Religion
HURT: Communing with hatemongers from the pulpit – Washington Times
By MB Snow at April 3, 2013 | 10:19 am
By Charles Hurt Tuesday, April 2, 2013 -- ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Obama sure is serpent-bit when it comes to going to church. First, it was his longtime Chicago preacher who dragged the young presidential aspirant into hot water with all his fiery old sermons about the U.S. of KKK and chickens coming home to roost. Now, his most regular preacher, we find out, ... Go To Article
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DENNIS PRAGER:: The Bible vs. Heart | RCP
By MB Snow at April 2, 2013 | 9:09 am
By Dennis Prager - April 2, 2013 -- I offer the single most politically incorrect statement a modern American -- indeed a modern Westerner, period -- can make: I first look to the Bible for moral guidance and for wisdom. I say this even though I am not a Christian (I am a Jew, and a non-Orthodox one at that). And I say this even though I attended an Ivy League ... Go To Article
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PNN OFF: Happy Easter! – J.S. Bach, Ascension Oratorio –
By MB Snow at March 30, 2013 | 6:51 pm
PNN will be off until Monday 4/1 Morning Blast...Happy Easter
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NOONAN: Pope Francis Looks Outward – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 29, 2013 | 12:55 am
By PEGGY NOONAN, DECLARATIONSMarch 28, 2013, 6:34 p.m. ET His combination of tradition and compassion may be just what the church needs. In line with tradition Pope Francis this holy week washes the feet of the poor. In a departure from tradition he did it in a juvenile prison in Rome. In line with tradition he will live in the Vatican. In a departure from ... Go To Article
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EASTER: Alabama school bans word ‘Easter’ in the interest of ‘religious diversity’ – National Social Issues | Examiner.com
By MB Snow at March 27, 2013 | 11:32 am
EASTER , MARCH 27, 2013BY: JOE Newby Lydia Davenport, the principal of Heritage Elementary School in Madison, Ala., has informed staff that while children may participate in an "academic egg hunt," the eggs are not to be called "Easter eggs," Todd Starnes reported at Fox News Tuesday. According to Starnes, the word "Easter" has been banned in the interest of "religious ... Go To Article
MUST READ:: RALPH PETERS: Smearing the Pope – NYPOST
By MB Snow at March 19, 2013 | 1:11 pm
By RALPH PETERS -- The Latin American left is still in shock: An apostle of reform and church renewal, Pope Francis is a genuine champion of the poor, offering an inspiring alternative to the demagoguery of South America’s new breed of old Marxists and jackboot Socialists. So leftists rushed to do what they always do: Defame any good man or woman who threatens their ... Go To Article
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POPE FRANCIS:: Pope of the Americas | TIME
By MB Snow at March 16, 2013 | 12:30 am
By Howard Chua-EoanMarch 13, 2013 -- Habemus Papam Franciscum came the tweet, the first official word from the @Pontifex account, after the white smoke curled from the copper chimney watched by hundreds of thousands in St. Peter’s Square, by millions and millions on every imaginable 21st century technology around the world. And there it was, old and new, past and ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: ‘Go and Repair My House’ – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 15, 2013 | 12:55 am
I'll tell you how it looks: like one big unexpected gift for the church and the world. Everything about Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election was a surprise—his age, the name he took, his mien as he was presented to the world. He was plainly dressed, a simple white cassock, no regalia, no finery. He stood there on the balcony like a straight soft pillar and ... Go To Article
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FATHER RAYMOND De SOUZA:: Pope Francis is the consensus candidate no one expected | National Post
By MB Snow at March 15, 2013 | 12:48 am
The appearance of a new pope is a noisy affair. The great bells of St. Peter’s follow the white smoke; the cheering crowd of tens of thousands overflow the great square; the ceremonial bands play their anthems and fanfares. In the midst of all that, the election of Pope Francis was marked by three great silences. The first silence, rather brief, immediately followed ... Go To Article
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WALTER RUSSELL MEAD:: The Conclave’s Canny Choice | Via Meadia
By MB Snow at March 15, 2013 | 12:36 am
G.K. Chesterton tells the story of the time that St. Francis of Assisi visited Rome and the pope of the day proudly showed him all the wondrous treasures of the Vatican. Referring to a story in the Biblical Book of Acts in which St. Peter spoke with a beggar in Jerusalem and told him he had no money, the pope pointed to the treasures around him and said, “Peter can no ... Go To Article
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