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NEWS ABOUT: Easter

Easter stories: 17 news summaries
OPINION

 Bono: 'It's Not 
 Charity, It's Justice' 

Singer-turned-activists says Easter is time to reflect on priorities

Apr 19, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bono returns to his New York Times guest columnist spot a week after Easter with a spiritual meditation about the holiday and economics. The season of Lent is not just a time for individual reflection, opines the singer, but also for rethinking our social priorities. Of global projects like the... More »

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Bono • aid • Easter • economic downturn

 Obamas Host Easter Egg Roll 


Apr 13, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama hosted his first White House Easter Egg roll today, telling the crowd it was one of his favorite traditions because “it reminds us that this is the people’s house.” To reflect that idea, the Obamas strove to have a diverse crowd, setting aside a block... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Easter

 Easter Fire Engulfs 
 40 Christian Houses 

Firefighter injured in blaze, cause unknown

Apr 13, 09 1:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive Easter Sunday fire engulfed dozens of summer cottages at a Christian center in Alton Bay, NH, the Union Leader reports. The 40 homes were unoccupied when the blaze started at around 4:30 pm, but one firefighter was hurt in a propane tank explosion. The blaze raged for... More »

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New Hampshire • Easter • Christians • fire • campground

 In Easter Message, Pope 
 Backs Israel-Palestine Peace  

Sends message to Italy earthquake survivors

Apr 12, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his Easter message, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Israel-Palestine peace efforts, acknowledged Italy’s earthquake survivors, and called for hope in trying times, Reuters reports. “At a time of world food shortage, of financial turmoil, of old and new forms of poverty...it is urgent to rediscover grounds for... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Easter • Arab Israeli conflict • St. Peter's Square • earthquake

OPINION

 The 10 Best Jesus Films 

From Cecil De Mille to Parker & Stone

Apr 11, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Easter, Time lists the 10 best Jesus flicks—from Cecil B. De Mille to South Park—and gives you the scoop on each.
  1. The King of Kings, 1927 Cecil B. De Mille.
  2. The King of Kings, 1961 Nicholas Ray.
  3. The Gospel According
... More »

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film • Easter • South Park • Trey Parker • Matt Stone • Martin Scorsese • Mel Gibson • Jesus Christ • Monty Python • Cecil B. De Mille • Nicholas Ray • Pier Paolo Pasolini • David Greene • Robert Elfstrom • Franco Zeffirelli • Terry Jones

 March Retail Sales Fall Flat 

Easter partly to blame as chains fall short of expectations

Apr 10, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retailers’ same-store sales were flat in March, due in part to an early Easter, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Thomson Financial Same Store Sales Index, projected to sink 0.1%, fell 1.1%, excluding Wal-Mart. Shoppers weren’t ready to buy for spring on the heels of winter, store... More »

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Costco • Easter • gas prices • retail sales • Target • Wal-Mart • same-store sales • Thomson Financial Same Store Sales Index • Gap

 UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid 

May cut food shipments to 73M hungry

Mar 24, 08 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times. The World Food Program feeds some 73 million... More »

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United Nations • hunger • European Union • Canada • Easter • oil price • USA • World Food Program • extraordinary emergency appeal • rations

 Pope Hails Easter Conversions 

Benedict XVI demands end to conflicts in Tibet, Middle East

Mar 23, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Mass today, hailing the miracle of conversion, "which renews itself even today" before a rain-soaked crowd in St. Peter's Square and calling for an end to hostilities in "Darfur and Somalia, the tormented Middle East, especially the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon, and Tibet.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Rome • Easter • Mass • Tibet • Christians • St. Peter's Square • Jesus Christ • Magdi Allam • Corriere della Sera • urbi et orbi • Holy Land

Holy Week
With the
Homeless

7 well-off Austin men prepare for Easter with a sojourn on the streets

Mar 23, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to follow in the steps of Jesus, seven prosperous Austin men spent part of Holy Week this year living in a park in downtown Austin, Texas, with the homeless. The "street retreat' is led by Alan Graham, co-founder of a national organization that ministers to the... More »

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Austin • Holy Week • Easter • homeless • Mobile Loaves & Fishes • Te'Paul Gautier

Cheney, Peres Warn
of Iran's Reach

Veep on 10-day swing through the Middle East

Mar 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following an early Easter prayer service in Jerusalem, Dick Cheney continued his 10-day trip focused on the Mideast peace process by meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres this morning. Both men warned of Iran’s rising influence in the region, reports the AP. "We have this problem of the... More »

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Iran • Israel • Dick Cheney • Palestine • Easter • Israel and Palestinians • peace • Mideast peace talks

Obama Speech
Injects Race
Into Easter
Sermons
 

Many ministers preach anew about ending racial acrimony

Mar 23, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama altered the agenda for many Easter sermons with his risky speech last week on racial acrimony, the New York Times reports. Ministers of a variety of faiths say they will use Obama’s words—framed to explain the incendiary statements of his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright—... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • Easter • Election 2008 • sermon

 Easter Defies Madison Avenue 

Religious holiday's originis too wild to tame into commercialism

Mar 23, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christmas’ religious meaning is lost in a sea of advertising, parties, and major retail dollars, but Easter has resisted becoming a “consumerist nightmare”—and that’s because its Christian origins demand serious thought, writes James Martin in Slate. While “the Christmas story is easily reduced to pablum,... More »

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advertising • Christianity • religion • Easter • consumerism • holiday • Christmas • commercialism • Jesus Christ • resurrection

 Peeps Fans Sweet on Easter 

Devoted fans hatch odd films, microwave jousting, and diorama contests

Mar 23, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brightly colored, sticky-sweet marshmallow Peeps have spawned a cult following unparalleled in the candy world. Aficionados of the line of Easter treats—ranging from sun-yellow chicks to bunnies and tulips—have created bizarre videos, Internet fan sites, diorama contests, and a microwave jousting game, the Palm Beach Post reports. More »

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Easter • candy • cult • microwave ovens • Peeps • marshmallow • Just Born Inc.

 Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope

Convert Takes Big Step at Vatican During Easter Vigil

Mar 23, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italy's best-known commentator on Islam converted to Catholicism yesterday at the Vatican, during Easter vigil, and was baptized by the Pope himself, the AP reports. Though Magdi Allam was born a Muslim, he said he "never" practiced his native religion, and made his name criticizing Islamic fanaticism, receiving death... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Hamas • Italy • Vatican • Egypt • Easter • Catholicism • Magdi Allam • baptism

Easter Bunny's Budget Strained
as Egg Prices Skyrocket

But 29% jump is windfall for farmers

Mar 22, 08 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - As far as the egg industry is concerned, Easter might as well have been Christmas. Prices skyrocketed 29% over the last year, and show no sign of slowing, as eggs are such a staple that demand hasn’t slowed a bit. “We’ve never seen profits like this,”... More »

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agriculture • eggs • Easter • farmer • food prices • chickens

 Pope Knocks China 
 on Good Friday  

Catholic leader reflects on Church's 'dark hour of persecution'

Mar 21, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict took aim at China's lack of religious freedom at a Good Friday procession in Rome today, Reuters reports. "In many parts of the world, (the Church) is undergoing the dark hour of persecution," the Pope said, using words penned by a cardinal who has blasted China's... More »

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China • Pope Benedict XVI • Rome • Easter • Osama bin Laden • religious freedom • religious persecution • al-Qaeda

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

Ban on booze aimed
at drink-fueled accidents, inspires secret imbibing

Apr 4, 07 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite... More »

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Venezuela • prohibition • alcohol • socialism • drunk driving • Holy Week • Easter • Hugo Chávez

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