LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Miss California Pageant begins

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

On Tuesday, the Miss California Pageant started at the William Saroyan Theatre in Fresno with the preliminary wear and talent competitions.

U.S.

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Mandate Under Congressional Power to Tax

by Mark Henry and Keith A Fournier

The Supreme Court's surprising decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, not under the Commerce Clause, but as an exercise of Congress' power to tax, shocked the press, ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Notorious Kim 'Dotcom' on bail in New Zealand

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Kim "Dotcom," whose real name is Kim Schmitz, was arrested last January in New Zealand in connection with his highly popular "Megaupload" Web site. Seventy police raided his mansion in connection ...

LIVING FAITH

Rev. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Its official: after bankruptcy proceedings, the Reverend Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California will become a Catholic church. The congregation has announced that it ...

CELEBRITY

Famous celebrity author of 'Sleepless in Seattle' dies

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Screenwriter and director Nora Ephron has died. Ephron was the author of such film favorites as "Sleepless in Seattle: and "When Harry met Sally." It would have been hard not to have become a ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

JPMorgan Chase & Company's stocks tumble with news of massive losses

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Nothing sends stocks downward that previously suppressed bad news. Such was the case of JPMorgan Chase & Company, as their shares fell in premarket trading this week. A recently published ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Pools open for summer

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Sal Mosqueda Community Center in southeast Fresno is to open this season.

U.S.

Obama memoir filled with misrepresentations

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

It's a given that politicians aren't always accurate when they speak, but it's another thing when they are inaccurate in their own memoirs. Yet, that's precisely what biographer David Maraniss claims ...

AFRICA

Sudan humanitarian crisis escalates as water runs out

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Refugees in South Sudan will be without water in about one week according to the aid agency, Doctors Without Borders. Despite this, refugees continue to enter the camps looking for an escape from ...

HOMESCHOOLING

A Catholic Home School Mom Recommends a Summer Reading List for Children

by Melissa Vaca

Many of the books that I have listed are typical for homeschooling book lists.I assigned the books to a grade level, but each novel is suitable for a range of ages. The grade levels are really only a ...

MOVIES

Remembering cult movie actress Susan Tyrrell

by Greg Goodsell

Nervous, knock-kneed and not yet 30 years of age, this writer approached cult movie favorite Susan Tyrrell for an exclusive interview in 1989. Over lunch, Tyrrell regaled me and my friends with ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Foreign held U.S. debt reaches all-time high

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

China, the largest buyer of United States Treasury debt, increased its holdings after trimming them for two straight months, sending foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities to a record high ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Students from Fresno Unified high schools graduate

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

U.S.

Oldest galaxy found and why we care

by Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online)

Japanese astronomers claim to have found the oldest galaxy yet at 12.91 billion light years distance. Looking at primitive galaxies gives astronomers an important look back into time, when the ...

EUROPE

Newest Manifestation of the Culture of Death? Baby Boxes and Infant Exposure

by Deacon Keith Fournier

The early Roman Empire was a Culture of death. The Christian Church was called into it to transform it from within and build a Culture of life. They lived as leaven, light and salt for the world ...

HOME & FOOD

SUMMER SOLUTION - Windowsill gardening

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

MOVIES

One of the last surviving cast members of 'Gone With the Wind,' Ann Rutherford dies

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Her role in the classic American film, "Gone With the Wind," was a small one. Ann Rutherford played Carreen, Scarlet O'Hara's youngest sister. It was in Rutherford's words, a "'nothing part'" ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

And the winner is? Handful of states spurs on U.S. economic growth

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

There's been lots of negative economic news as of late that obscures the fact that the United States' economy continues to grow. The economy is growing, although not as fast as last year - 1.5 ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Visalia fire chief to retire

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Mark R. Nelson had been an assistant fire chief for Bay Area city of American Canyon before he was chosen over 23 others to become the chief in June of 2008.

LIVING FAITH

Fresno LE - Foundation gives $100,000 to Fresno State

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A $100,000 grant, given by the Central Valley Foundation's McClatchy Fresno Art Endowment, is going to the Center for Creativity and the Arts at Fresno State, as well as the Fresno Art Museum and ...

U.S.

San Fernando LE - Students love the popular ballroom dancing program.

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

On Saturday, a ballroom was created out of a Woodland Hills gymnasium as elementary students did the tango, rumba, and the cha-cha-cha.

MIDDLE EAST

Why today is a bad day to be Al Qaeda in Yemen

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

It's a bad day to be an Al Qaeda fighter in southern Yemen. The Yemeni Army supported by artillery, tanks, and US drones is preparing to attack and capture an Al Qaeda coastal stronghold. Already, ...

