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Dallas bishop says Benedict XVI stepping down is a sign of ‘great love’ for...
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Despite canceling First Baptist event, Tim Tebow will apparently still appear...
Update at 4:04 p.m. Involved for Life also sent an email saying that Tim Tebow is still scheduled to appear at its fundraiser on April 26. Update at 3:54 p.m.: Trinity … [visit site to read more]
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Local Catholics react to selection of new pope at the Cathedral and Shrine of...
Paulette Krause (right) of Dallas looks up news of the new pope on her mobile phone as she visits the Cathedral of Guadalupe with her son, Jonathan Krause of Cleveland in downtown Dallas. (G.J....
View ArticleDeath penalty trial of Jesus making rounds across the country
Former Baylor law professor Mark Osler has taken his Easter death penalty trial on the road, including an upcoming appearance at First Baptist Church in Austin. Osler, a former federal prosecutor, who...
View ArticleHoly dancing water: At First Baptist Dallas Sunday night, first the fanfare...
Readers of the print product will note that First Baptist Dallas lit up its new fountain plaza Sunday night. As David Flick recounts in the brief that appears on the Metro front, accompanied by a...
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Gov. Rick Perry speaks at First Baptist Church of Dallas dedication
Gov. Rick Perry speaks at dedication for First Baptist Church, Dallas (Eva-Marie Ayala) Great to be here in Dallas this morning and proud to … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleForney pastors offer comfort in wake of murders
Danielle Abril reports from Forney on how local religious leaders addressed the recent murders of Kaufman County district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia: A week after the murders of...
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Catholic bishop will celebrate Mass in West
West residents at a candlelight vigil Thursday in St. Mary's Church of the Assumption. ( Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) visit site to read more]
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Comfort dogs travel the country lending those in need a furry ear, arrive in...
Comfort dog Moses, a Golden Retriever, soothes students at West Elementary School. (Eva-Marie Ayala/The Dallas Morning News) Puppy power can go a long way, particularly in tragic … [visit site to read...
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Cheerleaders free to display religious football banners, court says
Greg Abbott Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is applauding a court ruling declaring that Kountze High School cheerleaders’ religious football banners … [visit site to read more]
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Rick Perry weighs in court ruling about banners with Biblical verses
Gov. Rick Perry also appears to be happy about the outcome of a court case filed after Kountze High school cheerleaders displayed banners containing Biblical verses at football games. Here’s what he...
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After Boston marathon bombings, Plano mosque to hold lunch to foster...
Imam Nadim Bashir hopes to foster understanding by inviting people of all faiths to a lunch at the mosque Saturday. (Stewart F. House/Special Contributor) visit site to read more]
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Ray Lewis, retired NFL superstar, headlines men’s conference at Oak Cliff...
Taylor Adams Danser/Staff Writer Update, 9:08 p.m. Here’s the story by Staff Writer Taylor Adams Danser: Ex-NFL star … [visit site to read more]
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Josh Hamilton, local entrepreneurs settle federal suit over use of the phrase...
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After Dallas bar mitzvah boy’s video goes viral, his rabbi lashes out at...
Sam’s Bar Mitzvah- A Look Back from Elixir Entertainment on Vimeo. Sam Horowitz became a man (well …) in November. He became a media sensation last week, after video from his bar mitzvah wingding at...
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L.A. rabbi David Wolpe apologizes for ‘wounding’ column concerning Dallas...
Sam Horowitz, center, and Rabbi William Gershon standing on the bimah at Shearith Israel following his November bar mitzvah (Elixir Entertainment) Sam … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleMuslim woman suspects server at Garland TGI Friday’s stuffed straw with bacon
Staff writer Ann Smajstrla reports: A Muslim woman who asked that bacon be removed from her sandwich at a Garland TGI Friday’s says she later found it stuffed into the straw of her to-go cup. Nicole...
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Mayor joins one of city’s oldest churches to celebrate 150th anniversary
Members of the congregation gathered for an anniversary photo outside the church on Westside Drive. Staff writer Natalie … [visit site to read more]
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Pope names new bishop to lead Fort Worth Diocese
The Rev. Monsignor Michael Olson serves as rector at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving. Staff writer Marissa … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleIrish experience of Bishop Farrell shapes his JFK prayer
Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, a native son of Ireland, is effusive about the Irish day of June 22, 1963, and the Irish night of Nov. 22, 1963. The twin memories of joy and sorrow guide him this week as...
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Flower Mound Mayor’s Bible proclamation prompts support, criticism
Flower Mound Mayor Tom Hayden Flower Mound Mayor Tom Hayden has been flooded with hundreds telephone calls and emails since a visit site to read more]
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Christian commuters get ‘Ashes to Go’ at Oak Cliff DART station
Pastor Pete McNabb administered ashes to Cathie Green on Wednesday at DART's Hampton Station. (Zain Haidar/Staff) Staff writer Zain Haidar reports: Commuters who usually start their days with a coffee...
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Report: Marcus and Joni Lamb’s Daystar is a network — and, according to the...
Marcus and Joni Lamb (Daystar) Marcus and Joni Lamb’s Bedford-based media empire is a television operation. It says so right in the name: “visit site to read more]
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Craig James goes to work for Family Research Council, vows to fight against...
