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Poll: One in seven thinks end of world is coming

D.E. Paine — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:27:32 +0000

Nearly 15 percent of people worldwide believe the world will end during their lifetime and 10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen in 2012. Ipsos Global conducted polling in...

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Pope turns 85, says is in ‘last stretch’ of his life

D.E. Paine — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:03:28 +0000

Pope Benedict marked his 85th birthday on Monday saying he is now in the “last stretch” of his life but sure that God would help him continue his mission. Philip Pullella at Reuters...

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Do Catholics believe in life on other planets?

D.E. Paine — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:29:48 +0000

Jesus is the savior of humanity, but what that mean if we discovered alien life forms? This response comes from U.S. Catholic contributor Kevin Considine: In a 1995 episode of the popular TV drama...

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Christians nailed to crosses in Good Friday re-enactment [pics, video]

D.E. Paine — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:11:53 +0000

More than 17 people were willingly nailed to wooden crosses in the Philippines today in a Good Friday re-enactment of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Nine men were crucified in Pampanga...

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Documentary shows real-life exorcist expelling demons

D.E. Paine — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:59:18 +0000

Why settle for “found footage” flicks like ‘The Last Exorcism’ and ‘Devil Inside’ when you can watch the real deal in this documentary? Just how real this stuff...

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‘Your God’s wrong’: Judge erupts in angry tirade, sends pro-life activist back to jail

D.E. Paine — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:04:35 +0000

“You appear to be governed by a higher moral order than the laws of our country,” Mr. Justice S. Ford Clements complained. LifeSite News reports that an Ontario Court of Justice judge erupted in a...

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Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt’s Coptic Christian church, dies at 88

D.E. Paine — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:06:58 +0000

Papacy: November 14, 1971 – March 17, 2012 Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt’s Christian minority for 40 years, has died at the age of 88. State news...

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Abortion foes to say exorcism prayers outside of clinic

D.E. Paine — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:46:40 +0000

Supporters of 40 Days for Life campaign will rally at clinic in southwest Ohio Anti-abortion activists plan to say prayers of exorcism outside an abortion clinic in Kettering, Ohio [map]. The Dayton...

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Christians Have ‘No Right’ to Wear Cross at Work in UK, Says Gov’t

D.E. Paine — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:28:58 +0000

A former nurse and a former British Airways worker say they have a ‘right’ to wear a cross Shirley Chaplin, 56, from Exeter, and Nadia Eweida, 59, of Twickenham, south-west London, have...

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‘Hacktivists’ attack Vatican website

D.E. Paine — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:50:46 +0000

Italian “hacktivists” identifying themselves as members of Anonymous took down the Vatican’s websites, Vatican.va, today. The action was in protest over the Catholic Church’s...

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