Posts Tagged ‘symbols’
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Christians, Muslims unite against UK housing ban on religious artifacts
Both Muslim and Christian elderly residents in a housing complex in the UK are upset at a ban that was issued recently against religious artifacts from being displayed on the premises. The ban was announced in a letter that was...
Arts & Culture
Author writes book about his conversion from Freemasonry to Christianity
A former Freemason who is now a Presbyterian minister wrote recently a book about his spiritual journey and his conversion to Christianity. Neil Cullan McKinlay, author of From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice documents h...
Arts & Culture
Jordan fights for possession of Christian books that may precede writings of St. Paul
Jordan is fighting to take possession of some 70 books that may, if authentic, precede the writings of St. Paul. The books, which were found in a Jordanian cave, that tell of how Jesus died on the cross, rose from the dead, and...
Arts & Culture
Feisty Indiana Commissioner defends county crèche
A commissioner in Indiana refuses to be cowed by an atheist organization that is taking issue with a nativity scene that is being displayed on the Franklin County Courthouse front lawn. Franklin County Commissioner Tom Wilson h...
News
Pope says secularism, religious fundamentalism are alike
Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern recently over Europe’s growing “hostility and prejudice” towards Christianity, and said religious fundamentalism and secularism are alike in that they both inhibit religious freedom. In his m...
News
Christmas may be for Christians, but just don’t show the Nativity Scene
Christmas may be a Christian celebration, but in public areas the law says you can’t display a nativity scene without accompanying symbols of other faiths—even if these are faiths that don’t celebrate Christmas. In Brookville I...
Christianity is the most persecuted faith globally, report says
A newly released report says that Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, and violence against Christians continues to rise. The 2010 report on religious freedom by Aid to the Church in Need said that religio...
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Obama signs executive order for faith groups that receive funding
President Barack Obama signed recently an executive order that will introduce major changes regarding the terms of the partnership the government will have with religious-based organizations that receive federal funding. Under ...
News
N.C. city council reaches a compromise on Christian flag
A city council in North Carolina reached a compromise recently over the display of a Christian flag alongside several others in a Veteran’s Memorial that was set up in the town’s Central Park. The King City Council decided last...
Arts & Culture
Catholic priest highlights cause of Indian Christian art
Catholic Christian art may be plentiful in the U.S., but in India a priest is complaining that they simply do not have enough of it. Father Paul Kattukaran, national coordinator of Indian Christian Artists Forum, said the Churc...