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New Orleans, La., Feb 6, 2010 / 08:04 am (CNA).- As the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts prepare to lock horns in the Super Bowl, CNA spoke with the Archdiocese of New Orleans about the Saints and discovered that the team has a significant Catholic history as well as a strong presence in the local Catholic community.
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With Super Bowl XLIV only a few days away, the lights are on early here at the Indianapolis Colts’ hotel conference room, with more than a half dozen coaches huddled together, reports Baptist Press.
But the Colts’ coaches, including head man Jim Caldwell, weren’t working on a secret plan to slow down the high flying New Orleans Saints.
Rather, it was the coaches’ weekly Bible study, and not even a chance for NFL supremacy was going to keep them from meeting.
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Churches are scurrying to change their Sunday services to avoid conflict with the big game. Leaders are finding sermons in the team’s journey. Even a Voodoo priestess is pulling for the team in black and gold.
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The Christian Science Monitor – New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush started the fashion among college football players of writing messages on their eye black patches, using the iconic “619†configuration to celebrate his San Diego area code while he was at the University of Southern California.
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As the New Orleans Saints get ready to battle it out with the Indianapolis Colts this weekend, churches are being cautious with their Super Bowl viewing parties to avoid copyright infringement.
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Tune in February 7 for the Social Values Super Bowl — likely to get as much air time as Colts and Saints — and see whose advertising host network CBS considers “appropriate.” Will they allow an ad for a gay dating site? What about one that portrays old folks as cranky without a candy bar?
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(AP) – PARK CITY, Utah – Despite rumored anti-gay protests, a Sundance Film Festival documentary about the Mormon church’s role in a 2008 California political battle over gay marriage played to a friendly audience on Sunday in Park City. Only about two dozen gay marriage activists chanted-”Separate, church from 8″-in a parking lot outside the premiere of “8: The Mormon Proposition.” The film by Reed Cowan, a former Utah Mormon, contends that the locally based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the driving force behind Proposition 8. The ballot…
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(AP) – CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – After a tour of the grounds at Mt. Olive Cemetery, local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were struck by the beauty of the 7.3 acres. “It’s just beautiful out there,” said Llewanne Bass, a member of the Latter-day Saints and one of the 500 volunteers expected to help restore the grounds to pristine condition in April. The effort is part of the church’s annual community service project held in conjunction with a national Latter-day Saints day of worship on the fourth Saturday of April. Bass said Latter-day Saints members from across…
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Salt Lake City, USA – Using data compiled from its 2009 surveys, the Gallup Poll has confirmed what some have long seen as an honor and others as a criticism — members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints comprise the most conservative of the major religious groups in the United States.
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From Muslims to Mormons, religious groups across the country are opening their hearts and wallets to get food, water, blankets and medical help to millions of Haitians victimized by Tuesday’s deadly 7.0 magnitude earthquake. The Alexandria, Va.-based Islamic Relief USA announced it was teaming up with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to fly $1 million worth of aid to the stricken country. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced it would take up a special collection in churches this weekend to go to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), which has committed an initial $5 million to Haiti. Students …
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Zenit.org ).- In every generation saints are born and bring renewal to the Church, despite the sorrows and "negative aspects of her journey," says Benedict XVI. The Pope affirmed this today …
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(AP) – KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Firebombs were thrown at three more churches in Malaysia on Sunday and another was splashed with black paint, the latest in a series of assaults on Christian houses of worship following a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use “Allah” to refer to God. Despite the attacks, thousands of Christians nationwide attended Sunday services and prayed for national unity and an end to the violence. On Sunday, a Molotov cocktail was hurled at the All Saints Church in Taiping town in central Perak state early in the morning before it…
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By Hilary WhiteROME, December 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has sent the world a message of Catholicism's fundamental opposition to communism with the announcement this weekend from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Three of the greatest twentieth century opponents to the…
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The Church of Uganda is planning to set up its first commercial bank, officials of the church have said.
The process of establishing the bank started with the launch of the Talent Bank Project at All Saints Church in Kampala on Thursday.
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Christian leaders vow to resist gay marriage, abortion
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Patrick Reardon, pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago. Politically, the evangelical signers range from conservative broadcaster James … Modernist Christianity will dieBeliefnet.com This reporter gives thanks that ….GetReligion (blog) US religious leaders pledge renewed commitment to conscience issuesSioux City Catholic Globe NPR all 10 news articles » |
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Millions of Christians worldwide observed All Saints Day on Sunday, marking the annual tradition according to their understanding of it.
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For Roman Catholics, November 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation known as All Saints Day or the Feast of All Saints. It is a Solemnity and the day that the church honors all saints, known and unknown. The key to understanding the Catholic practice of honoring saints is our belief in the Communion of Saints. This is the belief that all of God’s people, those on earth, those in heaven, and those in Purgatory are bound together and connected in a… 
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AP – Hula, chants and prayer will greet a heel bone of one of the Catholic Church’s newest saints when it arrives in Honolulu this weekend.
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Halloween's history mixes pagan, Christian traditions
WTOP The early Christian church established May 13 as the day to honor its saints, or hallows. In 835 Pope Gregory IV moved the saints' day from May 13 to Nov. … Cradles of rites are most graveSalt Lake Tribune Dancing Skeletons Anyone?Lawrence Journal World Halloween full of Christian and pagan traditionsChatham Daily News Boston Globe -Taipei Times -Catholic Online all 92 news articles » |
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(AP) – CLEVELAND – An online sale is under way offering altars, crucifixes, statues of saints and gold-plated chalices from Roman Catholic churches shut down by the Cleveland diocese. Diocese spokesman Robert Tayek says those and other church items may not be purchased by members of the public but only by Catholic parishes and other institutions, such as hospitals, monasteries and… 
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