Police fine priest and quarantine him for carrying crucifix through the streets
'I will not pay,' the Italian parish pastor vowed after carrying on a tradition that began more than 300 years ago.
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Austrian bishop allows ‘Jesus clock’ made from upside down corpus with broken arms to be installed in church
Innsbruck Bishop Hermann Glettler doesn't see a problem with a distorted image of the crucified Jesus or modern art being displayed in churches.
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AWESOME! Hundreds flock to see underwater crucifix in Lake Michigan
Visitors from as far as Texas and Alaska came last week to see the memorial 11-foot crucifix submerged 22 feet below the surface of the water.
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Irish government report recommends removal of crucifixes from Catholic hospitals
A review group also questioned whether refusal to perform abortions or provide contraception should be grounds for cutting off state funding.
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In blow to political correctness, Italy wants crucifixes and nativity scenes in all classrooms
The country's interior minister blasted the cancellation of a nativity play as 'idiocy.'
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Quebec’s premier-elect wants to ban religious symbols for teachers, police, judges
No 'religious signs' for 'persons in positions of authority' in order to establish 'the secularity of the state,' the new ruling party declared.
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Why Christians celebrate today one of history’s worst instruments of torture and death
'The Cross is the source of our Christian life.'
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Belgian Red Cross orders offices to remove crucifixes
The organization is 'looking to become more secular.'
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Quebec removed crucifix from hospital after 1 complaint, puts it back after 600 more
Cardinal Gerald LaCroix and vocal public response also resulted in administrators changing their mind.
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Italian judge who refused to hear cases because of crucifixes in courtrooms sacked
Just last week the European Court of Human Rights decided that the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms does not violate the freedom of religion.
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