Sunday, January 10th, 2010 | Post a comment

Freemasons’ Hall in London. Reports from the British Mandate period state that the lodges in Israel “stand for peace.”
Since its inception, Freemasonry has welcomed Jews as members, and initially most Jewish Masons were from prominent Sephardi families. One of these, Moses Montefiore, is important because of his connection to 19th-century Palestine, where he helped improve the living conditions of local Jews. However, the first Masonic ceremony held in Jerusalem was conducted by a Kentucky-born Mason named Robert Morris at the Cave of Zedekiah (popularly known as King Solomon’s Quarries) near Damascus Gate in east Jerusalem.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 | 3 comments

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in Caracas, Venezuela on Nov. 25.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is attempting to thwart the return of mankind’s savior, according to reports from Al Arabiya, a television news station based in Dubai.
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | Post a comment

Vatican official Cardinal William Levada announces plans to make it easier for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
The Vatican said it will make it far easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, in one of Rome’s most sweeping gestures to a Protestant church since the Reformation.
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009 | One comment
to Work for the ‘Common Good’

Pope Benedict XVI signing his encyclical “Charity in Truth†at the Vatican on Monday.
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