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How American Muslims are changing the media landscape
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Christians from left, right sign 'Civility Covenant'
Called the "Civility Covenant," the document says that churches have too often "reflected the political divisions of our culture rather than the unity we have in the body of Christ." East Jerusalem: A tale of two neighborhoodsWith the Israeli approval of further Jewish home building in East Jerusalem comes fresh condemnation. In response to the most recent development, the final go-ahead for 20 units at the Shepherd hotel in East Jerusalem, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said: "settlements are illegal under international law. This must stop." Just two weeks ago, news of the approval of 1,600 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo during a visit to Israel by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was condemned as "insulting" by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For the U.N., the U.S. and much of the world, the two cases are the same. But to most Israelis the differences between the two East Jerusalem areas are vast. Clerics regret abuse; Vatican denounces reportTop Catholic clerics from France and Britain expressed shame, anger and regret Friday over a widening abuse scandal in the church that has reached Pope Benedict XVI's doorstep. At the same time, the Vatican and Benedict's former German diocese strongly denied a newspaper report that said the pope was aware that a priest later convicted of molesting boys was returning to pastoral work. (Pictured above: U.S. group SNAP [Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests] protests in front of St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday.) |
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