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• Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter (AP)
• Pope ushers in Christmas, decries commercialization (Reuters)
• Text of Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas Eve homily (AP)
• 5 charged after 2 Jewish teens pelted with eggs (AP)
• German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com)
• A Christian on Hitchens' Atheism and Lowe's Muslim Problem (Time.com)

Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday's "superficial glitter" to discover its true meaning.

Pope ushers in Christmas, decries commercialization (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST Reuters - Pope Benedict ushered in Christmas for the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics on Saturday, urging humanity to see through the superficial glitter and commercialism of the season and rediscover the real significance of the humble birth of Jesus.

Text of Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas Eve homily (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:01 PM PST AP - The Vatican's official English-language translation of Pope Benedict XVI's homily, to be delivered in Italian, during Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

5 charged after 2 Jewish teens pelted with eggs (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 09:03 AM PST AP - Bias intimidation and harassment charges have been filed in New Jersey against five people accused of pelting two Orthodox Jewish teenagers with eggs and calling them derogatory names.

German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST Time.com - The Federal Administrative Court in Germany has ruled against an 18-year-old Muslim student, ending his long legal fight for permission to pray openly at school

A Christian on Hitchens' Atheism and Lowe's Muslim Problem (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:15 PM PST Time.com - A believer discusses bigotry among so-called Christians and fundamentalism among the so-called atheists

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