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A house in the beautiful borough of Brooklyn, with a few tasteful holiday decorations. Featured on HGTV’s special “What’s With That Decked Out Christmas House?” Image: from HGTV

This is a time rich with Marian feasts, beginning with today (the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception) and ending with January 1 (Mary the Mother of God.) In the middle, of course, come two great feasts that prominently feature Mary — Christmas, and the Feast of the Holy Family. But next week comes a Marian…

Last Sunday, on “60 Minutes,” there was an alarming report about the plight of Christians in Iraq. They interviewed the Anglican vicar for Baghdad, who said it has never been a worse time to be a Christian there. Most, he said, have either fled the country or been killed. Those left behind live in fear…

Those original gift-givers of Christmas — the magi — are back in the news. If you’re wondering just who those “wise men from the East” might have been, the Religion News Service has done a little digging: They came. They saw. They gifted. That’s about all we know of the foreign visitors who traveled to…
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