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LONDON — June 19 will mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta — the great charter of rights and freedoms drawn up by the Catholic Abbots of England’s Catholic monasteries and the feudal barons of the English counties and presented to King John to sign. Queen Elizabeth II will visit Runnymede on the Thames, where the signing took place, and various ceremonies and commemorative events are planned around the country for the occasion. But what most people perhaps do not recognize is the central role played by the ROMAN CATHOLIC Church in all of this.

The state’s GOP chairman said dropping opposition to abortion and the redefinition of marriage is ‘where the party is going.’.......

Philadelphia's Tea party was held today in the infamous "LOVE PARK" This Tea party Had two elements in abundance today! RAIN and people!! haha There were two Singers and 5 speakers! All were lamenting the Blatant march to Socialism and corruption at all levels of Government. ALL Soundly Booed The Financial tyranny through the Progressive tax structure on the overachievers and the entitlements Both New and old favorites of the systemic underachievers. Barney Franks drew a sustainable lusty Philly Boo like only Philly fans can do!haha FOXNEWS cable was their in Full regalia. Also represented were KYW and Actionews 6...

Harry Kalas, the Phillies' Hall of Fame announcer, died at 1:20 p.m. today, the Phillies announced. Mr. Kalas collapsed in the press box at Nationals Stadium in Washington at about 12:30 p.m. and was rushed to George Washington University Medial Center. The cause of the death was not announced. Today's game against the Nationals will be played, but the team will not visit the White House tomorrow. Kalas, who was found unconsious, missed most of spring training after undergoing undisclosed surgery in Feburary. That surgery was unrelated to the detached retina that sidelined him for part of last season. Kalas,...

South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) -- Adding insult to injury, the University of Notre Dame announced today the appointment of a new law school dean who made donations to pro-abortion candidates, including President Barack Obama. The Catholic college is already under intense criticism for inviting Obama to give its commencement speech. On Wednesday, Notre Dame officials announced that Nell Jessup Newton, most recently chancellor and dean of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California, has been appointed as the new law school dean. Rev. John Jenkins, the UND president who has come under fire for inviting Obama...

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Candy Crowley during senator Arlen Specters presentation broke in and during some feedback segment to the CNN online Facilitator stated that ...

I have Been seeing so much Post Mortem on the Decline of the Republican Party. Our POST ELECTION First Task was to Identify the ROOT PROBLEM...we agree that it was the RINO Philosophy. Next Since we will have to go out and replace these RINOS with people of true Conservative Principles . Now It is time to identify those RINO's who are Elected to Office be it Federal, State, County and City elected Officials. Appointed, Judicial, The RINO's in Media,Radio Talkers TV, Cable, Print, and Blogs... We need to Identify the RINO talking heads who POP up everywhere when a...

Pope Benedict XVI is set to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in May 2009 after accepting an invitation by President Shimon Peres. The Vatican and Israel are said, thus, to hopefully end the high tension of recent months between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people over the initiative of canonizing Pope Pius XII. This visit, which would be the third visit of a pope to Israel since the establishment of the state, has not yet been officially confirmed. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1041322.html

<p>A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday.</p>

BAGHDAD — Two CBS News journalists were missing in the predominantly Shiite southern city of Basra, the network said Monday. CBS said all efforts were under way to find the journalists, who were not identified by the network. It requested "that others do not speculate on the identities of those involved" until more information was available. Iraqi police said the journalists were taken away Sunday after masked gunmen entered the Sultan Palace Hotel in central Basra. The police spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media. "CBS News has been in touch with the...

Merry Christmas from Kuwait's infamous Camp Arifjan! It is Now 06:00 and I clearly Hear Revelrey blasting while listening to a Bing Crosby CD and The Little Drummer Boy playing.. as I type.. I have been at work since 03:00 hours. The temperature is Chilly at 36 degrees in the Arabian desert.A major deviation from the 155 Farenheit in August.. Went to Mass last night off post at 19:00 and had a Birthday Christmas Dinner with a Group a Mixture of Kuwaiti's Germans and Americans.plus a GROUP OF FILIPINO CAROLERS came and sang 10 beautiful Christmas songs for our little...

Brings back memories.. I lived in Hong Kong... I was in Thailand on a Saturday night having Dinner with the owner of a Medical Emergency Evacuation Company. He had been busy using his downtime with his flet of planes repatriating Embassy staff from Beijing the weeks prior to the Tiananmen massacre as the rhetoric intensified against the students. After Dinner I went over to the Lobby and noticed a ticker tape western union type machine running. I started to read the AP UPI Updates on the Tiananmen Massacre and you could see it was coming to a full Boil...starting in...

AL Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, was killed early today in fighting in Taji North Of Iraq.Interior Ministry operations Director Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf was the spokesman confirming. According to Khalaf, the reports are based on "very strong intelligence," but he added al-Masri's body has not been seen and stressed that the reported battle was an internal fight between rival Sunni Muslim groups -- no Iraqi troops were involved. The U.S. military and the U.S. Embassy had no information on the reports

I am Looking for the Poll that shows 91% of Media is non churchgoing on a weekly basis and 40% are aethiest/agnostic... this poll was released in September /October. I haven't been able to Locate this info to Show Chris Satullo the Philadelphia Inquirer Editor. He doesn't believe me but I haven't been able to Locate the Polls Author or Title if you find it much obliged!