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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: 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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Thursday Religion News Roundup: Catholic British royals. Cadet quits. St. Nick’s new bio.
British kings and queens may soon be allowed to marry Roman Catholics. A cadet quits West Point saying it disrespects nonreligious cadets. A new biography explores Nicholas of Myra, aka St. Nick.
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Exhibit highlights Tiffany’s lasting impact on American church design
NEW YORK (RNS) An exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York City reveals a spiritual side of master designer and craftsman Louis C. Tiffany, the man responsible for decorating some of the nation's landmark churches. By Chris Herlinger.
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Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: Rowan Williams’ farewell, the Pope’s PR, Rick Warren’s resurrection
Outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams writes a farewell letter to the Anglican Communion, telling the fractious flock not to become like “distant relatives who sometimes send Christmas cards to each other.”
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Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Three Daniels, Faking Gay and a Gingerbread Hanukkah House
World magazine picks not just one but three people this year who exemplify Daniel. Is it OK to fake being gay to make a moral point? And so Jews don't get jealous: a gingerbread Hanukkah house.
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