Tag: News
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Benedict XVI in the Holy Land
Pope Benedict’s trip is off to a good start and the intense media coverage (1,300 journalists covering the trip by one estimate) is already bringing much needed attention to the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The Bishop of Rome has a deep appreciation for Eastern Christianity, as did his predecessor John Paul II.…
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Archbishop Demetrios Visits ROCOR
Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios pays a visit to ROCOR’s Metropolitan Hilarion, the first visit of a Greek primate in four decades. The Metropolitan greeted the Archbishop as the “Chief Orthodox Archpastor of America and the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.” [ROCOR release] Archbishop Demetrios, Head of the Greek Archdiocese in North America, Visits the Synod…
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Using ‘Human Rights’ to Squelch Free Speech
In the June issue of Reason Magazine, Ezra Levant details his long and unnecessary struggle with Canadian human rights watchdogs over charges that he insulted a Muslim extremist, who claimed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. This sorry episode also cost Levant, the former publisher of Canada’s Western Standard magazine, about $100,000.…
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Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry Announces 2009 Convocation
OCPM sets the date for its 2009 meeting. The ministry brings “the light of Christ to those who are in prison in North America by providing encouragement, material support, transition and reintegration services, Christian education, spiritual guidance and the sacramental life of the Church to prisoners and their families.” Also see the February news in…
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Mattingly on Pew’s ‘Changes in Religious Affiliation’ survey
The new “Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” survey released by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life yesterday is getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream and religious press. The survey looks mostly at Catholic and Protestant “fluidity of religious affiliation in the U.S. and describes in detail the patterns and…