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Although their numbers have revitalized many Catholic parishes, Hispanic living in the United States are turning into Baptists and Pentecostals at surprising rates. Some say that in Latin America, their families would not tolerate investigating other Christian faiths. However, living in America, the old barriers are gone — and Spanish-speaking Americans are checking out the…

One-hundred-year-old Fauja Singh, ran an entire marathon in Toronto this weekend. The devout Sikh shrugs it off — noting he’s run 10 others, reports Eric Adelson for the Post Game: He did it in 8 hours, 25 minutes, and 17 seconds. That’s even more remarkable. But consider that Singh started running competitively only after losing his…

Are there no Good Samaritans in China? When a two-year-old child wandered into traffic and was hit by a van, 18 passers-by carefully stepped around the bleeding little girl named Xiao Yueyue. Some of the passers-by looked the toddler over in apparent curiosity as they strolled by, but did not pause to help. A second vehicle…

Hundreds of pregnant mothers in Britain have been given faulty information that prompted them to approve post-miscarriage procedures, in effect aborting healthy babies. “Around a third of the 500,000 miscarriages a year in the UK are confirmed via ultrasound scans of the fetus and the sac that envelops it in the womb,” reports Fiona MacRae…

The Mexico City assembly is considering issuing two-year renewable marriage licenses, allowing couples to separate when the term expires rather than have to go through divorces. “Leftists in the city’s assembly – who have already riled conservatives by legalizing gay marriage – proposed a reform to the civil code this week that would allow couples…

Young Coptic Christians stood in silent tribute Sunday night at Cairo’s Abbasseya Cathedral, mourning the violent deaths of 27 and wounding of hundreds in what is increasingly being referred to as the Maspero Massacre — as Egyptian army units opened fire on a peaceful protest march last week. Meanwhile, the official line is emerging that the victims themselves —…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is financing a new organization designed to bring all the world’s religions together. “The organization hopes to prevent conflict through interfaith dialogue,” writes Spencer Kimball for the German news site Deutsche Welle.  “The foreign ministers of Austria, Saudi Arabia and Spain signed the founding treaty of a new international organization designed…

A 12-year-old Christian Pakistani girl was lured away from her home, kidnapped, then repeatedly raped by her captors for eight months — who now claim that she is married to one of the kidnappers. The girl escaped and returned home, however police have warned her parents it would be best if she willingly returned to her…

Teachers at a public high school in Turkey’s Antalya province on the Mediterranean Sea have been ordered to stay at least three feet away from their students and to avoid any touching whatever. The order comes after on a decision handed down by Erdem Kaya, education director for Antalya’s central Muratpaşa district and relayed to school headmasters in the area, according…

A study of historic paintings of the Last Supper show that Jesus and the Disciples were served healthy portions … at least at first. Over the centuries, artists have given them more and more on their plates, writes syndicated columnist Scott LaFee. It seems that in the most ancient paintings, the portions on the plates…
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