sounding: noun, the act of measuring the depths or the heights. These soundings are short, not necessarily connected, and not in any order of importance.

The Center for Reproductive Rights released a YouTube video featuring actor Mehcad Brooks in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision that authorized feticide in the United States.

In 2010, only one out of 400 Jewish schools in New York had conducted fingerprint checks on job applicants. The Jewish community has been rocked by allegations that a school teacher had downloaded hundreds of pornographic images of kids.

Moving from place to place because of foreclosure, and homelessness, causes education gaps for children, as well as behavioral problems.

Felipe Juan Froilan de Marichalar, grandson of the Spanish monarchs, wounded himself with a shotgun. His father faces fines and seizure of his firearms.

Young Felipe Juan Froilan shot himself in the foot. He may be following the footsteps of grandfather, King Juan Carlos, who wags once dubbed 'Tiro fijo' (hot shot) following the unfortunate shooting death of his brother.

Full text of remarks by Pope Benedict

Obama and the Church of the Normal.

'Friends With Kids' features pretty people who mistake sex for romance during their bed-hopping forays. It becomes evident that there is a God-shaped hole in their lives.

A 33-year-old teacher was found dead in bucolic rural Vermont. She disappeared on a dark night, leaving behind her two-year-old son sitting in her Suzuki SUV with the engine running.

A basketball team from a Jewish high school in Texas faced the probability of being denied a change to compete with Christian and Catholic schools until a great defender came into the picture.

James M. Thunder, a descendant of influential architect/designer Augustus Welby Pugin, will provide a lecture on March 29 on his illustrious ancestor, who defined the Gothic revival.

Written by Karen Santorum, the wife of presidential candidate Rick Santorum, this book is about the loss of their son and how they managed to cope with it.

Roman Polanski does a slapstick send-up of modern American foibles.

Brandon Hayes tortured 4-year-old Dominick for days as the boy's terrified mother stood by.

Brain trauma led to the death of the emaciated 5-year-old Hector Javier Loya Cota.

Venereal disease continues to rise in Babylon-by-the-Bay, a.k.a. San Francisco. High school students obtain condoms from schools.

The Separation is a movie that will break your heart and get you out of your seat.

Why would a human corpse need anaesthesia for the removal of organs?, and other questions to ask with regard to death and dying. Part 2 in a report on the organ donation and transplant industry.

A belief among some Muslims that women are chattel is blamed for the murder of 3 girls and a woman by a Muslim man over his offended 'honor.'

The Catholic bishops' conference of Paraguay placed great emphasis on the sanctity of traditional families in the face of calls to recognize homosexual unions.