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Simcha Jacobovici

Earliest Record of Christianity Found in Jerusalem Tomb

Archeologists have claimed to have found what could be an earliest record of Christianity by uncovering a first century Jerusalem tomb, which has ancient inscriptions and an iconographic image written on Jewish ossuaries or bone boxes.
Pope Benedict XVI places a red biretta, a four-cornered hat, on the head of new Cardinal George Alencherry of India

22 Cardinals Join the Cardinal Club Amidst the Shadow of Vatileaks Scandals [PHOTOS]

Pope Benedict XVI formally inducted 22 churchmen to the elite circle of cardinals in a ceremony on Saturday. Pope presided over the ceremony held in St. Peter's Basilica. The new cardinals are from 13 countries- including three from the United States and Canada-Cardinals Timothy M. Dolan of New York, Edwin F. O'Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem and former archbishop of Baltimore and Thomas C. Collins of Toronto.
NYPD conducted targeted surveillance on mosques

NYPD Under Fire Over Mosque Snooping

Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the US are furious and have demanded the immediate resignation of the New York Police Department commissioner, Ray Kelly, after reports of secret surveillance of some mosques by the NYPD emerged.