Suburban Chicago hotel backs away from hosting controversial Muslim group

Illinois hotel backs out of hosting Muslim group

Chavez, Venezuelan cardinal tangle over freedoms, parishioners in Catholic country concerned

Chavez, Venezuelan church clash over freedoms

Vatican faces $5.2 mn financial loss

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is facing a major financial loss with a 4.1 million euro ($5.2 million) deficit recorded in 2009.

‘Too busy’ Pope snubs Prince Charles: Report

LONDON - Pope Benedict XVI has turned down the invitation to meet Prince Charles on his first state visit to Britain in September, claiming he is “too busy”, a media report said Sunday.

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." - Albert Einstein