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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley apologized "if I offended anyone in any way" after he said non-Christians are "not my brothers and sisters" just hours after taking the oath of office.
President Obama rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao at an official State Dinner la...
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Legends abound for lords-a-leaping and maids-a-milking in `Twelve Days’
(RNS) Twelve drummers? Ten leaping lords? Two turtle doves?
Chances are, the gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" are not high on anyone's Christmas list this year. In fact, it's hard to imagine they were ever popular presents.
"It's not a literal song," said Mickey Mullany, a prof...
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The Catholic Healthcare Association is backing a Phoenix hospital that was stripped of its church af
Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup
More bad news on the fiscal front. A growing number of Protestant churches have seen their Sunday collections drop this year, according to a survey reported in the Tennessean. Megachurches, however, seem to be doing fine.
The Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix is threatening to strip a...
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Line between divine inspiration and religious insanity is a narrow one
(RNS) A teenager says God and Jesus appeared to him in a grove and told him to start a new Christian church. Another person claims the Almighty talks to him through the radio.
A French girl gets messages from heaven to lead an army against the British, while a Utah woman thinks she is...
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Ex-cons look to clear records in hopes of `fresh start’ and ideally, a job
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) It's tough enough finding a job in this economy, but for Kerry Sifford, a trained security guard and graphic designer who was arrested years ago on a minor offense, it has been nearly impossible.
Sifford served a week in county jail in 2001 for shooting a man in the...
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COMMENTARY: Disagreeing without being disagreeable
(RNS) Two weeks ago I wrote a column titled "The Resurrection of Jesus: Believing the Impossible Is Possible." I affirmed the simple assertion, affirmed by billions of people throughout the centuries, from the Apostles Creed: On the third day, Jesus rose again and ascended into heaven...
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COMMENTARY: There’s something about Mary
(RNS) Scared child. Proud parent. Beloved icon. Soul sister.
In her startlingly beautiful new book, "Full of Grace: Encountering Mary in Faith, Art and Life," author Judith Dupre uses each of these images to describe the Virgin Mary.
It's that last one -- "soul sister" -- that sparked...
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COMMENTARY: Making the impossible possible
NEW YORK (RNS) I'm in the Big Apple to film a bit for the History Channel on the period between Jesus' resurrection and ascension, which is a little spooky, very important and some would say very, very sketchy on details.
It's always intriguing to see what a producer finds interesting...
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Pope warns athletes on doping
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Monday (Nov. 15) warned against doping in athletic competition, a practice he called incompatible with "human and Christian values."
The pope made his remarks at a meeting with Italian ski instructors at the Vatican.
"A balance between the physi...
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