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When it comes to the persecution of Christians, President Obama appears to have a tin ear. The question is: why? Why would a president who claims to be a Christian seem to deliberately help install and collaborate with an Islamist government in Egypt? Many highly-placed Egyptian leaders have revealed that his collaboration with the Muslim Brotherhood began long before President Mubarak’s fall. Why would Mr. Obama remain silent after being informed again and again of the atrocities committed against Christians in Egypt—atrocities committed by the very government he helped bring to power? The answer to the question of “why” can...

The internet is alight today with stories of faith, confections, and one very famous egg roll, but the biggest web destination of them all has opted to honor a leftist labor activist instead of the Easter holiday. Several times per year, and sometimes per month, internet search behemoth Google shakes things up on its incredibly high-traffic homepage by changing its logo to celebrate a memorable day in history like a famous person’s birthday or world-changing event.

MARSEILLE, France, (AFP) - The Archbishop of Marseille called Saturday for the liberation of 40 Pakistanis arrested recently in Saudi Arabia for celebrating a Catholic mass in a private house. "Often it's manual labourers who don't have the right to practise their religion in Saudi Arabia," said Cardinal Bernard Panafieu during a press conference, adding that religious freedom is one of the human rights recognised by the Charter of the United Nations. The Pakistanis were arrested on April 23 in the capital Riyadh by the Saudi religious police, the Muttawa, but news of their arrest only emerged on May 19,...

BOSTON (AP) Catholic institutions face a quandary on the eve of the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts: The church opposes it, but the state's highest court ruled that couples are entitled to the rights and benefits of marriage. Officials from some Catholic institutions say they haven't decided whether they'll grant spousal benefits to any gay and lesbian employees who get married. It's a particular problem for the Boston Archdiocese, which was among the most vocal opponents of same-sex marriage when lawmakers debated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban the unions. The state's Supreme Judicial Court ruled that gay marriage...