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Is The Future of Faith Transdenomination?
I was born to a non practicing Methodist Father and a practicing Catholic Mother and raised around my mothers Catholic Latin family. When I became a teen my mother told me that if I went to church from now on it would be my choice. That was the day I stopped going to church with my mother.Human Rights Group Against the Cross - WWJS?
Greek Church acts on crucifix ban
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8358027.stm
By Malcolm Brabant
BBC News, Athens
The Strasbourg ruling caused outrage in the Italian media
The Greek Orthodox Church is urging Christians across Europe to unite in an appeal against a ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled last week that the presence of crucifixes violated a child's right to freedom of religion.
Greece's Orthodox Church fears the Italian case will set a precedent.
Priest Opts to Become an Episcopalian and a Fiance
MIAMI — A Roman Catholic priest who admitted this month that he was torn between two loves — his church and his girlfriend — announced his choice on Thursday. The priest, the Rev. Alberto Cutié, said he was joining the Episcopal Church and planning to marry his girlfriend of two years, who was also becoming an Episcopalian.Pope Benedict XVI urges young Catholics to be "green."
According to www.msnbc.msn.com, during a two-day youth rally at Loreto, Italy Pope Benedict XVI closed the Sunday morning with a mass that was "the first environmentally friendly youth rally, a break from past gatherings that left tonnes of garbage and scars on the earth."
The Pope, intentionally dressed in green vestments, appealed to young Catholics to make "Courageous choices that can re-create a strong alliance between man and earth must be made before it is too late."
In the two-day youth rally, "more than 300,000 of them had slept on blankets and in tents or prayed during the night.
Does God Favor an Unlimited State?
Does God Favor an Unlimited State? By Mark Tooley on 9.8.09 @ 6:07AM The Religious Left sacramentalizes nearly every proposed expansion of the Welfare State, with government-controlled health care its favorite sacrament. Supporting arguments are usual superficial: Jesus loved the poor, therefore the state must displace all other human institutions and provide every human need.Prayer from an Agnostic Catholic
http://www.utne.com/Spirituality/Prayer-from-an-Agnostic-Catholic.aspx I should have known I was asking for trouble when I chose Thomas as my confirmation name. Even at seventeen, I thought a sincere faith could withstand rigorous questioning. And I have always been a Catholic with doubts.French pool bars Muslim woman for 'burquini' suit
PARIS – A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a "burquini" — may have opened a new chapter in France's tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code. Officials insisted Wednesday they banned the woman's use of the Islam-friendly suit at a local pool because of France's pool hygiene standards — not out of hostility to overtly Muslim garb. Under the policy, swimmers are not allowed in pools with baggy clothing, including surfer-style shorts.First African American Female Rabbi Ordained
Last week, Alysa Stanton made history when she was ordained a rabbi, becoming the first African-American woman bestowed that title by a mainstream Jewish denomination. A graduate of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, a Reform seminary, the 45-year-old convert to Judaism was ordained at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati on June 6. In August, she will be installed as the new spiritual leader of Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, South Carolina.Should I stay or Go?
I'm dating a guy that I have known for about twelve years; at the time that I met him, we were both married. We are now both divorced; he has three kids from his marriage and I have two. I pretty much live at his home even though I still have my house and my kids go to the school that they attended since before my divorce.Can a Jew, Muslim, Italian, Hindu, or Atheist.... be elected as President?
Not that long ago, there was a time in our US history where those of Irish or Italian descent were not able to hold public office. Irish and Italian immigrants were subject to extreme prejudice, racism, and, in many cases, violence. Signs of "Irish Need Not Apply" were common and Italian being seen as non-Anglo and non-white, were the second most likely ethnic group to be arrested and/or lynched.
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