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July 21st, 2010
04:09 PM ET
Liberal Catholics aim to raise $500,000 for Congress fightsCatholics United aims to raise $500,000 to support congressional candidates who backed health care reform, the liberal-leaning Catholic advocacy group announced Wednesday. It's planning to pour money into four races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia to start, and it hopes to widen its efforts as November's elections approach. The group will defend Democratic Reps. John Boccieri of Ohio, Kathy Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania, Steve Driehaus of Ohio and Tom Perriello of Virginia.
July 21st, 2010
03:31 PM ET
Saddest day of the Jewish yearCNN photojournalist Avi Kanner and producer Izzy Lemberg filed this report from Jerusalem about a day of mourning on Monday: It's called the saddest day of the Jewish calendar. On Tisha B’ Av - Hebrew for the 9th day of the month of Av on the Hebrew calendar - Jews mark the anniversary of the destruction of the first and second biblical Temples in Jerusalem. According to Jewish tradition, both temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av - the first, King Solomon's temple, by the Babylonians in 586 BC; the second, rebuilt on the same spot, by the Romans in 70 AD.
July 21st, 2010
12:24 PM ET
For weight-loss help, faithfuls turn to GodHallelujah diets. Body by God. Karate for Christ. Gospel groove workouts. Using the Lord's name (not in vain), fitness and diet enthusiasts are injecting the Almighty into nutrition programs, exercise DVDs, martial arts and healthy living courses.
July 21st, 2010
12:22 PM ET
Haggard back in the pulpitTed Haggard is back preaching, and his new church is growing. CNN affiliate KUSA sat down with Haggard this weekend. One the most interesting responses from Haggard: "I lost my faith to the point I didn't think God could use a person like me."
July 21st, 2010
10:57 AM ET
Simple computer program decodes lost biblical languageFrom our partner Mother Nature Network: A project led by professor Regina Barzilay of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be the first to show how ancient, lost or unknown languages can be decoded using a computer program, according to National Geographic. The MIT team was able to decode the "lost language" of Ugaritic, an ancient Semitic language used in Old Testament times, using no more computing power than that of a laptop. The program took no longer than a few hours to link most Ugaritic symbols to their Hebrew equivalents.
July 21st, 2010
10:53 AM ET
Divine recycling: New York church moving to Atlanta - piece by pieceFrom our partner Mother Nature Network: Preservation through relocation. That’s the aim of a Roman Catholic parish in suburban Atlanta that plans to relocate a shuttered church in upstate New York — recycling it piece by piece 900 miles south. |
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