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Featured Term (selected at random):LA DIVINA COMMEDIA The Divine Comedy, written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). It is an allegory of life; a vision of the world of hereafter. One hundred cantos in length, it reflects the faith of Medieval Catholic Europe and is considered one of the greatest classics of Christian literature. Composed in the vernacular the poet hoped to convert an erring world back to righteousness. The philosophy of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74), the mysticism of Saints Bernard (1090-1153) and Augustine (354-430) and the theology of the early Fathers are synthesized in exquisite language. The...

Folks in this small Cleveland County town still talk about the community’s most famous person – the woman in the iron lung. Polio victim Martha Mason – paralyzed from the neck down – died in 2009 after spending 61 years in an airtight tube that breathed for her. Her 2003 memoir, “Breath: A Lifetime in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung,” released by a small N.C. publisher, has just been reissued by a national firm with a foreword by novelist Anne Rivers Siddons, who called it a story of “hope and heroism.” Also, the community is raising money for a...

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Christian Newswire - Throughout the state on Tuesday, July 20th voters supported an amendment to the Georgia State Constitution that said the "right to life is vested in each human being from their earliest biological beginning until natural death" and that right should be protected by law. In all 46 counties where the amendment was presented, it passed overwhelmingly by an amazing 75 % ! Georgia is the first state in the nation where voters have said "Yes" to the Personhood question. Georgia Right to life chapters began work this spring in requesting that their local county...

The Montana Personhood Amendment Initiative CI-102 volunteers received news yesterday that they were just 6,000 signatures short of the required 48,674 signatures to put Personhood on the 2010 ballot. “These are all volunteer signatures, which is an amazing feat in and of itself.” commented Chet Gallagher, Personhood volunteer. These folks, both with the Montana ProLife Coalition and Personhood Montana, were working nonstop evenings and weekends to collect signatures, while most campaigns hire professionals. The hardworking volunteers see this as a stepping stone to victory in 2011.” The Montana ProLife Coalition and Personhood Montana see the victory in submitting well over...

At 8:30 AM, Saturday, July 17, Pastor Ronnie Wallace, a black Pastor and disabled Veteran from Charlotte, N.C., was arrested by seven white police officers on the public right of way in front of the Family Reproductive Health Abortion Clinic on Hebron St, Charlotte N.C. for obstruction. Pastor Wallace comes regularly to this spot to preach the gospel and offer hope to women who are entering the clinic. Pastor Wallace, a war veteran, is disabled, walks with a cane and cannot stand for long time. ...