It’s going to be a long, cold winter, and I can’t help but fear we’re going to be seeing more stories like this one, from California: Karthik Rajaram had fallen hard. The 45-year-old Porter Ranch financial manager who once made more than $1.2 million in a London-based venture fund had lost his job. His luck…

I’m surprised this little earthquake near Fresno, California hasn’t sent more aftershocks across the country. But Sunday, a Catholic priest there defied his bishops and spoke out against a bill that would ban gay marriage. Oh: and he also announced that he was gay. From the local ABC affiliate: Father Geoffrey Farrow of the Saint…

Some people might file this under the category of “Dog Bites Man” — not news, and not all that surprising. But it’s interesting that the subject of prayer and contemplation is generating some serious study. This comes from a Catholic website in the UK: Catholics feel less pain than atheists and agnostics after contemplating the…

Even as the world celebrates the feast of one of France’s greatest saints, the country known as the church’s “eldest daughter” is roiled in an embarassing diplomatic mess. From a French news service: France has settled on an envoy to represent Paris at the Vatican after the Holy See rejected a gay candidate, a French…

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