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Conversion aversion: professor alleges discrimination after she became Christian
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jmcgee
A lecturer at Oxford University’s Center for Jewish Studies claims colleagues discriminated against her after she converted to Christianity. From the Telegraph: Dr Tali Argov says she was overlooked for promotion, stripped of her privileges and cold-shouldered at social gatherings. She says staff wanted to vet her lectures to make sure that, as a Christian,…
The Bench at “The Cafe”
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jmcgee
During my recent visit to Cincinnati, I spent a pleasant hour sipping coffee at “The Catholic Cafe,” the radio show hosted by Deacon Jeff Drzycimski. The program we taped is now online for those who’d like to hear Your Humble Blogger babbling about blogging, TV, ministry and other weird media-related stuff. Check it out here. …
Baby drowns during baptism
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jmcgee
Shocking news out of Eastern Europe: The parents decided to baptize the child on July 22. The priest of the local church, who is also the chief of all priests of the district, was not going to be there, so he asked priest Valentine Tsaralunge from the village of Taul to perform the ceremony. “We…
The vanishing nuns
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jmcgee
In Britain, it’s a crisis that could lead to extinction, according to the BBC: The future of four Catholic orders in Cambridge is in doubt, because no new nuns have joined since the 1980s. Sister Gemma Simmonds is a lecturer and from the Congregation of Jesus, which set up, but no longer runs, the Cambridge…
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