{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Via Media","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia","author_name":"awelborn","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/author\/awelborn","title":"The first year - Via Media","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gPo2xDwVJ1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/the-first-year.html\">The first year<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/the-first-year.html\/embed#?secret=gPo2xDwVJ1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The first year&#8221; &#8212; Via Media\" data-secret=\"gPo2xDwVJ1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In Tikkun, a Methodist pastor on the faculty of Fordham takes on Benedict&#8217;s first year: As Pope, he has reiterated that Europe\u2019s unity is based on its \u201cindispensable Christian roots.\u201d To skeptics, Pope Benedict\u2019s argument for cultural purity is dangerously reminiscent of the Nazi Christian argument that Jews had no place in a Christian country&hellip;"}