Lenovo Corporation's (you may recall Lenovo, based in China, bought IBM's laptop computer division, and they're still a substantial presence in the laptop industry) new OPhone, based on Google's embedded Android O/S, will not look like the invention pictured in the video below:

The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints turned 40 in May. According to their profile, "Pope Paul VI, with the Apostolic Constitution 'Sacra Rituum Congregatio' of May 8, 1969, divided the Congregation of Rites, creating two congregations: one for Divine Worship and another for the Causes of Saints." An article in yesterday's Zenit interviewed "Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, a Portuguese member of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary," who "was put in charge of the congregation in 1998." See "The Church's Most Beautiful Congregation."

If you have really read the documents, you know what it says. Lots of people who claim to have read it, however, seriously misrepresent what it says. The bishop of the Diocese of Basel, Switzerland, Most Rev. Kurt Koch, is among the latest to call the liberal interpreters' bluf. See the translation of his letter at "A Swiss bishop sounds off about Vatican II."

The latest film to emerge from Mpower Pictures is "The Stoning of Soraya M," a film about a host of evils impacting the lives of women and children around the world. It is currently showing in a few select theaters in the U.S. Based on the movie trailer, I'm guessing this is one very powerful story, with brilliant acting and directing.

This is the beautiful expression used by St. Paul in chapter 8 of his letter to the Romans. It comes at the end of a very sobering, yet hope filled, paragraph.

H.R. 2981, introduced on June 19th by Rep. Barny Frank, et. al., is entitled the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) of 2009." It specifically provides "a comprehensive Federal prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity," and means to enforce it. In order not to run afoul of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution, it contains the following exemption:

Where will the scandals end? Is there nothing of value left in these institutions? See "Ten Catholic Colleges Support Internships with Advocates of Abortion, Gay Marriage" for the sad details.

As I am sure you are all aware, there are deep divisions in the American Episcopal branch of the so-called International Anglican Communion (an expression which has, as a result of recent divisions, become a lie). These divisions began with the ordination of women, which many dioceses do not recognize as valid, and virtually exploded when Eugene Robinson, an openly gay man, was ordained(?) as a bishop. See Anglican Realignment. Apparently, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the U.S. is not far behind this trend.

Writing for MercatorNet, Warwick Marsh finds hope for this in Australia. See "What we need is a fatherhood revolution" Now, if we can only come to our senses about the role of parental gender complementarity in raising children, society could actually begin to reverse its slide toward chaos.

See "Recent Correspondence: Senate Hate Crimes 06-16-09." In the opening paragraphs:

Dear Mr. President and Distinguished Senators:

We write today to urge you to vote against the proposed Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (S. 909) (“MSHCPA”)