LIVING FAITH

Are Comic Books Marketing Homosexuality to Children? A Troubling Sign of the Times

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Kafka had it right when he pointed out that deviant activity that is accepted eventually becomes mainstream and normalized. Consider his parable: Leopards break into the temple and drink the ...

CELEBRITY

Philadelphia LE - James Earl Jones named '12 recipient of Philadelphia's Marian Anderson Award

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

James Earl Jones has recently been named the 2012 recipient of the Marian Anderson Award, an award that honors artists whose leadership helps humanity.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Lawsuit: Losses at Merrill Lynch were withheld before B of A deal

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

It has come to light that shortly before Bank of America shareholders approved the bank's $50 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch in December of 2008, that top bank executives were aware that ...

LIVING FAITH

Fresno LE - Artist featured at Fresno Art Museum

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Although you may not know him by his name, you probably know his artwork which has been seen around the City of Fresno.

U.S.

Feast of Justin Martyr Calls For a New Generation of Apologists to Defend the Faith

by Deacon Keith Fournier

On the Memorial Feast of Justin, Martyr, we need to implore the Lord to raise up new apologists, defenders of the faith, who are unafraid to contend in the marketplace of ideas for ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Shops closed in major protest of gasoline prices in India

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The nation of India is wracked with demonstrations against the high price of gas prices. Stores have been shut in the wake of a nationwide strike. Public transport has been disrupted, and the ...

HOME & FOOD

Santa Barbara LE - Foodbank needs volunteers

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Roughly 25,000 kids in Santa Barbara County are relying on free or reduced school meals to stay fed every single day. Although most kids look forward to summer break, for some it is a difficult ...

CELEBRITY

Investigators in decades-old case get an intriguing clue

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A small cosmetic jar intended to cover up freckles gives more circumstantial evidence that legendary aviator Amelia Earhart died on an uninhabited island in the southwestern Pacific republic of ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Stocks plummet in light of an uncertain Europe

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Europe's increasingly uncertain economic system has sent traders running from risky investments. Traders fled to the relative safety of U.S. bonds, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Occupy Fresno protest at bank

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Occupy Fresno protestors moved north to demonstrate outside a Chase bank branch on Shaw Avenue and First Street.

U.S.

World Trade Center once again the tallest building in New York City

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The single One World Trade Center, being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes to reclaim its title of New York ...

ASIA PACIFIC

China's industries bouncing back

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

With an index of purchasing managers' sentiment rising for the fifth straight month, the Chinese government says that manufacturing activity continued to recover in April. While Mark Williams, ...

LIVING FAITH

The Old, Old, Story: Fr Dwight Longenecker on Authentic Evangelization

by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Through video, radio, internet, blogs, e-books and publishing on demand the world is opening up to the proclamation of the gospel as never before. What is needed now is an army of enthusiastic, ...

MOVIES

'Think Like a Man' tops at U.S. box office

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The ensemble African American comedy "Think Like A Man" kept its top spot at the nation's box offices for what was a relatively quiet weekend before the rush of big-budget adventures that typify ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Bitumen, or 'dirty oil' carries transportation risks

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Bitumen, commonly referred to as "dirty oil," has many concerned over its environmental impact on the petrochemical industry. Far more corrosive than regular crude oil, bitumen poses a hazard to ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Thousands of FFA members gather

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Around 4,000 high school students from across California gathered in Fresno for the 84th California State FFA Leadership Conference.

U.S.

Results from 13,000 mph Falcon flight released by the Pentagon

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The test flight of an experimental aircraft capable of traveling at 20 times the speed of sound was undertaken last August. The Pentagon has now released the results of the super-fast vehicle, ...

EUROPE

Christian Resurgence in Russia? Patriarch Kirill Leads Day of Prayer in Moscow

by Deacon Keith Fournier

There is a growing recognition that there is more that joins theologically faithful Catholics and theologically faithful Orthodox than that which separates us. The cultural decline compels ...

LIVING FAITH

Vatican Congregation for the Clergy: God Stands Before Us and Invites Us to Touch Him

by Congregation for the Clergy

God stands before us and invites us to touch Him.  God does not set conditions for us; He does not call for a special 'work' or a special 'space' in order for us to meet Him.  Rather God ...

