Is America a Christian nation? It is, if you agree with Dinesh D’Souza. He’s just published a book on the subject and has a column in USA TODAY addressing America’s religious roots: We seem to be witnessing an aggressive attempt by leading atheists to portray religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as the bane…

A newspaper in Florida has a report on a group of Holocaust survivors seeking historical recognition — and many are not whom you’d expect. They are Polish Catholics, who were also sent to the camps: Michael Preisler’s arm still bears the signs of Auschwitz. He was number 22213. Preisler doesn’t fit the most common perception…

It’s hard not to like the story of this (as the New York Times puts it) “improbable” candidate for governor in Louisiana — a Catholic convert who could could give a completely new face to politics in the American south: An Oxford-educated son of immigrants from India is virtually certain to become the leading candidate…

That bit of patter from “The Mikado” could describe Italy’s most notorious cleric. Seems that priest who got into a little trouble last weekend may be ready to cause a little trouble of his own: A high profile Vatican cleric suspended after he was shown on television making advances to a young man allegedly had…

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