U.S. News writer: Abortion can be ‘a good decision’ in tough economic times
comments ()Bonnie Erbe, a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report, PBS host and syndicated columnist, writes that abortions are up as more families and young women struggle in the bad...
View ArticlePlastic Jesus
comments ()Not sure why you’d want to see a 6-foot-tall Jesus made from 30,000 Legos. But if you do, click here. It was made by members of a church in … [visit site to read more]
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Vatican reportedly rejects Caroline Kennedy as ambassador
comments () The governor of New York didn’t want her in the U.S. Senate, and, now, it appears, the pope doesn’t want her as U.S. ambassador. The BBC, citing “reliable sources in Rome,” reports that the...
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “This is sad. Why don’t we all kill one of our children in this tough economic time?” –”Katie,” on a U.S. News & World Report commentary that...
View ArticleUNT to host interfaith discussion on justice
comments ()The University of North Texas in Denton presents an interfaith panel discussion at 6 p.m. April 21 (next Tuesday) on how the Abrahamic faiths view the relationship between spirituality and...
View ArticleDoes Obama have a ‘Catholic problem’?
comments ()Sean Michael Winters, writing in National Catholic Reporter, says the brouhaha over whether President Barack Obama should have been invited to deliver the commencement address at the...
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View ArticleA British writer returns to the faith
comments ()A.N. Wilson is an English novelist and biographer whose best known books include “Jesus: A Life” and “Paul: The Mind of the Apostle.” Despite being closely identified with such religiously...
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Happy birthday, Benedict
comments () Pope Benedict XVI, born April 16, 1927 Photo: … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “So much for the Presiding Bishop’s remarks she made while giving a sermon in Fort Worth about not taking any actions that could be considered...
View ArticleWomen? What women?
comments ()The Huffington Post has this item about the two women in the Israeli cabinet disappearing from photos in newspapers aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jews. Apparently, the ultra-Orthodox “consider it...
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View ArticleQuote of the day
comments ()“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – The Dalai … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “I hope I speak for a majority of alumni (Class of ’77) when I proclaim pride in my Notre Dame for extending the invitation to President Obama. The...
View ArticleWith critical trip looming, Benedict remains a robust leader
comments ()As we noted yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI just turned 82. That the birthday came and went with little fanfare — and no media chatter about a possible successor — is evidence of the pontiff’s...
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View ArticleThe Obamas’ faith-based giving
comments ()Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report has taken a look at President Barack Obama’s just-released 2008 tax returns. He found that the president and Michelle … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleA Buddhist in the studio
comments ()Shidaoxin, a young Buddhist monk, has become a pop star in Beijing, recording songs with lyrics based on traditional Buddhist teachings. Here’s a video report from the British Broadcasting...
View ArticleObamas’ search for a church home continues
comments ()Finding a new place of worship is a challenge for any family that moves. Not surprisingly, it’s particularly challenging when you’re the most prominent family in the Free World. Hamil R....
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “All of they gay couples I know that would like to be married show more love towards each other and are more faithful to each other than some of the...
View ArticleUMC helps battle malaria with ‘Nothing But Nets’ campaign
comments ()Three years ago, Rick Reilly, then a columnist for Sports Illustrated, wrote about efforts by the United Nations Foundation to distribute mosquito nets in Africa as a way to stop the spread...
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NFL changes Jets’ schedule to accommodate Jewish fans
comments () The National Football League has moved up the start time of the New York Jets‘ game on Sept. 27, after the team complained about having to play home games on consecutive Jewish holidays....
View ArticleCreationist group sues Texas, claiming its ‘science ed’ curriculum is valid
comments ()The Institute for Creation Research is a Dallas-based group that believes “[a]ll things in the universe were created and made by God in the six literal days of the Creation Week described in...
View ArticleYou said it
comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “NOWHERE in the Bible does it tell you to celebrate any of those holidays …Christmas, Easter!!! … I for one don’t participate in these demonic and...
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Religion and global warming
comments () New, Earth Day findings from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life: Evangelical Christians are far less … [visit site to read more]
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Bono on the soul
comments () Bono is now an occasional guest columnist on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. This is the second of … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “This is just one more example of a group of religious fanatics trying to use their religious propaganda to influence educational standards in the...
