WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » religion http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Fri, 24 May 2013 00:17:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Atheist's Upset They Weren't Invited to Boston Service http://wbsm.com/atheists-upset-they-werent-invited-to-boston-service/ http://wbsm.com/atheists-upset-they-werent-invited-to-boston-service/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:05:21 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=71645 People of different faiths were invited to take part in a nationally televised service of healing at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Thursday.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/atheists-upset-they-werent-invited-to-boston-service/feed/ 0 Getty Images Does it have to be God vs. Big Bang? http://wbsm.com/does-it-have-to-be-god-vs-big-bang/ http://wbsm.com/does-it-have-to-be-god-vs-big-bang/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:21:28 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=64988 The argument about how the universe was created has been going on for what seems to be forever. It was framed as either a creation of God or a result of a Big Bang! It's always been an either-or debate.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/does-it-have-to-be-god-vs-big-bang/feed/ 0 Does Heaven Send Signs in the Sky? http://wbsm.com/does-heaven-send-signs-in-the-sky/ http://wbsm.com/does-heaven-send-signs-in-the-sky/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:13:42 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=64763 Do you believe God communicates with us by way of images in the sky? In a photo taken during Greek Independence Day ceremonies on the steps of New Bedford, MA City Hall, I was speaking about the day also being shared with the Feast of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel told Mary she would be having a baby, Jesus Christ.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/does-heaven-send-signs-in-the-sky/feed/ 0 TSM Should Cardinal Bernard Law Come Back to Boston? http://wbsm.com/should-cardinal-bernard-law-come-back-to-boston/ http://wbsm.com/should-cardinal-bernard-law-come-back-to-boston/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:26:39 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=63781 Whether it's true or just a rumor, the new pontiff is said to have had a brief discussion with the former archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/should-cardinal-bernard-law-come-back-to-boston/feed/ 0 Getty Images Is It Time For Catholic Priests to Marry And Have Families? http://wbsm.com/is-it-time-for-catholic-priests-to-marry-and-have-families/ http://wbsm.com/is-it-time-for-catholic-priests-to-marry-and-have-families/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:53:35 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=62981 With the entire world celebrating the election of Pope Francis I, some Catholics are saying the time has arrived to address the question of whether to change the holy tradition of keeping a priest single all his life.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/is-it-time-for-catholic-priests-to-marry-and-have-families/feed/ 0 Getty Images Cardinals To Begin Pope Selection Process http://wbsm.com/cardinals-to-begin-pope-selection-process/ http://wbsm.com/cardinals-to-begin-pope-selection-process/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:48:56 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=60123 The names of about 20 cardinals have come up in the media as possible successors to Pope Benedict the 16th.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/cardinals-to-begin-pope-selection-process/feed/ 0 Getty Images Pope Benedict Had Secret Heart Procedure http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-had-secret-heart-procedure/ http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-had-secret-heart-procedure/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:06:28 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=55778 Pope Benedict reportedly had a heart procedure late last year that left him wondering whether he's healthy enough to continue leading the world's one-billion Roman Catholics.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-had-secret-heart-procedure/feed/ 0 Pope Benedict To Resign as of February 28, 2013 http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-as-of-february-28-2013/ http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-as-of-february-28-2013/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:20:28 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=55440 Breaking news on this Monday morning. Pope Benedict XVI has said that he will resign due to his advanced age.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-as-of-february-28-2013/feed/ 0 Getty Images New Bedford, Massachusetts The Least Bible Minded City In The United States http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-massachusetts-the-least-bible-minded-city-in-the-united-states/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-massachusetts-the-least-bible-minded-city-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:13:07 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=52051 1 Timothy 4:13 says, "Until I come, devote yourself to public reading of Scripture". The Bible is the world's most widely read book. In a report by the research firm Barna Group, a study commissioned by the American Bible Society listed 96 of America's most and least Bible-minded cities.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-massachusetts-the-least-bible-minded-city-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 Steven Lively,flickr More Local Vigils For Newtown, CT Around The Southcoast http://wbsm.com/more-local-vigils-for-newtown-ct-around-the-southcoast/ http://wbsm.com/more-local-vigils-for-newtown-ct-around-the-southcoast/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:45:53 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=42060 More local vigils remembering the victims of last week's Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting are being held in the area.

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