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Astronauts Who Read Genesis on Christmas Eve — and Got Sued

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Matthew Archbold Blogs

This is one of the most beautiful and amazing videos I've ever seen. On Christmas Eve 1968, as they orbited the moon for the first time, astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders recited the first ten verses of the book of Genesis during a program viewed worldwide. In 2017, Borman and Lovell fondly recall discuss how that came to be. It's an amazing story about how the wife of a journalist who grew up in a convent came up with the idea to read the first verses of Genesis to the world. And then they laughingly recall how they were sued for doing it.

HT The Federalist

Matthew Archbold

Matthew Archbold Matt Archbold graduated from Saint Joseph's University in 1995. He is a former journalist who left the newspaper business to raise his five children. He writes for the Creative Minority Report.

An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.

Matthew Bunson, Shannon Mullen Register Radio

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