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The following is excerpted from Heresy: Ten Lies They Spread Ƶapp Christianity © 2012 by Michael Coren, an award-winning columnist of The Catholic Register. Published by Signal, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.

The idea that Christianity is somehow opposed to science, and that individual Christians cannot reconcile their faith to scientific discoveries, is a relatively modern canard, but successfully and damagingly promulgated, usually by people who know very little about science and its history, or about Christianity and Christians. ItƵapp a part of the larger, “Christians are stupid” approach, usually offered by people who are inspired by talk shows rather than texts, and assume that because a television mini-series or popular novel has depicted Christians as being superstitious, foolish, reactionary and frightened of change, such must be the case. The science aspect of all this is particularly nauseating, not only because it is fundamentally untrue, but that it is thrown at Christianity at a time when society is arguably experiencing one of its most credulous and naïve stages and is only too willing to embrace any and every kind of non-scientific or anti-scientific nonsense, from alien invasion stories to ghost myths, and from conspiracy theories to supernatural animals. To paraphrase the great Christian writer G.K. Chesterton, when people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in something else, they believe in anything else.

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michael_coren@catholicregister.org (Michael Coren) Arts News Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:00:00 -0400
Art is part of the healing for residential school survivors /features/arts/item/14634-art-is-part-of-the-healing-for-residential-school-survivors /features/arts/item/14634-art-is-part-of-the-healing-for-residential-school-survivors

TORONTO - While residential school survivors told their life stories of trying to piece together family life after childhoods spent in an institution, Hilton Henhawk held a brush above canvass.

As an artist trained at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and an elder in his own right, Henhawk was seeking a picture of native culture and identity that transcends the residential school experience without forgetting the harm his people have suffered.

"It's got to be representative of the native as a whole," Henhawk told The Catholic Register as he began to paint an ideal chief — a leader who could embody the spirit of his people.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:18:01 -0400
Catholic Movie Reviews - Snow White and the Huntsman, Chernobyl Diaries, Crooked Arrows /features/arts/item/14616-catholic-movie-reviews-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-chernobyl-diaries-crooked-arrows /features/arts/item/14616-catholic-movie-reviews-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-chernobyl-diaries-crooked-arrows

This week's big release is another modern re-telling of the classic Snow White fairytale. Is it worth your $13?

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Movie News Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:40:33 -0400
Choir school training launched jazz singer Matt DuskƵapp career /features/arts/item/14612-choir-school-training-launched-jazz-singer-matt-dusk%E2%80%99s-career /features/arts/item/14612-choir-school-training-launched-jazz-singer-matt-dusk%E2%80%99s-career

TORONTO - Toronto-born jazz artist Matt Dusk originally got into the music business because of a cow.

“I don’t know if you remember, but there was this television commercial with a singing cow for HP,” said Dusk, and as though to jog the memory he croons out a snippet of a jingle in his signature silky tone, complete with “moo” at the end. Although, a more dulcet cow sound is scarce to be found.

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Arts News Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:42:00 -0400
‘First lady’ of the organ Diane Bish coming to Toronto /features/arts/item/14611-%E2%80%98first-lady%E2%80%99-of-the-organ-diane-bish-coming-to-toronto /features/arts/item/14611-%E2%80%98first-lady%E2%80%99-of-the-organ-diane-bish-coming-to-toronto

Diane Bish must be the busiest woman in the world. Besides being the pre-eminent organ performer of our time, she also composes, has designed her own instrument, runs a television program thatƵapp in its 30th year with over 500 programs in the bank, and is gearing up to perform in Toronto.

None of this seems to tire her out, though. As she readies for her June 6 closing performance at TorontoƵapp Organix festival, Bish is recovering from a bout of laryngitis and has recently returned from a filming her TV program The Joy of Music, where she took a riverboat from Amsterdam to Switzerland, playing at various ports along the way.

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Arts News Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:20:00 -0400
Celebrating lay leadership with the sound of music [w/ audio] /features/arts/item/14610-celebrating-lay-leadership-with-the-sound-of-music-w/-audio /features/arts/item/14610-celebrating-lay-leadership-with-the-sound-of-music-w/-audio

TORONTO - Three years of lay formation training was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday at a quasi-graduation ceremony for 66 people at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish.

During the afternoon event, adults from 30 Archdiocese of Toronto parishes were recognized for their leadership accomplishments, dedication to the communityƵapp faith and personal sacrifice of time.

“We (zeroed) in on basically the foundational foundations of the faith to try and help people understand what it is the Church actually teaches,” said Bill Targett, director of the office of formation who launched the project in 2009.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Arts News Thu, 31 May 2012 11:10:00 -0400
Brief news item about victims led priest to tackle issue of 'femicide' /features/arts/item/14603-brief-news-item-about-victims-led-priest-to-tackle-issue-of-femicide /features/arts/item/14603-brief-news-item-about-victims-led-priest-to-tackle-issue-of-femicide

ORANGE, Calif. - Father Rafael Luevano's life was never been the same, he says, since he spotted that small story in the newspaper almost 20 years ago.

"At the breakfast table one morning back in 1993, I read the briefest of newspaper accounts reporting on the discovery of what would be merely the first of the hundreds of women's bodies that would be found in the desert on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico.

"In that instant my life changed."

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Arts News Wed, 30 May 2012 18:28:03 -0400
Catholic Movie Reviews - Men in Black 3, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel /features/arts/item/14565-catholic-movie-reviews-men-in-black-3-the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel /features/arts/item/14565-catholic-movie-reviews-men-in-black-3-the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel

The Men in Black franchise is back after ten years, can it topple The Avengers from the top of the box office? Elsewhere we also have a review of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the new film about seven elderly Brits who travel to India.

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Movie News Fri, 25 May 2012 09:24:47 -0400
St. MichaelƵapp Choir School alumnus to perform all 32 of BeethovenƵapp sonatas /features/arts/item/14554-st-michael%E2%80%99s-choir-school-alumnus-to-perform-all-32-of-beethoven%E2%80%99s-sonatas /features/arts/item/14554-st-michael%E2%80%99s-choir-school-alumnus-to-perform-all-32-of-beethoven%E2%80%99s-sonatas

TORONTO - Beethoven has long been hailed as one of the most emotionally charged and technically demanding composers of all time. So The Beethoven Marathon is shaping up as quite a demanding day for Toronto-born pianist Stewart Goodyear.

Goodyear will be playing all 32 of BeethovenƵapp sonatas. And, not just playing them — playing them all in a day and in order, no less.

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Arts News Fri, 25 May 2012 12:10:00 -0400
Catholic Movie Reviews - The Dictator, Battleship, What to Expect When You're Expecting /features/arts/item/14523-catholic-movie-reviews-the-dictator-battleship-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting /features/arts/item/14523-catholic-movie-reviews-the-dictator-battleship-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting

The Avengers is still sitting on top of the box office charts. Can the new Sacha Baron Cohen comedy dethrone it?

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Movie News Fri, 18 May 2012 09:26:27 -0400