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The official website of Washington State Democrats sold magnetic car stickers of the Christian fish symbol and cross emblazoned with the word "hypocrite" on a background of hellish flames. The item was removed about mid-day yesterday after a weblog took note, calling it an example of Democrat Party hostility toward religious believers, especially Christians.

Russia Church Urges Resolve With Catholics MOSCOW - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Russia would be possible only after the two churches resolve their longtime differences. "There cannot be a visit for the sake of a visit. There cannot be a meeting purely for television cameras," the Interfax new agency quoted Patriarch Alexy II as saying. Relations between the world's two largest Christian communities have been tense amid Russian allegations of Catholic proselytizing. The tensions prevented the late John Paul II from visiting Russia — a trip he had...

Gratitude in Darkness "But I will sacrifice to Thee with the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord. " Jonah 2:9When Jonah fled from the will of God, the Lord intercepted him with a storm resulting in the sailors throwing him overboard. God captured Jonah in a fish and returned him to his mission. Jonah gave thanks to God for deliverance while still in the belly of the fish, not after the fish delivered him safely to land. His prayer anticipated God delivering him from the fish just as the fish...