women not to have sex until they “get bodily autonomy back” gained some unlikely pro-life allies. “Thanks for supporting abstinence @Alyssa_Milano, the number one way to prevent unintended pregnancy,” Unplanned actress Ashley Bratcher, responded,
Pope Francis has given a joyride in his popemobile to eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya. Francis picked up the kids, who hail from Syria, Nigeria and Congo, at the start of his weekly general audience Wednesday and zoomed around St. Peter’s Square with them in the backseat. Continue reading
Dunedin students want cheaper beer. But more than that, they want the Dunedin City Council (DCC) to help them lobby the government to make it happen. Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) president James Heath speaking for thousands of students across the city, said OUSA wanted to encourage students to drink alcohol in licenced venues. Continue Read more
A burglar who stole dozens of tablets from a Marlborough primary school used a kind-hearted pastor as his getaway driver. Jesse Aaron Harper, 34, had been at a church service before wandering through the adjoining Richmond View School grounds on the evening of March 10. Read more
One of the most famous walls in history is the wall around the Vatican City. At a congressional hearing Clay Higgins, a member of the US House of Representatives asked Bishop Mark Seitz how this wall differed from the US border wall. Read more
A dozen Virgin Mary figurines decorate Robert Biedron’s office in Warsaw. What draws Biedron to the statuettes of Mary is their diversity, while they all carry the same message of hope for believers. He is a gay atheist who wants to pull his country back into the European mainstream Read more
A tweet containing a Mother Teresa quote, “Abortion is profoundly anti-woman. Three-quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers.” was removed immediately. The graphic purportedly violated Twitter’s “health and pharmaceutical products and services policy.” Read more
Buddhists across Asia are preparing to celebrate the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as Gautama Buddha and was the founder of Buddhism. The Buddha is believed to have been born roughly 2,500 years ago in what is today Nepal. Read five facts about Buddhists