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Republican In Firestorm For Ringing Salvation Army Bell
Dear Left Wing Grinches, This is why we just can't take you seriously.
Faith
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Benching Santa
There's a chill in our drafty house as I write this, sitting next to our fireplace. No logs are burning because that would be a mess, with chocolate melting over the shoes and the hearth. It is early morning, December 6, the feast day of St. Nicholas, the
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Christian Culture in New England? New College Center Seeking To Spread The Word
Three Catholic thinkers are starting small but aiming high: the re-evangelization of New England along Christian principles. The scholars kicked off the Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture with a press conference and social gathering Monday night at Mercy Hall in Nashua, New Hampshire, a building owned by Thomas
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Tithing and Tax Reform
The recent tax reform proposals by the Republican Congress and a recent public Torah reading made me think about tithing. In one of the first verses in Saturday's Torah reading Vayeitzei ((Jacob) departed from …), the Jewish Patriarch Jacob promises G-d a tenth of everything G-d gives him after
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Courts Pit The Undocumented Against The Unborn
There are few more inspiring actions than witnessing a venerable institution alter course after having taken a contrary public position. In politics, such a change is frequently dismissed as a "climb down." In religion, Catholics and others view it as a sublime example of courage and wisdom — if
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Another Massachusetts Bishop Shifts Policy on Signature Gathering for Abortion-Funding Petition
Roman Catholic churches in central Massachusetts are now allowed to host signature gatherers trying to put a referendum on the ballot that would enable the state to stop public funding of abortion. Bishop Robert J. McManus, bishop of Worcester, released a letter Monday similar to a statement that Cardinal Sean
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Cardinal O’Malley Shifts Course on Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition at Churches
Activists trying to get a referendum on the ballot that would allow the state to stop public funding of abortions can now collect signatures at Roman Catholic churches in the Boston area, a reversal of a policy announced this past June. The new policy comes with restrictions: Signature gatherers aren&
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Why Won’t the Church Use the G-Word?
Religious leaders from the Pope to television evangelists keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. We are told that Islam advocates many of the same life-sustaining rules and ideas as Christianity and Judaism. That most Muslims are peace-loving, are children of God and want the same things out
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