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Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

In Honor of Popes Visit Cool Facts about Israel

Enjoy this video of cool facts about Israel. We thought that it would be nice to introduce some positive energy into the Pope’s visit while all of the left and right politicians around the globe put their two...

Riots, Fires, Looting in America? – Yes, says NYC Pastor

Not in modern times has there been such unity in the voices of warning about the path America is choosing. Statesmen, analysts, pundits, preachers and prophets are giving a resounding and singular message that is being almost completely ignored. Why is this...

Canadian In Thailand Travel Report: Recovery of a Nation

Thailand Nite Life!  Thailand has suffered the extreme Boxing Day - Tsunami the worst natural disaster to ever strike Thailand and still recovering. God Bless. Thailand has been featured a lot recently in...

Will George Mitchell Change U.S.-Israel Ties?

Good questions about America's new envoy to the Middle East."Former Sen. George Mitchell has been chosen as President Barack Obama’s Middle East envoy. What are the pros and cons of Mitchell serving in such a...

Pope Gives 2008 Christmas Midnight Mass in Honour of Children

Midnight mass is a Catholic tradition and every year the Pope speaks out for a cause or group as part of the ceremony.  Just days after denouncing the gay communities of the world as a threat akin to global...

New sex-abuse scandal divides Irish Catholics

As christmas times falls, a new chid sex abuse issue rocks the Irish Catholic Church. "DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Ireland's most prominent Catholic leader is questioning whether all of his fellow bishops...

Catholics & Muslims Create 'Faith Force' To Combat Religious Violence

For three days, scholars and leaders representing both Catholicism and Islam have made this announcement. This could be deemed as historic and symbolic. It could forge an interesting bond and alliance between those of the Catholic faith and those of the Islamic faith. After...

If You Voted For Obama, You Must Do Penance, Says Catholic Priest

Apparently, there is still fallout coming out from the religious side of the political spectrum after Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois became the United States President-elect on November 4. Apparently, Reverend Jay Scott Newman of St. Mary’s Catholic...

Israel: Secular Nir Barkat wins Jerusalem mayor race

" Nir Barkat:  "There is room in Jerusalem for everyone," he said, adding "if there's not room for everyone, then there's not room for anyone." Being mayor of Jerusalem will be hard, said Barkat, but promised...

Pope critiques modern angst

The Pope had some interesting comments today about materialism and modern angst in his final address to the hundreds of thousands gathered in Australia for World Youth Day. He spoke about a spreading emptiness and...

Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day

Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...

Venezuela: Pro-Chavez Catholics under fire

Relations between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the local Catholic Church has not been easy. It has been paved with numerous clashes and little cooperation. It became rather extreme after members of the Opus Dei and conservative side of the local Catholic...

Florida Woman Sees Image of Jesus in Baby's Ultrasound

Is it a simple sonogram or a holy sighting? For one Miami, Florida mother, the birth of baby Sabastian was a gift from God. After suffering a recent miscarriage, Amy Janer was nerve-racked about her third...

St. Sarkozy, French Leader finds Favor among Christians

A RECENT FRENCH POLL shows that majorities of both practicing Catholics and Protestants support France's pro-American president Nicolas Sarkozy, even as his overall polling numbers have dropped " Reportedly, 61...

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