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August 13th, 2013
09:09 PM ET
Name 'Messiah' would offend, judge saysBy Marlena Baldacci, CNN (CNN) –Young Messiah, the "happiest baby in the world," according to his mother, is blissfully unaware that a judge ruled that his birth name promises to offend many in his Tennessee community. His mother, Jaleesa Martin, and father, Jawaan McCullough, who are not married, couldn't agree on a last name for their baby, now 7 months old. That's why they ended up in the courtroom of Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew. But the judge shifted the attention to the baby's first name, and said it should be changed. FULL POST  iReporter Isaac Manriquez photographed this scene in Guadalajara, Mexico, of church members gathering for a "holy supper."
August 13th, 2013
01:57 PM ET
iReporter captures 'holy supper' scenes in MexicoBy Sarah Brown, CNN (CNN) - Every August, devotees from the Light of the World Church, or La Luz Del Mundo, based in Guadalajara in central Mexico gather for a “holy supper,” or “santa convocation.” The event is a remarkably colorful occasion for the church, which says it follows the beliefs of the “primitive” or early Christian traditions. Crowds of worshipers who had traveled to the country from as far afield as Israel spill out into the city’s streets, holding parades and festivities that go on for days. FULL POST
August 13th, 2013
08:36 AM ET
Priest from Missouri accident revealedBy Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) – Katie Lentz finally knows the identity of the Catholic priest who came to her side during a life-threatening accident on a two-lane Missouri highway this month. Turns out, it was a Father Dowling mystery. The Rev. Patrick Dowling, that is. Dowling, a priest since 1982, revealed in a comment on a story posted on the National Catholic Register that he was the man who prayed over Lentz, 19, while emergency workers treated her for injuries after an August 4 accident. Dowling wrote in the comment, which has since been deleted: "I absolved and anointed Katie, and, at her request, prayed that her leg would not hurt. Then I stepped aside to where some rescue personnel and the pilot were waiting, and prayed the rosary silently." |
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