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Quote of the day
comments () “I think the First Amendment gives me a right to be offensive. To live in a free society, you’ve got to pay a price, and the price is toleration.” – Larry … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “I love the fact that the Bible-waving Christian right previously in office are the ones who approved and encouraged torture. I’ll stick with...
View ArticleAfternoon blessing
comments ()May you find that those year-old jeans are a little loose, not a little … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “It’s a funny thing to me how Southern Christians can quickly recall the passages about homosexuality in the New Testament, but can’t remember that...
View ArticleRocky times in the Vatican
comments ()John L. Allen Jr. of National Catholic Reporter has filed what he calls “Vignettes from Rome,” a series of impressionistic items of interest in the church right now. (Allen seems to have...
View ArticleUrban Engagement Book Club
comments ()The next meeting of the Urban Engagement Book Club, an outreach of Central Dallas Ministries, will be at noon on Thursday, May 7, at the usual place, Highland Park United Methodist Church,...
View ArticleAfternoon blessing
comments ()May you never be stuck in an elevator wearing a “Darwin Was Right” T-shirt at a creationists’ … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleTough times lead Amish to soften opposition to government aid
comments ()The Amish, as everyone knows, shun modern conveniences like automobiles and electronic equipment. They are fiercely self-reliant — and that means, among other things, relying as little as...
View ArticleFor Catholics, 5 freshly minted saints
comments ()Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints. Four were Italian, one a Portuguese freedom fighter. Here’s the story from the Associated Press. … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleAt famed NY church, a brouhaha over pastor’s pay
comments ()OK, it’s Manhattan. Very high cost of living. But does a pastor need $600,000 a year? Some members of Riverside Church think so. Some don’t. Here’s the story from The New York … [visit site...
View ArticleYou said it
comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “As a religious liberal/libertarian, what drives me nuts is that people actually believe that the building someone enters once a week, or the title...
View ArticleWho’s next in line to be pope? Writer has no frickin’ idea
comments ()This is, to put it bluntly, silly. John L. Allen Jr. of National Catholic Reporter has an online column in which he speculates about three possible successors to Pope Benedict XVI, who just...
View ArticleChristian Book Expo won’t be back
comments ()The first-ever Christian Book Expo, held in March at the Dallas Convention Center, wasn’t a smash hit. That’s putting it politely. Putting it less politely, the three-day event in March was...
View ArticleQuote of the day
comments ()“The role of reporters, bloggers and pundits shouldn’t be to proclaim the death of religion, (after all wouldn’t that put some of them out of a job?) but rather to spot what new forms...
View ArticleRon Howard: Catholics are gonna love ‘Angels & Demons’
comments ()The director of the new Dan Brown thriller — who also directed The Da Vinci Code — writes in The Huffington Post that Catholic critics of the movies are way off base. The Vatican claims,...
View ArticleYou said it
comments ()A sampling of comments from our readers: “The question should never be, ‘Does it work?’ Ever. The question should always be ‘Is it right/moral?’ The answer to that is no. … So, to be honest,...
View ArticleObama’s top 10 ‘faith moments’
comments ()As the “first 100 days” reviews of Barack Obama’s presidency continue, Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report has chosen his top 10 faith moments from the new … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleQuote of the day
comments ()“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” – Ralph Waldo … [visit site to read more]
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Cathedral of Hope in Dallas says it will host ‘gay Jesus’ play
comments () UPDATE, 10:48 a.m. Tues., April 20: The Cathedral of Hope website now lists the following dates and show times: Friday, June 4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6,...
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2 new Catholic bishops will be ordained in Dallas today
comments () In what many see as a recognition of the importance of North Texas to the Catholic Church in America, two auxiliary Dallas bishops are being ordained today. Monsignor Mark Seitz, the pastor...
View ArticleBaptist church with early roots in Mesquite celebrates anniversary
comments ()Next week, Grand View Baptist Church in Mesquite celebrates its 10th anniversary. But the church’s ties to the community go back much further. The church is an offshoot of East Grand Baptist...
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