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Everything You Think You Know About the Dark Ages is Wrong
By Nancy Marie Brown | Source: Religion Dispatches The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages Nancy Marie Brown Basic Books (2010) What inspired you to write The Abacus and the Cross? I was introduced to The Scientist Pope through an act of…
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Patriarch Kirill Suggests Measures to Decrease Abortions
Patriarch Kirill suggests measures to decrease abortions, back up orphans and families with many Children | Source: Interfax Moscow, January 17, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent Russian authorities suggestions how to improve national policy on family and childhood. As to opposing abortions, the Patriarch urged to accept departmental instruction of…
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Invitation to the Sanctity of Life Prayer Vigil in Washington, DC [VIDEO]
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman watches in vain. Sanctity of Life Prayer Vigil: Please join us for an evening of prayer on Sunday, January, 23, 2011. St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, will be open for the vigil from 8 pm to 11 pm for prayer. Come and go as you please and…
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Orthodox Resources for Sanctity of Life Sunday
Metropolitan Jonah’s Message for Sanctity of Life Sunday http://www.oca.org/news/2374 March for Life Fact Sheet 2011 http://www.marchforlife.org/content/view/69/1/ Resources for Sacred Gift of Life Sunday: Protecting the Life of the Unborn (2010) http://www.antiochian.org/sacred_gift The Sanctity of Human Life Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8083 Abortion and Public Policy Rev. Peter J. Pappas http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/PappasAbortion.php Abortion: An Orthodox Statement…
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Wesley J. Smith: The Disturbing Rehabilitation of Dr. Kevorkian
By Wesley J. Smith | Source: The Corner When Jack Kevorkian came to the nation’s attention in the 1990s, reporters at first depicted him — correctly — as a macabre and megalomaniacal promoter of death. But he was remade into a popular icon, becoming a pet guest on 60 Minutes, treated to uncharacteristically softball interviews…
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