by Omar Sacirbey | Feb 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) Is the jazz standard “Baby It’s Cold Outside” a heart-warming ode to winter romance or the worst example of American hedonism? After hearing the song at a Colorado church dance in the 1940s, Egyptian exchange student Sayyid Qutb viewed the song as a moral...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 8, 2011 | News
As Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak remained in power and anti-government protesters continued to occupy Tahrir Square at the beginning of the third week of deadly demonstrations, discussions between the government and opposition groups appeared at an impasse....
by Francis X. Rocca | Feb 7, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Controversies over bioethical standards at U.S. Catholic hospitals show the need for greater Catholic education for health care workers, Vatican officials said Thursday (Feb. 3). Church leaders said a new set of biomedical guidelines will be...
by Stephanie Barry | Feb 7, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) A defendant accused in a racially motivated arson on Thursday (Feb. 3) took the witness stand and told a federal judge he had no role in the 2008 blaze that razed a predominantly black church hours after President Obama was elected. Michael F....
by Francis X. Rocca | Feb 7, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI was once a card-carrying organ donor, but the offer expired when he assumed the papal throne, according to the Vatican. A donor card acquired by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the 1970s “became ipso facto obsolete” with his...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 7, 2011 | News
Myth and fact regarding “anchor babies” collided last week after a new report. National and state lawmakers have said that hundreds of thousands of “illegal aliens” cross the U.S. border to give birth to children in an effort to obtain...
