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Fun Friday: Saint’s Head for Sale, Christian Brains for Study
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Nicole Neroulias
Mixed news for Christian noggins this week: The skull of St. Vitalis of Assisi, a 14th Century Benedictine monk who led an “immoral and licentious youth” before becoming the saint to pray with to be healed from bladder or venereal disease, is expected to fetch around $1,500. Severed head of patron saint of genital disease on sale…
Study Blames Poor Training, Not Celibacy or Homosexuality, for Catholic Clergy Abuse
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Nicole Neroulias
UPDATE: Whispers in the Loggia has a link to the lengthy report. Also, see the Comments section for more links and information, such as The New York Times revelation that this study used 10 as the victim age cutoff for pedophile vs. ephebophile priests — even though age 13 is the norm! Check out this…
Billy Graham Released From Hospital; Lady Gaga’s Taking the Reins?
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Nicole Neroulias
Five days after being admitted to a North Carolina hospital with pneumonia, the Rev. Billy Graham has been released from the hospital, and is now resting comfortably at his mountain home. Meanwhile, is Lady Gaga trying to be the next generation’s Graham — reaching out to millions (she’s now the most followed user on Twitter)…
Poll: Americans Think Bin Laden’s in Hell, But Would Jesus Want Us to Celebrate (Much)?
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Nicole Neroulias
This month’s Public Religion Research Institute/Religion News Service poll asked how Americans feel about Osama bin Laden’s death, whether the Golden Rule applies to terrorists, and other questions that probe the grey area between Christian belief and behavior. No surprise (unless, like “God Is Not One” author Stephen Prothero says in my story, you thought…
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