Craig James also once had a job with the USFL. (Peter Heimsath/Associated Press) Craig James, the former SMU running back-turned-TV talking head-turned-visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas From Above, Part 3: Saturday’s First Baptist Dallas’ Easter Run...
Brian Aiken’s Quadcopter has already provided us with a handful of dazzling short films, beginning with last summer’s Dallas From Above. He was also there visit site to read more]
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Richardson synagogue to hold remembrance vigil
The names of those who died during the Holocaust will be read over a 24 hour period April 26 and 27 as part of a Remembrance Vigil at Congregation Beth Torah. This year marks the 13th … [visit site...
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Shearith Israel senior rabbi to serve as president of Rabbinical Assembly
Rabbi William Gershon (Photo by Cheryl Diaz Meyer) Congregation Shearith Israel’s senior rabbi has been tapped to lead the Rabbinical Assembly and will be … [visit site to read more]
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Muslim mayor of Paris, Texas, calls it quits — for now
Arjumand Hashmi (James Ragland) Paris is about to lose its first Muslim mayor. Dr. Arjumand Hashmi, a prominent cardiologist selected by his visit site to read more]
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Addison City Council votes to keep planning commission member despite...
Tom Hunse The Addison City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday against removing a Planning and Zoning Commission member, despite his anti-Muslim comment. Commission member Tom Hunse made the comment on his...
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National Baptist convention draws 40,000 to Dallas, including civil rights...
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Dallas and Fort Worth bishops discuss border crisis, tell faithful how they...
Bishops Kevin Farrell of Dallas and Michael Olson of the Fort Worth Diocese spoke Monday about a "humanitarian crisis" on the border. (Lara Solt/Staff Photographer) Editor’s note: This post has been...
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How to help immigrant children involved in border crisis
Young detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, June 18, 2014. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) As Dallas County officials proceed with...
View ArticleDallas Muslims break Ramadan fast with celebration at Fair Park
More than 20,000 Muslims in the Dallas area came together Monday morning to celebrate the first day of Eid al Fitr. The Islamic Association of North Texas hosted congregational prayers at Centennial...
View ArticleFirefighter injured while battling blaze at Baptist church in Collin County
A firefighter was injured early Tuesday while battling a two-alarm fire that gutted a Baptist church in Collin County. Wylie firefighters were called shortly before 4:30 a.m. to Amazing Grace...
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‘Strange Cult Causing Concern’: Scientology came to Dallas in 1956. Then, the...
David Miscavige — ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, Tom Cruise’s best bud and the star of “Going Clear” — in Irving for the opening of the Church of Scientology Dallas on April 11,...
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Five things to know about the beginnings of the Catholic Church in Dallas for...
St. Paul Church was the first Catholic church in what would become the Diocese of Dallas. The Collin County church is no longer active. (Photo courtesy of the diocese) The Catholic Diocese of … [visit...
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Farmersville hopes to 'clear up misconceptions' about Muslim cemetery at...
From 2000, a memorial service in downtown Farmersville for Audie Murphy (File photo) Pretty sure … [visit site to read more]
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Last night on 'Last Week Tonight,' John Oliver resurrected Dallas...
Robert Tilton at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in February 1992 (File photo) Last night’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver provided quite the acid flashback for those of us who were around...
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T.D. Jakes welcomes thousands to his MegaFest festival in Dallas
At least a couple of thousand people gathered at Klyde Warren Park today to watch the kick off ceremony for what’s described as the nation’s largest inspirational festival. T.D. Jakes, founder of the...
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Armed protesters gather outside Islamic Center of Irving
Updated at 7:30 p.m.: New details have been added, and early reports have been merged into a longer article. About a dozen protesters — most carrying long guns, some masked and one with his mother —...
View ArticleSMU religion professor: 'Hate speech' coming from First Baptist's Jeffress...
There’s a blog item making the virtual local rounds bearing the headline “The Darkness in the Heart of Dallas.” It’s about a familiar figure — First Baptist Church’s senior pastor Robert Jeffress,...
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In wake of armed protests at local mosques, Dallas pastors, rabbis and imams...
Following an armed protest at the Islamic Center of Irving last month, a peace rally took place offering a much different message. (Vernon Bryant/Staff photographer) The armed protesters who convened...
View ArticleGroup sues Gov. Greg Abbott over removal of 'atheist nativity scene' from...
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Orthodox archbishop is interred in Dallas cathedral he helped found
Archbishop Dmitri in 2004. (Nathan Hunsinger/Dallas Morning News) This morning, in a sacred ceremony, the remains of … [visit site to read more]
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Sainthood awaits Mother Teresa in September
Mother Teresa spent decades … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleHouston-area Dairy Queen owner doesn't apologize for anti-Hindu signs
A Dairy Queen in southeast Texas has come under fire for its anti-Hindu signs, but the store’s owner isn’t backing down from his … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleFirst Baptist's Jeffress defends Trump's abortion comment, embattled Dallas...
Back the Blue – First Baptist Dallas from First Dallas on Vimeo. In the last 24 hours, First Baptist Dallas’ Robert Jeffress picked a fight with an imam on Fox News, championed Dallas Police Chief...
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Forney council unanimously approves adding 'In God We Trust' to city vehicles
The leader of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has said that “blurring the lines between church and state” by … [visit site to read more]
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In Texas and nationwide, politicians stumble and shine after Orlando massacre
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