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Holocaust Museum Urges Vatican to Open Archive on Pope Pius
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akornfeld
Washington – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday renewed its push for the Vatican to open its archives for Europe’s Holocaust period, saying it would allow historical conclusions to be based on fact and not rhetoric. The call comes amid growing controversy over plans by the Vatican to beatify Pope Pius XII, a…
Catholics Try to Block Eucharist Desecration Videos
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nsymmonds
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (RNS) Roman Catholics in North America and Britain are calling for a series of YouTube videos showing a Canadian teenager destroying Communion hosts to be removed from the Internet. The Quebec teenager named Dominique, who tags himself “fsmdude,” has posted more than 40 videos featuring him desecrating the host, the small circular…
Palin Says Election Result Rests in God’s Hands
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nsymmonds
DENVER – Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin describes herself as a “hard-core pro-lifer” and expresses confidence that in spite of disheartening polls, “putting this in God’s hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4.” In an interview with evangelical leader James Dobson that…
Authors Say Church Got It Wrong by Emphasizing Crucifixion
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nsymmonds
(UNDATED) “It took Jesus a thousand years to die. Images of his corpse did not appear in churches until the tenth century.” Those are the provocative opening sentences of the new book, “Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire” (Beacon Press), by Protestant scholars Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca…
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