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French Cardinals Blast Holocaust Denial
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akornfeld
New York — In the wake of an embarrassing Vatican response to a Holocaust-denying bishop, French Catholic cardinals on Monday (March 23) publicly and unambiguously expressed their opposition to Holocaust denial. “Let this be another opportunity to recall — whether the time is right or not — that being a Catholic is radically incompatible with…
Democrats Stake a Claim on Pat Robertson’s Campus
By
akornfeld
Virginia Beach, Va. — It’s not as daring as, say, Pat Robertson’s Republican run for the White House in 1988. But there’s no denying that starting a Democratic student group at Robertson’s Regent University seems a bit audacious. “Here, it is definitely a startling idea,” said Kalila Hines, a government major and one of the…
Court Says Church Can Brew Hallucinogenic Tea
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nsymmonds
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A church in Ashland, Ore., can import and brew a hallucinogenic tea for its religious services, under a federal court ruling issued March 19. Judge Owen M. Panner issued a permanent injunction that bars the federal government from penalizing or prohibiting the Church of the Holy Light of the Queen from sacramental…
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama from Peace Conference
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nsymmonds
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference in Johannesburg this week, hoping to keep good relations with trading partner China but instead generating a storm of criticism. Friday’s peace conference was organized by South African soccer officials to highlight the first World Cup to be held in Africa, which South…
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