Woman slapped with fine for cursing in Romanian church
ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 13, 2009 BUCHAREST, Romanian — A woman who upset worshippers by swearing during a church service in Romania has been fined $126, abou...
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Dalai Lama Blames Financial Crisis on Spiritual Fall
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, blamed a lack of spirituality among people today for the global financial crisis. T...
IDF reservist refuses to fight in Gaza over civilian deaths
Good for him! An Israel Defense Forces reserves soldier, taking part in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip which entered its 17th day on Monday, has ref...
Bush wishes Obama ‘all the best’
The White House just announced that President Bush will hold his final formal news conference at 9:15 a.m. ET. On Deadline will be live-blogging, and we’l...
Brooklyn man takes frigid leap of faith for Greek Orthodox heritage
One of my parishioners commented that we should do this next year. Food for thought! Now that’s faith. Paul Apostolakis braved the frigid, whitecapped Hud...
‘What if’ questions of Gaza war
AS THE CRIMINAL march of Hamas rocket fire continues across the territory of Israel, the rockets’ red glare casts a new light on Israel’s and the wo...
1 dead, dozens injured in Gaza by suspected white phosphorus munitions
These are the worst type of weapons to use. Someone needs to speak out on this! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgph9PV3SA] Doctors treating the wounde...
1,000 Posts
I was meaning to make mention of the fact that this blog has gone over 1,000 posts but it got away from me. So I just noticed that I passed that milestone. Than...
Anger at cardinal’s likening of Gaza to death camp
God forbid we ever say anything bad about Israel! JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday it was shocked and distressed by a senior Vatican cardinal’s liken...
Red Cross warns of deteriorating situation in Gaza
GENEVA (AFP) — The plight of Palestinians trapped in Gaza is becoming increasingly precarious as the Israeli attack on the territory enters its third week, the ...