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Blog Entries by Josh Fleet from 01/2011

Pope Condemns 'Vile' Killing Outside Egyptian Church

Posted 01.03.2011 | Religion
Read More: Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Christians in Iraq, Egypt, Coptic Christians, Pope Shenouda III, Violence Against Christians, Christian-Muslim Relations, Christianophobia, Pope Benedict XVI, Christians in Arab Lands, Egyptian Christians, Egypt Church Explosion, Religion News

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "vile and murderous" New Year's Day killing of 21 Egypti...

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American Nuns Hopeful On Reaching An Understanding With The Vatican

Posted 01.03.2011 | Religion
Read More: Second Vatican Council, Vatican Nun Investigation, Archbishop Joseph Tobin, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, National Catholic Reporter, Nuns and Archbishop Tobin, American Nuns, American Catholic Culture, Nunquisition, American Catholics, Vatican II, Apostolic Visitation, Religion News

By Michael O'Malley Religion News Service (RNS) The recent appointment of an American archbishop to the Vatican office overseeing a wide-ranging inve...

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Technology Unites Missionaries and Families Around The World

Posted 01.04.2011 | Religion
Read More: Missionary Work, Social Media, Christian Missionaries, Skype, Facebook, Global Communication, Communication Technology, Videoconferencing, Global Connectivity, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Janine Winkler loves reading books to her 2-year-old grandson Judah, but instead of sitting on her lap...

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Priest Who Left Catholic Church Finds Love In Family Life

Posted 01.04.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Celibacy, Clergy Abuse Scandal, Rev. Albert Cutie, Roman Catholic Church, Episcopal Church, Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle With Faith and Love, Archbishop John Favalora, Father Oprah, Religion News

By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service (RNS) The Rev. Albert Cutie saw a lot of things in his 14 years as a Catholic priest while church officials l...

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Rubashkin Appeals Conviction And Sentence On Kosher Case

Posted 01.05.2011 | Religion
Read More: Sholom Rubashkin, Illegal Immigration, Judge Linda Reade, Immigration, Agriprocessors, Sholom Rubashkin Sentence, Sholom Rubashkin Appeal, Kosher Meat, Rubashkin Scandal, Religion News

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Convicted businessman Sholom Rubashkin, former executive of the now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher mea...

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Pope Denies Appeal Of Boston Parish Closings

Posted 01.05.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Boston-Area Catholic Parishes, Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal, Catholic Sex Abuse, Council of Parishes, Vatican Ruling, Massachusetts Parishes, Pope Benedict XVI, Archdiocese of Boston, Religion News

G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service (RNS) After a lengthy appeals process, the Vatican has ruled that nine Boston-area Catholic parishes sh...

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House 'Radicalization' Hearings Worry U.S. Muslims

Posted 01.05.2011 | Religion
Read More: Daniel Pipes Middle East Forum, Rep. Keith Ellison, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslims in America, House Homeland Security Committee, Salam Al-Marayati, American Muslims, Islam in America, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Mass protests against planned mosques in New York City and Tennessee. An Oklahoma referendum t...

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Army Faces Questions Over 'Spiritual Fitness' Test

Posted 01.06.2011 | Religion
Read More: Religion in the Army, Lt. Col. David Patterson, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Military Spiritual Fitness, Spiritual Fitness, Atheists in the Army, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Global Assessment Tool, Military Religious Freedom, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service...

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Religious Leaders Call For Calm, Civility After Arizona Shooting

Posted 01.10.2011 | Religion
Read More: Gun Violence in America, Arizona Shooting, Religious Leaders on Arizona Shooting, Jared Lee Loughner, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Shooting Response, Religious Leaders on Gun Violence, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas was thousands of miles away from the shooting rampage that rocked his Arizon...

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Jewish Musician Debbie Friedman Dies At 59

Posted 01.10.2011 | Religion
Read More: American Jewry, Debbie Friedman, Jewish Music, Debbie Freidman, Debbie Friedman Dies, S, Music and Religion, Religion News

By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service (RNS) Debbie Friedman, a composer and singer whose modern melodies updated the music in synagogue services wor...

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Institute Probes Religion's Role In Peace-Making

Posted 01.10.2011 | Religion
Read More: American Peace-Building Institutions, United States Institute of Peace, Religion and Peace, Interfaith Dialogue, USIP Religion and Peacemaking Program, Religious Tolerance, Conflict Resolution, Religion News

By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, the new building -- topped by a translucent white roof ...

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Jews Troubled By Palin's Use Of 'Blood Libel'

Posted 01.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Arizona Shooting, Arizona Tragedy and Sarah Palin, Gabrielle Giffords, Violent Rhetoric Debate, Sarah Palin Blood Libel, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Religion News

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Four days after an assassination attempt critically wounded a Jewish congresswoman and killed six oth...

