Pat Robertson sues ex executive for libel and damages
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson filed a $1.35 million libel lawsuit in Virginia Beach Circuit Court against former American Sales Corp. head Mark A. Peterson accusing defamation in two media interviews and alleging mismanagement and asset misappropriation. The suit seeks $1 million in general damages and $350,000 in punitive damages.
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Pat Robertson
Robertson
Mark A. Peterson
American Sales Corp
Virginia Beach
Peterson
Glen Huff
Joseph Lingle
High Point
N.C
American Sales
Newsweek
ABC
PrimeTime Live
Autumn Sampler Goes Baroque at St Pauls Cathedral
St Pauls Cathedral in Syracuse hosts the third Autumn Sampler Goes Baroque on Oct 27 at 8 p.m. featuring the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble Clinton String Quartet and others. Proceeds support outreach and music programs.
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St. Pauls’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Cathedral
East Fayette and
Montgomery Street
Syracuse
Syracuse Vocal Ensemble
Clinton String Quartet
Dennis Triggs
Donald Jay Grout
St. Paul's
Samaritan Center
Catholic Alliance Opens Office Within Christian Coalition
The Catholic Alliance, a Christian Coalition project in Washington DC, appointed Maureen Roselli as executive director. Roselli notes Catholics are about 16 percent of the coalition’s 1.7 million members and aims to identify pro life and pro family issues to promote related policies and recruit Catholics who may be unaware of the coalition’s work.
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Christian Coalition
The
Catholic Alliance
Washington, D.C
Maureen Roselli
National Right To Life
New Jersey
Alliance
Roselli
Nuns Begin Catholic Classes for Cuban Refugees at Guantanamo
Four nuns sent by the Catholic Church teach catechism and provide pastoral care to about 10,000 Cuban refugees living in tents at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Sister Suzanne Hall says the aim is to offer a welcoming church presence and ease their transition to the United States.
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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba
Catholic Church
Guantanamo
Fidel Castro
Suzanne Hall
U.S. Catholic Conference
United States
Purity computer draws fire from ultra orthodox rabbis
Ultra Orthodox leaders ban handheld purity calculator that tells couples when sex is allowed under Jewish law. The device streamlines timing for intercourse within a seven day window around menstruation, replacing sage consultations. Rabbis warn it could trigger a wider technological incursion into religious authority.
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Yosef Halevi Eliashiv
Yated Neeman
Black Catholics in Baltimore face long history of discrimination
In Baltimore and nationwide black Catholics show fierce loyalty to their church and Pope John Paul II, amid a history of subtle and overt racism. The community notes underrepresentation in hierarchy, with only 10 black bishops among 290, and about 350 African-American priests among 50,000. Baltimore hosts historic centers like St Francis Xavier parish and the Oblate Sisters of Providence, while the National Black Catholic Congress was founded there in 1985. The movement blends traditional Catholicism with African-American spirituality, maintaining a strong identity and ongoing struggle for equality.
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Baltimore
Ann Craig
John Paul II
Craig
St. Eoward's
U.S
Africa
Don Sterling
New All Saints Catholic Church
United States
Paul VI
John Paul
John Paul I
Sterling
John H. Ricard
New Orleans
Louisville
St. Francis Xavier Church
Josephites
Oblate Sisters of Providence
Mary Elizabeth Lange
Haiti
National Black Catholic Congress
Addie L. Walker
Institute For Black Catholic Studies
Xavier University of Lousiana
Rabbi rallies to identify Holocaust victims names
Highland Park rabbi Yakov Hilsenrath launches the International Registry of the Names of Holocaust Victims seeking testimonies from 4,500 synagogues across the United States and Canada. The effort, funded by donors from New Jersey, aims to fill gaps in Yad Vashem records with precise victim details and Page of Testimony forms.
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Highland Park
Yakov R. Hilsenrath
New Jersey
Hilsenrath
United States
Canada
Conservative Temple
Yad Vashem
Jerusalem
Rabb
Weighland Park
William and Julick
New Brunswick
N.J
American Jerusalem Academy of Contemporary Judaic Studies
Third Ave
Cowes
Yakov Hilsenrath
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Rebecca Karpoff
Fred Karpoff
Peabody Conservatory of Music
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Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Karpoffs
United States Information Agency
Europe
Rev. Barden
Andrews Memorial
Paintsed Post United Methodist Church
Lansing
Daniel B. Syme
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Temple Society of Concord
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Syme
Noah
Rabbishan
Aneh Wexler
Bnei Brak
Eliashry
Amtgion
Vernon Knights of Peter Claver
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
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