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The face of traditionalism

Bishop Richard Williamson may be under fire for his comments denying the Nazi genocide of the Jews, but his Facebook friends haven't deserted him. According to Williamson's page on the social networking site, the bishop's "personal interests" include "reading and listening to the musi...
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COMMENTARY: Bienvenidos a America

NEW YORK-I've seen my wife teach English as a second language in North Carolina and New York, and I know her classes offer three gifts: improved fluency in a difficult language; cross-cultural fellowship in the "melting pot" ideal of America, and giving America a friendly and welcomin...
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Benedict talks Turkey (sort of)

Meeting in the Vatican today with the leader of the Armenian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the "heavy persecutions suffered by Armenian Christians, above all in the last century," an apparent reference to the mass killings of Armenians by Turks around the t...
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One flew over ...

Looking over Christianity Today's Best Books of 2007 , I was somewhat surprised that "There is a God: How the World's Most Famous Atheist Changed His Mind" made it on the list. Let me first confess: I have not read the book. But this New York Times story from November of last year rai...
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c. 2007 Religion News Service KIGALI, Rwanda _ Gloriosa Uwimpuhwe stopped going to church years ago. Burdened by the memory of the 800,000 victims of the 1994 genocide, she hesitates to step foot in the sacred places where women were raped in pews, where children were slaughtered agai...
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Bush Says Hispanic Evangelicals Key to Immigration Reform

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Leaders from both sides of the political aisle thanked Hispanic evangelicals Friday (June 15) for their push for comprehensive immigration reform and urged their continued support as the Congress reopens debate on the controversial issue. ``I...
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10 Minutes With ... Daniel Smith-Christopher

c. 2007 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Daniel Smith-Christopher came here recently to confess that his heroes have always been coyotes. With apologies to Willie Nelson, Smith-Christopher, a theology professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, says it's coyotes...
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COMMENTARY: Darfur Genocide Draws Unusual Coalition to Sunday Rally

c. 2006 Newhouse News Service (UNDATED) It's hard to know just what will be happening in Darfur on Sunday (April 30). We do know, from the reports of just about anybody in that western section of Sudan, that what was always a hideous situation is deteriorating, that the fighting a...
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Challenged to Forgive After Losing Her Family in Rwanda Massacre

c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) ``Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.'' Immaculee Ilibagiza says that biblical prayer, taught by Jesus, haunted her during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. As she relates in her memoir, ``Left to Tell,'' re...
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New view of Judas; Rwandan genocide survivor finds forgiveness

In Tuesday's RNS report Stacy Meichtry analyzes how new views of Judas reflect new views of evil: Every great story deserves a great villain. For Christians who consider the Easter story one of the greatest ever told, there are few evildoers out there who match the sinister nature of...
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