4 reports – including Clanad at Christ Church, Dublin on NY TV on St Patrick’s Day
Mormon Baptism Controversy Threatens Romney
NPR – An ongoing controversy over a fundamental Mormon practice now threatens to affect the presidential campaign of Republican Mitt Romney, a faithful Mormon. Mormons believe in posthumous baptisms that offer their version of Christianity to deceased souls. Some Mormons have conducted the rite for prominent Jews and Holocaust victims. But that’s prompted Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel to call on Romney to denounce the practice.
Read more – http://www.npr.org/2012/02/15/146944923/mormon-baptism-controversy-threatens-romney?ft=1&f=1016
Elie Wiesel Shines Spotlight On Romney Over Controversial Mormon Practice
NPR – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is under pressure to condemn posthumous Mormon baptisms of Jews and Holocaust victims.
Romney “should speak to his own church and say they should stop,” said Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in a story in the Huffington Post.
Read more – http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/15/146950146/elie-wiesel-shines-spotlight-on-romney-over-controversial-mormon-practice?ft=1&f=1016
A Brother And Sister Get Married (And Later, Their Son Tweets It)
NPR – As comedian John Fugelsang recalls, all in life was dandy until one fateful day, at age 6, he noticed an odd motif in some photos: “In every family picture … my mother was wearing a habit.” Last August, he tweeted his parents’ unusual love story — with photos — on the first anniversary of his father’s death. In a series of blurbs 140 characters or less, he tells it
Read more – http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/02/14/146717078/a-brother-and-sister-get-married-and-later-their-son-tweets-it?ft=1&f=1016
Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral on New York TV on St Patrick’s Day
Broadwayworld.com – In January 2011, the five original members of Clannad, the family group from Donegal, Ireland, came together for a rare live performance marking the band’s 40th anniversary. It was the first full concert in 20 years featuring all five founding members. Recorded at the 11th century Christ Church Cathedral as part of the Temple Bar Tradfest, that evening has been captured in the new public television special – Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, premiering in the New York metropolitan area on WLIW21 on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day.