As bitter winter advances, religious communities from Portland to New York are opening their doors to Occupy protesters.
How many “Christmas among the Occupiers” stories do you think we’ll see this year?
Christmas, by the way, is on a Sunday this year. The vast majority of churches (91 percent) plan to hold some sort of worship service, according to Lifeway Research.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says that anyone upset that he calls the blue spruce erected in the Statehouse a holiday tree instead of a Christmas tree should hush up and go feed the poor.
Speaking of charity, donations are inching up, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, USA Today reports.
Thirty-five percent of Americans dread “having to be nice” during the holidays, according to a Consumer Reports poll. For some of us, that’s a year-round affliction.
Southern Baptist political guru Richard Land says evangelical fellas like Newt Gingrich, but the ladies just don’t trust him.
The Los Angeles Times takes a look at pagans’ new $80,000 worship center at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The paper calls it a “small Stonehenge-like circle of boulders.” It’s so small, in fact, that it brings to mind Spinal Tap’s hilariously tiny Stonehenge stage prop.
A Manhattan judge blocked Con-Ed from evicting Park51, but increased its monthly rent from $2,500 to $26,000.
The District of Columbia says Catholic University does not discriminate against its students by forcing them to live in single-sex dorms.
The Bishop of Covington, Ky., would like Catholics to stop holding hands and extending their arms when reciting the Lord’s Prayer during Mass. He would also like them to stand up straight and keep their eyes fastened forward.
The First Presbyterian Church of Palm Beach, which counts golfer Jack Nicklaus and former GE head Jack Welch among its members, is considering splitting from the PCUSA.
Workers at a Roman Catholic cemetery near Pittsburgh are accused of jumping on top of a woman’s casket and jamming it into a grave by poking it with poles.
A Connecticut woman stole a Christmas ornament and used it to stab another woman. If that doesn’t get you into the holiday spirit, you are a certified Grinch.
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Daniel Burke