TV

Actor who played TV vampire 'Barnabas Collins' dies

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The mythical blood-sucking vampire is supposed to be immortal. It still came as a bit of a shock to learn that TV vampire Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins on the Gothic soap opera "Dark ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Walmart admits that Mexican branch may have used bribes

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Retail giant Walmart has admitted it is investigating allegations that its managers in Mexico used widespread bribery to secure the company's presence in the country and expand its market share. ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Thousands in Fresno for FFA conference

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

More than 4,000 high school students, parents, and teachers will join this weekend in Fresno for the 84th California State FFA Leadership Conference.

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Mayor introduces Learn2Earn program

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A new program called Learn2Earn has a goal to get adults educated and working.

U.S.

Georgetown Invites Sandra Fluke to Talk to Undergrads About Contraception; Bans Outside Press

by Edwin Mora

Georgetown University, a Catholic institution run by the Jesuit order, invited Sandra Fluke to talk to undergraduate students at its main campus on Monday on the subject of contraception.The ...

EUROPE

Muslim husband freed after killing wife with 120 knife stabs after a year in custody

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A man stabbed wife of 37 years 120 times in a brutal slaying has walked away free from court less than a year later. Declared insane in court, he has walked away from custody after serving less ...

LIVING FAITH

Teen Pregnancy Rates Fall? Hold the Applause!

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"The church's response is total charity. We do everything to convince a teen they have other options than abortion.  We as a church respond to the pregnancy with love."

MOVIES

Movie audiences still hungry for 'Hunger Games'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The blockbuster adaptation of the young adult book series "The Hunger Games" is still making - pardon the pun - a killing at the box office. The crowd pleasing epic remains at the top spot for ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

US economy, two out of three ain't bad?

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Claims for jobless benefits are on the rise while the trade deficit has decreased and inflation has remained flat. That's good news for most in two out of three economic reports released by the ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno LE - Fresno is ranked #1 for beauty obsession

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

According to data collected by Foursquare, the check-in Facebook application, Fresno is ranked number one in the country for being beauty obsessed.

U.S.

Why I'm outraged over the real race war in America

by Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online)

As America revisits old issues of race and violence amid the allegations of the Trayvon Martin case, a lot of attention is focused on the possibility of a "race war" in the US. Racist groups like the ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Communist Chinese Police Pressure Underground Church

by Wang Zhicheng

"This year" - an underground priest told AsiaNews -" we will celebrate Easter in silence and discretion, without any solemnity. In other years, we had to find locations big enough so we could ...

LIVING FAITH

Archbishop Dolan - Obama policy 'intruding into the life of faith.'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan boldly stated that Obama's contraception policy is "intruding into the life of faith," during an interview on CBS News' Face The Nation.

CELEBRITY

60 Minutes' Mike Wallace dies at 93

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire when my toes turn up,'" 60 Minutes' fiercely tenacious newsman Mike Wallace once declared. "Well, they're just beginning to curl a little, which ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Gas prices on Catalina Island, California top $7 a gallon

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Catalina Island is a popular resort off the coast of California best known for its picturesque scenery, seafood and hiking. The island paradise does have a catch, however: For the past two weeks, ...

LOCAL NEWS

Wells Fargo partners with Fresno State University

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Fresno State University and Wells Fargo & Company have joined a public-private partnership to promote academic achievement, retention and professional development for students with Hispanic ...

U.S.

President Obama Makes Video Vowing to Protect Planned Parenthood

by Jennifer Hartline

Our current President has made his position crystal clear and has demonstrated time and time again that he will always defend Planned Parenthood; he will always defend abortion-on-demand, without ...

HOME & FOOD

Antioxidants - Popcorn is good for you!

by Taylor Wilkerson

Popcorn is one of the top guilty food pleasures today and is, for most people, the highlight of going to the movie theater. As soon as the tickets are bought, moviegoers make a bee-line for the ...

AFRICA

South Africa to emphasize breastfeeding, not formula, to HIV-positive mothers

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

All nine provinces in South Africa will begin phasing out provision of free formula to HIV-positive mothers and implement a new policy on breast-feeding. Many respected individuals from leading ...

MOVIES

OCTOBER BABY: A Box Office Winner is Born

OCTOBER BABY had the third highest per-screen average and closed at No. 8 in the nation for its opening weekend competing against The Hunger Games - one of the most successful Hollywood blockbuster ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Party's over for tribal casino in Connecticut

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Times once ran high for the Pequot tribe in Connecticut. Establishing the Foxwoods Casino on their tiny patch of reservation, tribesmen prospered, many earning an annual income of $100,000. This ...

LOCAL NEWS

Hundreds of families are served at food giveaway

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

On Monday, hundreds of families received a variety of food at a farmer's market food giveaway in southeast Fresno.

