Culture

Overcoming Extremism in Egypt

by ACN-USA News January 12, 2010

A senior Catholic bishop in Egypt reeling from the shock of a fatal attack on Christmas Eve Mass-goers has said tackling unemployment and poor education are crucial in the struggle against growing religious intolerance.
Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina stressed the…

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Taming the Tiger

by Ken Connor January 9, 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or were recently abducted by aliens, chances are you’ve heard about Tiger Woods’ humiliating exposure as a serial adulterer and the resulting damage to his marriage and career.
The Woods scandal has filled…

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Iraqi Christians Face Desperate Poverty

by ACN-USA News January 9, 2010

A leading Iraqi bishop has spoken out against the miserable living conditions of Christians who have fled to the Kurdish north, saying that the crisis is sparking yet another mass exodus of people determined to “leave the country for good.”…

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Faith and Fear in Pakistan

by ACN-USA News January 8, 2010

The leader of Catholics in Pakistan has reported that those attending Christmas Mass went through makeshift security barriers on their way into church as part of a huge security clampdown aimed at stopping attacks on Christians.

A massive government security…

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Wikipedia: Freedom in Community

by Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D. January 8, 2010

Ten years ago this month, Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales hired Larry Sanger to develop an online encyclopedia. You may have never heard of that project, titled “Nupedia,” but you’ve probably heard of the site that emerged from its ashes. Wikipedia…

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Kicking Rush When He’s Down

by L. Brent Bozell January 8, 2010

The news that Rush Limbaugh had entered a Hawaii hospital over the New Year’s weekend complaining of chest pains triggered a volcanic internet eruption for the hard left the likes of which we’ve never seen before. If Mt. Vesuvius could…

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Attack on Pius XII is Unseemly

by Catholic League January 7, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article by Deborah Dwork and Eric Greenberg criticizing the Catholic Church for pursuing the cause of sainthood for Pope Pius XII; it is published on the website of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer :…

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Not So Separate After All

by Dr. Samuel Gregg January 6, 2010

The New York Times is not known to be the most reliable or informed commentator on matters religious, but a recent Times article (marred, unfortunately, by a couple of inaccuracies) highlighted that France’s claim to have separated religion from the…

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Livestock Gift Lifts Family Out of Poverty

by Catholic Relief Services January 6, 2010

By Pride Magwali
Sipho Ncube is a widow who lives with her three children and elderly mother in Dabula West, a village in southwestern Zimbabwe. Back in 2004, Sipho was selected by Catholic Relief Services and our local partner, the…

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Brit Hume’s Critics Are Revealing

by Catholic League January 6, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the on-going reaction to Fox News analyst Brit Hume’s plea to Tiger Woods that he turn to Christianity and seek forgiveness:
Anyone who doesn’t understand the premium that Christianity puts on forgiveness is…

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