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• in Lifestyle
  Poll: Over Ninety Percent of Americans Still Believe in God
  Gallup poll results released last Friday: More than 90 percent of Americans still believe in God.
  by efrank / on Jun 9, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “religion news”

 

• Church of Scotland to Allow Gay Clergy in Historic Shift

  
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  The Church of Scotland today narrowly approved a rule which would allow gay and lesbian ministers, reports The Guardian : The churchs ruling general assembly voted to allow congregations to admit gay ministers but only if they specifically elect to do so, in a radical departure from more than ...
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• Time to replace Communism with political Islam on immigration application?

  
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  Is it not time to update the application form, substituting political Islam for Communism?Of course, the question alone would do nothing to uncover deceit on the part of a determined terrorist. But it would establish the principle that adherence to political Islam, with its dreams of a society ruled by Shariah (not to ...
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• (RNS) Abuse watchdogs say American Roman Catholic bishops’ ‘failings’ hurt their credibility

  
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  Even as an annual review this week gave Catholic bishops high marks on sex abuse prevention policies, officials with the church’s oversight agencies expressed serious concerns about “recent high-profile failings” in several dioceses. The latest scandal has shaken Newark, N.J., where Archbishop John Myers failed ...
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• (Zenit) Historic Meeting Takes Place Between Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II

  
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  The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark met with Pope Francis today in a historical meeting held in the Apostolic Palace today. This is the first time in 40 years that a Coptic Pope has met with the Pope of Rome. On May 1973. Pope ...
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• A Living Church Article About a Bishop Lindsay Urwin Address on Mary

  
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  The annual Mass and meeting of the Society of Mary/American Region welcomed Bishop Lindsay Urwin as guest speaker and marked a transition in the society’s leadership. The society met May 3 and 4 at St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, Rhode Island, attracting visitors from across the East Coast and as far away as ...
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• Irish bishops oppose new abortion law: cite concerns about freedom of conscience

  
  Protection of Conscience Project Blog — Authority: 132
  A preliminary response from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference to the proposed Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 had criticized the bill on several grounds.  Among their concerns they raise the issue of freedom of conscience: The Bill also appears to impose a duty on Catholic hospitals to ...
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• Conscience clause in proposed Irish abortion law “passing the buck”

  
  Protection of Conscience Project Blog — Authority: 132
  Fr Vincent Twomey, Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Maynooth, has criticized the protection of conscience provision in the proposed Irish abortion law as “passing the buck”. “It’s the Pontius Pilate answer. ‘I’m not going to do it but somebody else can do it for me’.” Sean ...
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• Proposed Irish abortion law demands referral by objectors, denies freedom of conscience to denominational institutions

  
  Protection of Conscience Project Blog — Authority: 132
  Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 The proposed Irish abortion law will permit abortions when there is a “real and substantial risk” to the life of a woman by reason of physical illness, suicidal ideation, or emergency medical conditions. Protection  of Conscience Provision The General Scheme for ...
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• Antoine Dodson Gives Up the Gay for God

  
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  In a strange twist of events, Antoine Dodson , YouTube’s most flamboyant viral sensation, took to Facebook to renounce his homosexuality and declare his love for God. What’s next? Is Tiger Woods going to take a vow of celibacy and become a Catholic priest? The whole thing started when Dodson posted this ...
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• Media treatment of Mikey Weinstein under scrutiny

  
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  Earlier today I mentioned some questions I have about this crazy “court-martial” story that blew up this week. The post is headlined “I share, you evangelize, they proselytize,” in reference to GetReligion reader Will Linden’s saying about how the same action can be described in different ways. Much of the ...
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• Canadian Anglican Bishop Suing Blogger for Online Defamation

  
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  Bishop Michael Bird (source: Hamilton Spectator) Okay, so I have no idea how popular my blog is in the grand scheme of things, but I did recently learn a valuable lesson about being too loose and lazy with my facts when criticizing public figures.  It ended with me apologizing and recommending that all bloggers ...
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• Council of Europe Hailed for Religious-Freedom Resolution

  
  Protection of Conscience Project Blog — Authority: 132
  Resolution 1928 says that the assembly must ‘accommodate religious beliefs in  the public sphere by guaranteeing freedom of thought in relation to health care,  education and the civil service.’ National Catholic Register Carl Bunderson/CNA/EWTN NEWS STRASBOURG, France — A resolution passed by the ...
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• The Curt Jester on Peter Kreeft’s new book “Jacob’s Ladder: Ten Steps to Truth”

  
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  Like some of his previous books it is set around a dialogue between two characters. This time both characters are fully fictional and set in the year 1977. Libby Rawls is a young women that is a nominal Christian and a skeptic. The other is “Mother” an older mixed-race women who is willing to lead Libby along ...
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• Mollie Hemingway—Questions abound in stories about Katherine Tsarnaeva, wife of the older Brother

  
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  We’d been learning so much about how the Tsarnaev brothers became more interested in radical Islam. I was curious about the spouse’s religious background and was fascinated to learn she “grew up Christian.” I know that can mean about a million different things so I read the story looking forward to additional ...
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• At 105, Minneapolis AME Pastor Has No Plans To Retire

  
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  Sunday mornings at Wayman AME Church in Minneapolis brings a faithful crowd. But it’s quite likely no one there has said as many prayers as Noah Smith. It’s not just because he’s a preacher, it’s because he’s had more time to worship – over a century in fact. At 105, Smith is still hard at work, preaching ...
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• Jesus And Marriage

  
  Viktoria Michaelis: Secrets & Desires — Authority: 143
  In case you didn’t catch it, although I know that you’ve definitely read the post, there are a few comments added to my recent article Marriage and the Word . One interests me in particular because it is made by someone calling themselves J.D. To save you time: Jesus had more to say than you give credit for. ...
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• Terrorism or not?

  
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  Some people are still fretting about whether the Boston bombings were “terrorism,” and if so whether or not noteworthy mass shootings were also terrorism, and if not, why not. Example: Why is Boston ‘terrorism’ but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine? The answer to “terrorism or not” when ...
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• Target (Mal)Practice

  
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  Some unwarranted criticism that was lobbed last week at several Orthodox writers greatly disturbed this one. The target of one volley – though the shots widely missed their mark – was Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblum, one of the preeminent representatives of the charedi world. He was harshly criticized in a magazine ...
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