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• The Martyrdom of St. Valentine (and other romantic stories)

  
  Lindsay Bell — Authority: 92
  You can thank Geoffrey Chaucer and Hallmark for Valentines Day. Really, he was just a guy, maybe a bishop, maybe a number of bishops, who got his head chopped off maybe for refusing to adore a false idol, maybe? Anyway, the Catholics phased him out in 1969 but as with many things Catholic (ironically Catholic means ...
  3 days ago

• Wenden on a Pilgrymage

  
  KGMom Mumblings — Authority: 110
  The guide books will tell you that Canterbury is the second most visited city in England. Since it is really quite a small place, that statistic--if accurate--is astounding. But then, Chaucer would have understood the draw. When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales he did something quite remarkable. He ...
  1 week ago

• “Martyrdom-Seeking Parliament Members”

  
  Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami — Authority: 584
  Leader of the “Palestinian Freedom Movement” Khaled Abu Hilal: We Have Martyrdom-Seeking Parliament MembersMust be another “kafir we love death and you love Pepsi Cola”...
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• Inauguration of Anti Leprosy Fortnight and Campaign on Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi

  
  Ub News — Authority: 497
  The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil today inaugurated the Anti Leprosy Fortnight and Leprosy Seal Campaign at Rashtrapati Bhavan . Every year on January 30 on the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi the Fortnight and Campaign begins. Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil informed that Mahatma Gandhi did not just ...
  1 week ago

• Israel Assassinates Top Hamas Commander

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 128
  Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group’s veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, and vowed to retaliate. The militant group identified its slain figure as Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing that ...
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• Terrorism as Theater

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Suicide bombers blasted Baghdad yesterday, striking three hotels favored by Western businessmen and journalists. In addition to being a tragic event and familiar headline, an expression of political despair - suicide terror is theater. There is sometimes a carefully scripted first Act: the bomber ritualistically gets ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two Feminist Saints: One Orthodox, One Catholic

  
  Vox Nova — Authority: 521
  When they were born, Sts Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Edith Stein were as different as one could be: Grand Duchess Elizabeth was born in 1864 as a princess in the House of Hesse and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria while Edith Stein was born in 1891 Breslau to a large and fairly religious merchant-class Jewish [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Pakistan lodges strong protest over Indian firing

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 462
  RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army today lodged a strong protest with its Indian counterpart over Tuesday’s unprovoked cross-border firing at Keir sector.
  3 weeks ago

• Jan 16 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: St Berard and Comp

  
  AirMaria.com — Authority: 437
  Homily #100116 ( 05min) Play – St Berard and Companions were the first martyrs in the Franciscan Order when they were killed after having preached to the Mohammedans. Father explains that martyrdom is the ideal in that it is the ultimate sacrifice and so the ultimate love and sanctity. He further explains ...
  3 weeks ago

• Taliban claims Hakimullah safe, releases audio tape

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 690
  Peshawar, Jan.16 (ANI): While the Pakistani security forces are still ascertaining reports about the death of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike, the TTP has released an audio tape of Mehsud claiming that their leader is safe.It may be noted that 15 militants were ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hearing MLK’s Full Message

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 651
  This year, as we celebrate the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we are too often tempted to celebrate what has been achieved rather than examine what God continues to call out of us.  Hopefully we know…
  3 weeks ago

• Prayers For Peace, Rockets, And A New Daycare Center.

  
  MBVD — Authority: 127
  By Findalis of Monkey in the MiddleThis month has been busy for the residents of Sderot (pronounced:  STAYrot).  Let us start with this bit of optimism.Sderot, Israel (31.12.09): Hours before the new year, as hundreds of pro-Palestinian and Arab demonstrators gathered at the Erez Crossing chanting "Katyushas on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prayers For Peace, Rockets, And A New Daycare Center.

  
  Wake up America — Authority: 440
  By Findalis of Monkey in the Middle This month has been busy for the residents of Sderot (pronounced:  STAYrot).  Let us start with this bit of optimism. Sderot, Israel (31.12.09): Hours before the new year, as hundreds of pro-Palestinian and Arab demonstrators gathered at the Erez Crossing chanting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prayers For Peace, Rockets, And A New Daycare Center.

  
  Faultline USA — Authority: 424
  By Findalis of Monkey in the Middle This month has been busy for the residents of Sderot (pronounced:  STAYrot).  Let us start with this bit of optimism. Sderot, Israel (31.12.09): Hours before the new year, as hundreds of pro-Palestinian and Arab demonstrators gathered at the Erez Crossing chanting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prayers For Peace, Rockets, And A New Daycare Center.

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 622
  By Findalis of Monkey in the Middle This month has been busy for the residents of Sderot (pronounced:  STAYrot).  Let us start with this bit of optimism. Sderot, Israel (31.12.09): Hours before the new year, as hundreds of pro-Palestinian and Arab demonstrators gathered at the Erez Crossing chanting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prayers For Peace, Rockets, And A New Daycare Center.

  
  RADARSITE — Authority: 126
  By Findalis of Monkey in the Middle This month has been busy for the residents of Sderot (pronounced:  STAYrot).  Let us start with this bit of optimism. Sderot, Israel (31.12.09): Hours before the new year, as hundreds of pro-Palestinian and Arab demonstrators gathered at the Erez Crossing chanting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Valentine’s Day Story: What Would St. Valentine Say?

  
  Loving-Relationships.ca | Renewing Love Relationships Is Possible at Loving-Relationships.ca! — Authority: 140
  Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. – Anais Nin While the origin of Valentine’s Day is obscured in legend and myth, the legend generally considered closest to fact today is the story of Valentine, a priest in the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II. ...
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• Help Us Fight The Red Menace!

  
  The Online Discernmentalist Mafia — Authority: 430
  Dear Dr. Jobson, I want to know how I can help fight the Red Menace . I am sick of all these Red-Letter Christians  trying to force me into charitable causes and handing over my hard-earned money that I worked for myself to help them alleviate poverty. I believe as the Bible plainly teaches that if the poor ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Arab War Against The Taliban

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  The December 30th suicide bombing of a U.S. base in Afghanistan, revealed that one of the eight people killed was Ali bin Zeid, an agent for Jordanian intelligence. The fact that Zeid was identified was unusual, as the presence of Arab intelligence officials and commandos in Afghanistan is usually kept very quiet. But ...
  4 weeks ago

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