An interesting controversy has erupted in Utah over a classic Christian symbol. The Salt Lake Tribune reports: A federal judge today heard arguments on whether the placement of 13 crosses on government land along Utah highways to memorialize fallen Highway Patrol troopers is constitutional. Brian Barnard, the attorney for American Atheists Inc., contended it is…

News broke over the weekend that the Jesuits will be coughing up some $50 million to more than 100 Alaskans who say they were sexually abused by members of the order. The payout is huge — not just financially, but historically, according to the AP: The settlement with the Oregon Province of the Society of…

The Boston Globe went searching for some reaction, anything, to Cardinal O’Malley’s slap the other day at pro-abortion Democrats. They didn’t find much. The silence, perhaps, was telling: In 1935, Governor James Michael Curley was pushing hard for a bill to create a state lottery. The bill looked like it would sail through the Legislature.…

Readers may remember the story of the Sisters of Bethany, who were forced to pack up and move after the record sex abuse settlement in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The sisters have now been offered a new place to live, according to The Los Angeles Times: Three Roman Catholic nuns who learned last summer…

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