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The feast of St Sebastian: honoring a bloody saint
Over and over they chanted " First God then Saint Sebastian."
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Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success
(RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won.
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Take a walking tour of Grove Street Cemetery with Hartford Faith & Values
Hartford Faith & Values (HartfordFAVS.com), Connecticut’s nonsectarian, nonprofit religion news website, will host "Rest in Peace: a Walking Tour of the Historical Grove Street Cemetery" from 2 to 3 p.m. June 15, 2013.
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Congregations tend the soil and the soul with vegetable gardens
(RNS) The Rev. Morris G. Henderson wasn’t sure what do with a vacant city block of land behind his 31st Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. The church had purchased the plots, but didn’t have the funding to build a planned family life center.
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Lifetree Cafes: a place to get together to have a conversation
Christ Community Church in Waterbury, Conn is among a growing number of congregations taking part in a new evangelical tool to reach the unchurched.
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Candida Moss debunks the ‘myth’ of Christian persecution
(RNS) Growing up Catholic in England, Candida Moss felt secure in life, yet was told in church that Christians have been persecuted since the dawn of Christianity. Now, as an adult and a theologian, she wants to set the record straight.
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Abuse watchdogs say bishops’ ‘failings’ hurt their credibility
(RNS) Even as an annual review this week gave Catholic bishops high marks on sex abuse prevention policies, officials with the church’s oversight agencies expressed serious concerns about “recent high-profile failings” in several dioceses.
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ANALYSIS: Where are the Christians on burying Tsarnaev?
BOSTON (RNS) Soon after the Boston Marathon bombings, local Christian leaders stepped swiftly into the public eye, convening vigils and urging peaceful healing in the wake of senseless violence.
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What will become of Tsarnaev’s remains?
Why, exactly, is it so difficult to find a burial place for Tamerlan Tsarnaev? ”We take an oath to do this,” funeral director Peter Stefan of Worcester, Mass. told USA Today. “Can I pick and choose? No. Can I separate the sins from the sinners? No. We are burying a dead body. That’s what we do.”
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Dalai Lama wows Maryland crowd, rubs noses with governor
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (RNS) His English was terribly broken, and punctuated by sudden fits of giggles. But for nearly an hour, the Dalai Lama entranced an arena full of admirers, who said his message came across just fine.
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