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A smoke screen is an old military term meaning something intended to disguise, conceal, deceive or camouflage. Like a mass of dense smoke created by artificial means to obscure movements conceal an area or vessel from the enemy. In short, something said or done in order to hide the truth. With the shocking…

A new smart phone app that lets Catholic users confess on their phones is drawing the interest of other believers as well. The app, which sells for about two dollars, turns the user’s phone into a confessional, walking the user through a dry run of what they might encounter in a confessional booth. The…

An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings." The Freedom from Religion Foundation…

A Jewish boy who attended Notre Dame returned homed for vacation and ran into the friendly neighborhood rabbi. They talked for a while and the rabbi asked: “The aren’t trying to Catholicize you at Notre dame, are they’?’ “No father,” said the student. - Kelly Fordyce, Indianapolis Star Sunday Magazine…

The challenge for many Protestants is to find a church that fits them; the challenge for many Catholics is to fit into a church that requires its members to accept her doctrinal and liturgical traditions -- whether they are comfortable with them or not. The test for doctrinal teaching and practice in…