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Transcendent Song: A Quest to Discover the Mystical Secrets of Improvisational Music

| Posted 01.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Raz Hartman, V'ani Tefillah, Nachlaot Jerusalem, Spiritual Music, Jewish Music, Improvisational Music, Improvisation and Mysticism, Yeshivat Hadar, Music and Kabbalah, Jacob's Dream, Mystical Music, Judaism and Music, Music and Religion, Religion News

Not long ago, I set out to find if and where the spirit of Judaism and the energy of improvisational music converge. I want to learn the secret of song.

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Veterans Sue Obama Administration Over Disputed Cross Memorial

Posted 01.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Obama Administration, Obama Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mojave Desert Cross, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mount Soledad Memorial, Mojave Desert Cross Supreme Court, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Veterans of Foreign Wars has sued the Obama administration, saying it is dragging its f...

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Pope Appoints New Haiti Archbishop One Year After Quake

Posted 01.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Haiti Earthquake, Archbishop-Elect Guire Poulard, Port-Au-Prince Catholic Cathedral, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Donate to Haiti Earthquake, Pope Benedict XVI, New Haiti Archbishop, Religion News

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI marked the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake on Wednesday (Jan...

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King's Early White Ally Still Fights For 'Beloved Community'

Posted 01.13.2011 | Religion
Read More: Civil Rights History, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights, Robert Graetz, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, Religion News

By Kim Lawton Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) The social revolution led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was forged in and g...

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Clergy Urges Congress To Unite Behind Push For Civility

Posted 01.13.2011 | Religion
Read More: Arizona Shooting, The Civility Project, Public Religion Research Institute, Civility in America, Civility in Political Discourse, Jared Lee Loughner, Faith-Based Call for Civility, Gabrielle Giffords, Capitol Hill Newspaper Roll Call, Civil Discourse, Congress, Religion News

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) A coalition of more than 50 Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders sent an open letter to Congress urg...

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Obama's Eulogy Invokes Spirit Of Black Church, Reinhold Niebuhr

Posted 01.15.2011 | Religion
Read More: Arizona Shooting, Obama Arizona, Arizona Tragedy, Reinhold Niebuhr, President Barack Obama, Gabrielle Giffords, Obama Arizona Memorial, Obama Arizona Eulogy, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Expecting a speech, Americans instead heard a sermon. Drawing on Scripture, theology an...

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Faith Gets Star Treatment At Sundance

Posted 01.18.2011 | Religion
Read More: Red State Film, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, Sundance Film Festival, Position Among the Stars, 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Lost Kisses Film, Salvation Boulevard, The Culturally Savvy Christian, The Ledge Film, Tyrannosaur, Faith in Film, Religious Films, Religion News

By Piet Levy Religion News Service (RNS) Celebrity sightings and up-and-coming indie flicks are a given at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park ...

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Alabama Governor Says Only Christians Are His 'Brothers And Sisters'

Posted 01.18.2011 | Religion
Read More: Gov. Robert Bentley, Christianity, Alabama Governor Christian Comment, Gov. Bentley Holy Spirit, Alabama Politics, Alabama Governor, Bentley Brothers and Sisters, Separation of Church and State, Religion News

By David White The Birmingham News MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) Newly sworn-in Gov. Robert Bentley said he plans to be the governor of all Alabamians and...

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Religious Leaders Praise New Obama Policy On Cuba

Posted 01.18.2011 | Religion
Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Obama Administration, U.S.-Cuba Relations, Cuban-American Relations, Committee on International Justice and Peace, Cuba Embargo, Obama Cuba Policy, Cuba, Religious Leaders in Cuba, Religion News

Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Faith leaders with long-term ties to Cuban organizations are hailing a change in White House p...

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Three Anglican Bishops Ordained As Catholic Priests

Posted 01.18.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Catholic Church in England, Roman Catholic Church, Disaffected Anglican Priests, Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Anglican Communion, Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop of Canterbury, Religion News

By Al Webb Religion News Service LONDON (RNS) Three former Church of England bishops, disaffected by their church's ordination of women, have been or...

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Catholic Bishops Won't Support Repeal Of Health Care Bill

Posted 01.19.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Affordable Care Act, U.S. Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Catholic Network, Catholics and Healthcare, Catholic Health Association, Healthcare Debate, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops will not join efforts to repeal the new health care law, even though...

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Christian Innkeepers Found Guilty For Turning Away Gay Couple

Posted 01.19.2011 | Religion
Read More: Gay Rights, Gay Discrimination, Christianity in Britain, Britain's Christian Institute, Sexual Discrimination, National Secular Society, Religious Tolerance, Sanctity of Marriage, British Innkeepers Convicted, Peter and Hazelmary Bull, Religion News

By Al Webb Religion News Service LONDON (RNS) Two Christian innkeepers have been convicted of sexual discrimination for refusing to allow a gay coupl...

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Muslim Countries Cited On Religious Freedom

Posted 01.19.2011 | Religion
Read More: Open Doors, Muslim-Majority Countries, Muslim on Muslim Violence, The Price of Freedom Denied, Islamic Countries, First Freedom Center, Religious Freedom, Religious Intolerance, Religious Persecution, Egypt Protests, Religion News

By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The New Year's Day massacre at a Coptic church in Egypt. Christian converts facing the death ...

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