Pregnant women and exercise (specifically marathons)

Pretty good and detailed feature in yesterday's NY Times. Women – as everyone knows – are tougher then men. For Pregnant Marathoners, Two Endurance Tests When Paula Radcliffe won the New York City Marathon in 2007, nine months after giving birth to a daughter, Isla, Radcliffe was considered an anomaly. Her intense training through her … Read more

Feast of John Paul II today

I didn’t know there’s an “Official Vatican Prayer to Saint John Paul II” but here it is – Oh, Saint John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! Bless the church that you loved and served and guided, courageously leading it along the paths of the world in order to bring Jesus … Read more