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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Christ

Christ stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Did Michelangelo actually create a small (16-inch) wooden carving of a crucified Jesus or did the Italian government get taken for a $4 million ride? Some experts believe passionately that the piece, now on exhibit in Naples, is the work of the master. But as the BBC reports, others blast... More »

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art • Italy • sculpture • Christ • culture • Florence • Michelangelo • Jesus Christ • crucifiction

 NYC Church Twitters 
 Good Friday Ritual 

Trinity Wall Street brings Good Friday online

Apr 10, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York church is using Twitter to bring observance of Good Friday into the social-networking age, CNET reports. Trinity Wall Street is posting the Passion, 140-character piece by 140-character piece, from a set of accounts representing the characters in the story. The church already encourages the use of video... More »

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social networking • Christ • podcast • podcasts • Jesus Christ • Good Friday • Twitter • microblogging • Trinity Wall Street

Obama as Jesus
Stirs Some Ire

Christ sculpture draws protest, but Barack turns the other cheek

Apr 3, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another sculpture of Jesus is stirring protest this Holy Week—this time a work portraying Barack Obama as the savior. The Art Institute of Chicago has gotten a flood of angry calls over the piece in an exhibition of student work, close on the heels of the chocolate Christ brouhaha... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • presidential campaign • free speech • art • religion • sculpture • Christ • Art Institute • Election 2008 • presidential election

Chocolate Christ  Show Cancelled

New York gallery
pulls sculpture after
Catholic outcry

Mar 31, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A  nude chocolate Christ, sans loincloth, was pulled from a midtown Manhattan gallery yesterday after torrent of complaints from offended Catholics . Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, which orchestrated the protest, said the sculpture, intended for display during Holy Week,  was "one of the worst assaults... More »

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Catholic Church • Bill Donohue • protests • sculpture • Christ • Catholic League

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