The White House did not respond to questions about whether Falwell and other conservative leaders shaped the administration’s approach to the IRS. “The president has repeatedly made it clear that he opposes the Johnson Amendment’s muzzling of the First Amendment rights of religious organizations,” a White House official told POLITICO. |
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Over the past 10 years, the number of believers among young people in Ukraine has decreased by 15%, said head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv. "The time of general conversion after Soviet atheism has already passed. |
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(marketscreener.com) By Tim Higgins Apple Inc. is booting thousands of videogame apps from its platform in China as the government clamps down harder on such content, illustrating the tech giant's vulnerability to state pressure on its business. The iPhone maker this month warned Chinese developers.... |
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MANILA – The wanton murder of a Filipino mother and son has reignited a national debate on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s lethal anti-crime campaign, including new calls for the leader and his top officials to face international prosecution for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC). |
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There is reported to have been a scramble for reservations for the Christmas Eve midnight Mass at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague this year, due to the limited number of participants allowed to attend. The permitted number of people has been reduced to 20 percent of the church's capacity in the current fourth stage of anti-epidemic measures. |
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VIRTUAL CROWD Fr Charlie McDonnell preaching online during the spring lockdown in St Mary’s Church, Westport. He’s asking parishioners to tune in online where possible for Christmas masses due to restrictions of 50 people attending. Pic: Michael McLaughlin Westport Michael Gallagher. |
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Archaeologists have discovered a shrine with a chipped part of the nail which they believe is from the cross on which died. The discovery was made at a monastery in Milevsko, Czech Republic. The six-centimetre fragment of the nail was found in a cavity in the vault of the monastery. |
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YOU know it’s Christmas when you see the shepherds. In first century Palestine, shepherds stood on the bottom rung of the social ladder sharing the same status as the collaborating tax collectors. Some interpreters cite the Mishnah, Judaism’s written record of the oral law, as evidence of the lowly status given to these rural dwellers. |
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Here is the complete schedule of Christmas Masses, Dec. 25, 2020, for all Archdiocese of Agana parishes, including Christmas Vigils and some New Year’s Masses. ARCHDIOCESE OF AGAÑA CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULES. DULCE NOMBRE DE MARIA CATHEDRAL-BASILICA, HAGATÑA. Sunday – Indoor Masses, 7:30 a.m. & 9:30 a. |
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The St. John community recently lost a beloved member, Lee Morris, a 30-year resident who passed away in October 2020 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. Born and raised in Cranston, R.I., Lee attended Cranston High School and then the University of Rhode Island where she met her future husband, Bill Morris. |
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One-year-old Archie has therefore never spent the occasion in the UK, despite being the Queen’s great-grandson. Meghan, on the other hand, has spent two Christmases with the rest of the Royal Family. The first occasion was in 2017, where she and Harry snubbed tradition they were only engaged at the.... |
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