Posts Tagged ‘image’
Causes
Amnesty: Maldives’ rights abuses contrasts paradise image
Amnesty International is urging the international community to not ignore what it says is a growing human rights crisis in the Maldives.
News
Lawyer for pope’s accused butler quits
A lawyer for Pope Benedict XVI's former butler announced Thursday (Aug. 30) that he was resigning over differences in defense strategy with his client.
Featured
Jesus-like shadow draws thousands of pilgrims to New Orleans church
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Arriving steadily as singles, or in clumps of twos, threes and fours, thousands of people have streamed in and out of the dimly lighted chapel at Ursuline Academy to sit or kneel and quietly contemplate a phe...
Commentary and News
Atheists’ slavery billboard raises tempers in Pa.
The billboard is down, but the issue’s not gone. A billboard erected in one of the city’s most racially diverse neighborhoods featured an African slave with the biblical quote, “Slaves, obey your masters.̶...
Arts & Culture
Mickey Mouse as Christ painting is banned in Russia
A Russian court determined recently that a painting that depicted the Sermon on the Mount, but with Mickey Mouse in place of Jesus Christ, is unacceptable. The painting, which was shown in Aidan Gallery in Moscow, is the work o...
Arts & Culture
Justin Bieber’s faith goes under the microscope in new book
A new book will be released in September that takes a deeper look into the faith of teen icon Justin Bieber. The book, Belieber! Faith, Fame and the Heart of Justin Bieber, is penned by Cathleen Falsani, an award-winning journa...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Disappearing Dump Trucks
I once approached my life and work as if I was building a house. Drive a nail here. Lay a block there. Smear a bit of paint in the corner. Cut out a window now and again. Figuratively, this is how I treated my life, and it is a...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: The Gospel According to Nicks
Just down the road from my house is a restaurant/gathering place/watering hole called Nick’s. Nick’s is a legendary seafood joint frequented by tourists and locals alike, by fisherman, national figures, and the occasional celeb...
News
Couple fired for being ‘too religious’ may have jury hearing
A couple that was fired from a private company in Florida and evicted from their home for being “too religious” may finally have their day in court, two years after a lower court summarily dismissed their case. If the 11th U.S....
Arts & Culture
Medical Experts perceive new anatomical images in Sistine Chapel painting
Two neuroanatomy experts claimed recently that Michelangelo left secret anatomical images in his paintings on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The experts, Ian Suk and Rafael Tamargo, are from the John Hopkins University School of M...