A federal judge has stopped a southern Oregon city’s attempt to shut down a church’s homeless meal service, ultimately ruling against the city government in a key First Amendment case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke ruled Wednesday that an ordinance passed by the small city of Brookings, on the southern Oregon coast, violated the religious freedom rights of St. Timothy’s …
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Bishop Robert Barron pulls no punches when talking about the transcendent and life-altering meaning of Easter. “It’s a revolution. It’s an earthquake,” says Barron. “It’s what turned everything upside down. So one of the worst things we can do is domesticate Easter.” Barron is a bestselling author and the popular creator of Word On Fire Catholic Ministry. THE COMING EASTER …
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As Lent comes to a close and Easter Sunday draws near, it is important to fully consider the implications and meaning behind the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, said a retired judge and seminary president. “As we come to this beautiful day we call Easter, somehow, we know that it is different this year. Something has changed in the …
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A country musician is peeling back the layers of his personal life as he releases new music for fans amid a fresh start in life that includes his recent elopement in the snow-covered mountains of Colorado to his lady love. Ian Flanigan, best known for his third-place finish on Season 19 of “The Voice,” talked to Fox News Digital this …
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, joined “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning to share a message of hope and resilience for this coming Easter Sunday. Dolan mentioned the recent killing of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, acknowledging that there “seems to be darkness” in the world. Good Friday is the annual day observed by Christians as the anniversary of …
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A bus heading to an Easter festival veered off a bridge and fell nearly 200 feet in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 passengers, authorities said. The Limpopo provincial government said a bus traveling from the neighboring country of Botswana to the town of Moria for a popular Easter pilgrimage, rode off the side of the Mmamatlakala bridge, …
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Throughout Jesus’ ministry on Earth, he told people he was the Son of God. He demonstrated it with his words and his actions. He forgave sins and healed disease. He taught with authority and drove out demons. And yet, many didn’t believe. Ironically, one of the most profound declarations of who Jesus was didn’t come from Jesus. It came from …
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In Washington state, political ideology is the state’s litmus test for determining who can be a loving parent.In 2022, we served as foster care parents for just over nine years and decided to renew our license to continue caring for vulnerable kids. But state officials did not want us because of our religious beliefs — beliefs about sexuality and gender …
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Why we can’t be silent about grace “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.” — John Newton, “Amazing Grace” (1779) “I’m so thankful you sat next to me today.” Her name was Delores*, and we met on a flight from Minneapolis …
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What does Easter offer us in the year 2024?The same thing it has offered since the first Easter. A name as synonymous with the Christian faith as any other ancient teacher, Augustine of Hippo, (d. 430 A.D.) wrote, “”There is an insatiable hunger in each of us, that God alone can satisfy.” Fast forward to our own day, and we …
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