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Less than a week since being fitted with a prosthetic left eye, 23-year-old model and writer Lauren Scruggs is slowly trying to return to normal life. Her first step was writing on her fashion blog, , over the weekend with a post titled "Inspired by Sunday.”
Drug gang banners appear in central Mexico city Pope will visit
Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms. It hasn't been easy or without frustration.
Catholic bishops, immigrant advocates protest NM driver's license repeal effort
The House on Tuesday passed two bills endorsing the use of religious symbols at military memorials. One writes into law the propriety of displaying religious markers at war memorials while the other orders that the Interior Department add to the World War II Memorial in Washington a plaque with Franklin Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on D-Day.
Maine lawmakers form legislative prayer group
A file-sharing group that considers itself a spiritual organization said Thursday that Sweden has recognized it as a religious community.
Sculptor chisels St. Damien statue for church in Puna district where priest ministered
With husbands deployed or off preparing for war, some young wives at this sprawling Army installation have spent much of their marriages so far alone.
Low rates of vaccinations in Ashland prompts study request
Hungary's Constitutional Court has struck down the country's restrictive new church law as well as parts of its disputed media law and the criminal code.
Religious practice among Chinese Communist Party members is increasing and threatens its unity and national leadership, a top party official said in remarks reported Monday.
Appeals court: Calif. church can fire teacher living with boyfriend and their child
Western Pa. town rejects atheist banner for inclusion in holiday display including Nativity
Why Young People Are Fleeing Conservative EvangelicalismThe results of a five-year study of the Millennial Generation—people born between 1982 and 1993—are in.
Who Cares What The Bishops Think? Old Catholic Guys Do. The last few days have seen a lot of moaning and wailing from certain liberal pundits (E.J.
Saudi detained in Malaysia for insulting Prophet tweetMalaysian police have detained a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet. Hamza Kashgari posted a controversial tweet on the prophet's birthday last week that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats. He was held on arriving a …
Traditionally, Jesus has been depicted as being poor. Having grown up going to Church, I know this is the mental picture that immediately comes to mind when I think of Jesus.
Death for tweeting: the insanity of Islam ~ Why Evolution Is TrueThe issue of free speech versus blasphemy is currently subject to much debate in the atheist community.
A Question For ConservativesHave you read the Bible? I know you speak of your Christian values, but have you really sat down and taken a glance at the Good Book?
I found something while reading through Reddit this morning, not an article but a link to some really interesting bit of the bible. So anyway, it turns out that God doesn't hate abortion. Quite contrarily, the Judeo-Christian faith, has been performing biblical style versi …
Ex-Scientology Officer Alledges Kidnapping & TortureSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Former Scientology executive Debbie Cook disclosed in court papers today that the church's worldwide leader David Miscavige ordered a staffer to smack her to the floor and another to break her finger in the weeks before she left the church's religious o …
There are a lot more myths than facts bantered around about clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. "The Catholic bishops, backed by conservative evangelicals, say the Obama administration shouldn't include contraception coverage as part of free preventive care options in employers' health insurance plans. 1.
I thought this article did a great job of explaining the misunderstanding some anti-islamic people have about Ayat 2:106 in the Qur'an. The problem is with the interpretation of "ayatin" [transliteration]. The arab …
Global Persecution of Christians - Over 100,000 killed per yearIt is not generally appreciated that over 100,000 Christians a year are murdered because of their faith.
WRS | Intolerance against Muslims increasing in Switzerland, says UN groupAccording to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Muslims in Switzerland need a common umbrella organization to counter increasing discrimination.
Archbishop Recants Apology for Sex Abuse, Says In 2002, at the height of the outcry over the sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests, the Archbishop of New York, Edward M. Egan, issued a letter to be read at Mass.
DailyOM - Letting Life UnfoldPresent time can be hard, but life unfolds as it will and the universe will wait as we make our way into the unknown.
The Pope will die within a year: Vatican 'assassination fears' revealed - TelegraphThe Pope will die within the next 12 months, a senior Vatican figure has reportedly claimed amid fears of an assassination plot.
Whose Conscience? In the escalating conflict over the new federal requirement that employers include contraception coverage without a co-pay in the insurance plans they make available to their employees, opposition from the Catholic church and its allies is making headway with a powerfully appea …
Tales From the Kitchen Table: Religions don't get to force their particular dogma on the larger publicThis is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control.
We Are All Catholics NowHow long would it take you to change your mind about a core conviction, something you believe in the very fiber of your being? What if it was written into law and you were forced to betray your conviction? For many Catholics and others, it is a reality happening this very …
Religious ideas seem to live within a cocoon of respect. To question the ideas of religion can result in being labeled a ‘militant atheist’.
Polygamist still controls his flock from prison- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, ConnecticutSome spouses are refusing church-directed breakups and choosing to leave the faith on their own.
Sexual abuse silence deadly for Church: Vatican officialHiding behind a culture of "omerta" -- the Italian word for the Mafia's code of silence -- would be deadly for the Catholic Church, the Vatican's top official for dealing with sexual abuse of minors by clergy said Wednesday. Monsignor Charles Scicluna made the unusually forthr …
U.S. Air Force removes GOD from logo after atheists complain | Mail OnlineThe U.S.
Family Research Council Asks For Prayers Against Girl Scout CookiesAlthough the Girl Scouts have repeatedly stated that none of their cookie sales “is given to any other group," that didn't stopped Family Research Council from asking for prayers against Planned Parenthood and private organizations (Girl Scouts) that are supposedly affil …
Misogyny & The Bible ~ Religion's hatred of WomenWomen: The very image of motherly love and yes, the very object of lust which generations upon generations of pious, stupid old priests had ceaselessly reminded us.
20 Reasons to Abandon ChristianityChristianity is misogynistic. Misogyny is fundamental to the basic writings of Christianity. In passage after passage, women are encouraged—no, commanded—to accept an inferior role, and to be ashamed of themselves for the simple fact that they are women.
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