The Indonesian Red Cross says it will not change its logo as to meet a demand voiced by politicians from the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), one of its top executive confirmed on Saturday. Head of the Red Cross Muhammad Muas said the logo currently used by the country’s Red Cross (PMI) was internationally recognized…
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Think North American campus activism for Israel and chances are you won’t think of a Hispanic Catholic organizing pro-Israel events. Or, of an African American Catholic at a historically black college telling not just her fellow students, but also a Jewish youth group, why she supports Israel. Yet, Stanley Gonzalez-Martinez and Alexis Crews are among…
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In a blow to Anglo–Catholic and conservative evangelical wings, the church’s national assembly rejected a move to water down the authority of future female bishops. The vote is a major step on the road to accepting women into the episcopacy almost 20 years after the ordination of the first female priests. Parishes and dioceses have…
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South Carolina drivers can buy religious license plates that feature three crosses and a sunrise, three years after a federal judge declared a previous legislative effort for the “I Believe” tags unconstitutional. The new tags are sponsored by the nonprofit group www.IBELIEVEsc.net as allowed under state law. The new tag is a nonpolitical way for…
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Ron Williams is the pastor of Church at the GYM in Sanford, Fla. As the Baptist church’s name implies, Williams’ congregation meets in a gym. Williams says the goal is to remove the “stained-glass barriers” for people who might not be comfortable in traditional church settings. “I think all the trappings of traditional religion can…
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All Orthodox churches in Russia will raise funds to help Greece mitigate the social impact of the euro zone crisis, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia announced on Thursday. “We are currently establishing relations between our church charitable organizations and the Church of Ellada so that the Russian Church can take part in this…
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In our first reading, from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, we hear him tell his recent converts to faith in Jesus Christ – and we hear him tell us –“Have no anxiety at all, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God…
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When one leaves a worshipping community, I fear it has more to do with evading an issue and less to do with following Jesus. In the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, when Jesus delivers a long and intense pronouncement on the reception of his body and blood, many of Jesus’ disciples leave. His…
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Throughout his life, Kyle Babin always has been a regular church goer and an enjoyer of liturgical music. But not always at the same time. “When I was young, the music at church was…not very good,” he said. “But I was learning piano and hearing good music, so had enjoyed both.” Today, Babin is the…
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Last night John Huntsman delivered his victory/concession speech (which was it?) for his third place finish in the New Hampshire Republican primary. One of his main points concerned the decrease of trust the American public has for its major institutions. He said, “The people of the greatest nation that ever was, the United State of…
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