U.S.

Former NAACP leader blasts Jackson and Sharpton as 'race hustlers'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A former leader of the NAACP is blasting Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson for what he calls "exploiting" the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Rev. C.L. Bryant told the Daily Caller on Monday that "His ...

MIDDLE EAST

Syria accepts Kofi Annan-brokered peace deal

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Syrian government has accepted a six-point plan brokered by the United Nations and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to end the ongoing violence. "The Syrian government has written to the joint ...

LIVING FAITH

Catholic Online iReport - Allentown, PA rallies for Religious Freedom

by Carolee Gifford (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"It's terrible! It has to be rescinded!" said Sister Josanne Huber, M.S.C., commenting on the healthcare mandate thousands and thousands protested at noon, Friday, at federal buildings all over ...

MOVIES

'Hunger Games' wins third largest film opening of all time

by Greg Goodsell

There was no doubt that the opening for the movie adaptation of the phenomenally popular "Hunger Games" was going to be huge. "Hunger Games" made history, earning an astounding $155 million at ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Dartmouth president named as surprise choice to lead World Bank

by Greg Goodsell

United States President Barack Obama has named the president of Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim as its nominee to lead the World Bank. Kim has now become the frontrunner to lead the multinational ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fans line up for "The Hunger Games" opening

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"The Hunger Games" movie is receiving the same anticipation that fans felt for other big film franchises such as the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" films.

U.S.

Rejoice! Bishop William Lori, Defender of the Faith, Named Archbishop-Designate of Baltimore

by Deacon Keith Fournier

This Nation which we all love has been given one more courageous Catholic Bishop in a position of significant leadership at a critical time in the history of the Catholic Church in the United ...

MIDDLE EAST

Report: Deaths of civilian Palestinians growing

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Jerusalem-based human rights group B'Tselem has uncovered some unwelcome news. Civilian Palestinians being killed in recent Israeli-Palestinian conflicts has grown. According to their latest ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Two executives resign from Susan G. Komen for the Cure

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Two top executives at Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced their resignation. The breast cancer charity is reportedly struggling to raise money after its decision to defund Planned ...

MOVIES

October Baby - An Abortion Survivor Finds Her Life - Don't Miss This Film!

by Randy Sly

"This is a significant story" - Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life. "'October Baby' is the most gripping drama ever produced about the central civil rights issue of our time" - Bill Donohue, ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Bernanke comments on idea - moving central bank to gold standard

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Proponents of the gold standard won't like hearing Ben Bernanke's recent comments where he panned the idea as a handicap on the government. 

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno County rethinking their support for the high-speed rail

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Supervisors of Fresno County plan to revisit the high-speed rail this month to rethink their support on the project.

U.S.

NY Times accused of anti-Catholic bigotry, cowardice

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Sometimes what you don't say reveals as much as what you do say. Following the New York Time's publication of an ad that constitutes a direct, frontal attack on the Catholic Church on behalf of the ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Taliban suspends all talks with the United States

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Saying that the United States was "wasting time," the Afghan Taliban has announced the suspension of negotiations with the U.S. Current talks had been aimed at ending the decade-long war in ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Child Proofing Revisited

by By Carolee Gifford, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

From the moment our children enter the world we want to protect them. God graced us with this beautiful embodiment of his love and our desire to protect that gift begins.

U.S.

Book Review: 'Indivisible' is a Book for Our Time and A Call to Christian Collaboration

by Randy Sly

"I read this book from cover to cover, in one sitting, in awe of what God was up to in these pages. INDIVISIBLE builds a sure bridge of faith and reason over which our country can walk, from our ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Former employee blasts Goldman Sachs, firm loses billions overnight

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Goldman Sachs investment firm continues to reel from a scathing attack that originated within its ranks. A recent employee with 12 years experience in the firm, sent an op-ed to the New York ...

LOCAL NEWS

Fresno Unified School District to make changes after school reviews

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Fresno Unified School District board is trying to fix problems that the state found during a recent review of school programs.

U.S.

Fr Dwight Longenecker's Sobering Reflection on 'The Coming Persecution'

by Fr Dwight Longenecker

There will be no martial law or military in the streets. That would appear to be so un-American! The officers who enforce the mandate will be lawyers in suits bearing legal documents. The battles ...

EUROPE

Prayer and Silence: Pope Calls Us to Make Space for the Word to Dwell Within

by Deacon Keith Fournier

Through prayer, daily life takes on new meaning. It becomes a classroom of communion. In that classroom we learn the truth about who we are - and who we are becoming - in Jesus. Through prayer we ...

