“Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary society.” Official IKEA spokesperson’s response to pressure from grumpy Polish Catholics (namely a letter writing campaign) who had a hoo haa because they wanted queer couples removed from the IKEA catalog. T...

U.S. president Barack Obama is planning to visit Great Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic next month, during his first trip to Europe since taking office. In a post titled “They all want to meet him,” P O Neill of A Fistful of Euros writes this about the upcoming visit: An i...

St. Casimir is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. He was born on October 3, 1458, the third of thirteen children of King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of Albert II of Habsburg. The young prince was trained in spirituality and displayed holiness at an early age. In contrast to ...

Part of the Bush administration's strategy for "locking in" missile defense in case of a Democratic presidential victory was to conclude agreements with Poland and the Czech Republic that would be difficult for the Democratic victor to break. The thinking went that while Obama might be skeptical of ...

From CathNews: Polish priests want to marry Most Polish priests favour an end to celibacy and twelve percent say they are already in a relationship with a woman, a survey has found. The research has dealt a blow to the country’s reputation as a champion of traditional Catholic values, the UK T...

Well, the movie industry doesn't mind that audiences are returning to theaters in droves during a recession. It's obviously good news all around. But David Poland debunks the NYT's recession "hype." While the studios may have been smart enough to not only give the audiences what they want but market...

Image Hunter.© 2009 - Ben Heine.(High resolution of this photo, forprinting purposes, available here).Eyes of the First LightBy Peter S. QuinnStrings of care for in summer's nightBeautiful days of its glowing shadesOn to early cock-crow coming brightEvery glistening start to muted fadesDays and loo...

Dave Poland, writing in the Hot Blog, reminds people that the Oscars will always be the Oscars no matter how hard people wish otherwise....

Born: April 1, 1866, in the village of Å»arki, six miles from Kraków, Poland. Studies at St. Anne’s Gimnazjum (Kraków, Poland), the JageÅ‚Å‚ionian University (Kraków, Poland), and St. Vincent’s Archabbey (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) Ordained to the Holy Priesthood: August 19, 1893, in St. ...

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