Bush, Obama teams hold disaster drill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials in the Bush administration and members of President-elect Barack Obama’s staff teamed up at the White House Tuesday for...
Author: Fr. Peter
Patriarch Daniel: Christmas brings us strength to vanquish life’s trials
BUCHAREST, Dec 25.(AGERPRES). Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel urges believers in the Christmas letter to vanquish life’s trials, namely ...
Woman slapped with fine for cursing in Romanian church
ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 13, 2009 BUCHAREST, Romanian — A woman who upset worshippers by swearing during a church service in Romania has been fined $126, abou...
Seat 33D
By Dennis J. Martinek Twenty years ago, Pan Am Flight 103, flying from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s JFK airport, was destroyed by a bomb,...
Dalai Lama Blames Financial Crisis on Spiritual Fall
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, blamed a lack of spirituality among people today for the global financial crisis. T...
IDF reservist refuses to fight in Gaza over civilian deaths
Good for him! An Israel Defense Forces reserves soldier, taking part in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip which entered its 17th day on Monday, has ref...
Bush wishes Obama ‘all the best’
The White House just announced that President Bush will hold his final formal news conference at 9:15 a.m. ET. On Deadline will be live-blogging, and we’l...
Comments
From time to time I find in necessary to close the comments on a particular thread on the blog. When I feel that nothing is being added to the conversation and ...
Brooklyn man takes frigid leap of faith for Greek Orthodox heritage
One of my parishioners commented that we should do this next year. Food for thought! Now that’s faith. Paul Apostolakis braved the frigid, whitecapped Hud...
‘What if’ questions of Gaza war
AS THE CRIMINAL march of Hamas rocket fire continues across the territory of Israel, the rockets’ red glare casts a new light on Israel’s and the wo...