LIVING FAITH

Catholic Social Doctrine: Priority of the Good over Right

by Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.

To recover our classical and Christian heritage, which is ever ancient ever new, we should turn to the Catholic social doctrine.  And I do not mean the Catholic ...

MOVIES

Filmmakers of the world turn their camera towards the Arab Spring

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Journalists of the world have all risen to the challenge to document a way of life in a part of the world that is being irrevocably changed. While some feel the Arab Spring has turned into a ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Private sector adds more jobs for the month of February

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

According to a report released this week by payroll processor ADP Hiring, the private sector picked up in February. Private employers added 216,000 jobs in the month, roughly in line with forecasts ...

LOCAL NEWS

Visalia priest reassigned due to threats

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Due to threats against him, Rev. Carlos Serrano, a Roman Catholic priest in Visalia, has been transferred to a new parish.

U.S.

Orthodox Christians Are Thankful for Catholic Bishops' Defense of Religious Liberty

by Chris Banescu, Esq.

Orthodox Christians are grateful for the vocal and passionate public stance of Catholic Bishops and  leaders who categorically oppose Obama's HHS healthcare mandate. Your courage in ...

MIDDLE EAST

Iran has a long and rebellious history

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Long a thorn in the side of the West, the nation of Iran has a long, proud and calamitous history of defiance. Having toppled the autocratic Shah in 1979, who was nonetheless friendly with the ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Microfinance for women driving social change around the world

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Microfinance can help women in developing countries by transforming gender equations in public and private spheres, according to the Fifth Global Microfinance Summit. However, not all microfinance ...

CELEBRITY

Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart dies at 43

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Conservative commentator and publisher Andrew Breitbart has passed away - from natural causes, at the age of 43. Breitbart was walking near his home in the Brentwood neighborhood shortly after ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

One in four homes was in foreclosure, RealtyTrac says

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

As a reminder of the bleak U.S. housing market, RealtyTrac reports that homes in some stage of foreclosure accounted for nearly one in four homes sales during the fourth quarter.

LOCAL NEWS

New sound exhibit to open in Bakersfield

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

On March 23, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will open a brand new exhibit.

U.S.

Cardinal Dolan: Cannot Rest When Faced with so Grave a Threat to Religious Liberty

by Deacon Keith Fournier

"If the government can, for example, tell Catholics that they cannot be in the insurance business today without violating their religious convictions, where does it end? This violates the ...

MIDDLE EAST

List of Syrian war crimes expected to reach as high as nation's president

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A United Nations human rights investigation has found Syria has "manifestly failed" to protect its civilian population. Prepared by the U.N.-appointed Independent International Commission of ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

British abortionists terminating pregnancies, thereby killing children, on basis of child's gender

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

British abortionists have been secretly filmed granting abortions based on the unborn child's sex. Clinicians have also said that they were prepared to falsify paperwork to arrange the abortions, ...

U.S.

Vintage comic books to fetch $3.5 million at auction

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Printed on cheap, pulpy paper, haphazardly printed, most comic books are usually meant to be read and enjoyed and then thrown away. Due to the fact that most people find them disposable, really ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

U.S. unemployment remains at four-year low

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

People applying for unemployment insurance in the United States remain unchanged last week. The Labor Department reported that the four-week average of applications fell to its lowest point in ...

LOCAL NEWS

Vietnam Memorial visits Bakersfield

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

U.S.

An Archbishop Who Inspires the Faithful: Courageous Charles Chaput Helps Lead the Catholic Resistance

by Deacon Keith Fournier

"Despite all of its public apprehension about "culture warriors" on the political right in the past, the current administration has created an HHS mandate that is the embodiment of culture war. At ...

AFRICA

The African Sahel region declares 'a catastrophic year'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Seven out of the eight governments in the Sahel, an arid zone between the Sahara desert in North Africa and Sudan's Savannas have taken the unprecedented step of declaring emergencies. Twelve ...

LOVE & RELATIONSHIP

Happy Valentine's Day! Six-year-old cancer patient gets date with Justin Bieber

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Six-year-old Avalanna Routh is battling a rare form of cancer. She put her struggles with the disease this Valentine's Day with a date with teen pop singing sensation Justin Bieber. A highlight ...

MUSIC

Paul McCartney gets star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

All things come to those who wait. Paul McCartney, one of two surviving members of the Fab Four has finally been blessed with his own star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several hundred ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

President Obama says high gas prices justify payroll tax cut extension

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

In order to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year, President Barack Obama cited rising gas prices as one of the chief reasons. The White House says that ...