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Christmas’ missing icon: Mary breastfeeding Jesus
(RNS) At its heartwarming core, Christmas is the story of a tender relationship between a new mother and her newborn child. Yet all the familiar images associated with the holy family are missing one obvious element: a breast-feeding infant. And therein lies a tale. By David Gibson.
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Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Mourning in Newtown * Black Jesus * Grand Sheikess behind bars
On a day when words seem so powerless, here's a humble offering of what's making news around the world.
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Friday’s Religion News Roundup: Contraception compromise * Yeshiva’s apology * Confession after cocktails
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has a potential way to defuse the contraception wars. A Texas father thought it's be a good idea to carve a pentagram in his son's back. And they're burning Christmas goats in Sweden. All in today's Roundup.
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Thursday Religion News Roundup: Jewish sex abuse; government and marriage; Notre Dame’s 850th
New York police arrest man for throwing chemical at rabbi. Glenn Beck: keep government out of marriage. Notre Dame Cathedral's 850th anniversary celebrations.
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Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: 12/12/12 * @Pontifex tweets * Amish mafia
Why are so many couples getting married today? What did the pope tweet? Is "Amish Mafia" an accurate depiction of the "gentle people"? What do Mormon feminists have planned for this weekend?
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Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Breastfeeding Jesus, Pro-life Plates and Democratic Santa
Why don't we see images of baby Jesus breastfeeding? Judge: Pro-life license plate is unconstitutional. Even many Republicans say Santa is a Democrat.
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Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Supreme decision * Modesty committees * Monsignor 007
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Opponents of gay marriage are optimistic about the Supreme Court. Atheists can be excuted in seven countries. Who is "Monsignor 007"?
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Colm Toibin’s Virgin Mary is far from meek and mild
(RNS) The traditional Christmas image of the Virgin Mary -- silent, obedient, observant -- has cemented a potent ideal in the Western imagination. Now the masterful Irish writer Colm Toibin puts a jackhammer to the cozy, safe, Christmas-card version in "The Testament of Mary.'' By Karen Long.
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Friday’s Religion News Roundup: Nice Jewish Boys | Mark Driscoll’s doobie | Blessed Virgin Nicolas Cage
Bring your bubbe a 2013 calendar of Nice Jewish Boys for Hanukkah. But dont spark a doobie around Mark Driscoll, or buy tickets for Kathie Lee Gifford's evangelical Broadway debut.
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The sacred ran through jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s music
RNS) Jazz legend Dave Brubeck was best known in the secular jazz world for his startling compositions using different time signatures. Religion, however, was never far from Brubeck’s creative mind -- or his inspiration. By David E. Anderson.
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Autistic workers find refuge in Jewish artist’s studio
KENSINGTON, Md. (RNS) John Linder and Tim Welsh aren't Jewish, and probably don’t understand the religious symbolism in the menorahs, mezuzahs and dreidels they create. But the two autistic men know that in the weeks leading up to Hanukkah, their quick and expert manipulation of glass, copper and steel are crucial to getting a truckload of Judaica into the homes of Jews around the world. By Lauren Markoe.
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