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Glenn Beck’s Faith: More Christian than Obama’s?
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Nicole Neroulias
Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, the 47th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. The news reports before, during and after the events makes it pretty clear where Beck and his supporters put themselves politically (anti-Obama, pro-Tea Party), but their spiritual stance…
Fun Friday, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Edition: Monks vs. Funeral Directors in Casket Wars
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Nicole Neroulias
Five years after Hurricane Katrina all but destroyed a pine forest owned by St. Joseph Abbey, the Benedictine monks have been trying to turn lemons into lemonade — in this case, damaged timber into hand-crafted caskets — to raise funds. Unfortunately, they found themselves breaking a Louisiana law that protects the state’s funeral directors from competition. Check out the…
On Mother Teresa’s 100th Birthday, Protesters Head to Empire State Building
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Nicole Neroulias
Mother Teresa would have turned 100 today — an event celebrated with a Mass in Calcutta, India, where she devoted her life to the poor — and some Catholics are upset that the Empire State Buliding won’t be lighting up in blue and white in her honor. They’re heading to the skyscraper from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to make their…
Embryonic Stem Cell Research = Abortion? The Pro-Life Response
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Nicole Neroulias
Updated to add Gallup’s pro-life poll results. A U.S. district judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research that destroys embryos, a blow to the Obama administration, which plans to appeal the decision. Some links: Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (CNN) Stem cell ruling will…
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