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Iran’s Shiite Muslims commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura with processions
Iranian Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, a remembrance of the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.
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Seven decades after her death, Frida Kahlo’s take on spirituality remains a source of admiration
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A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun’s message of compassion global
Tzu Chi is an international Buddhist organization led by the Venerable Cheng Yen, an 87-year-old nun living in Taiwan.
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Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church
A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese.
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Alabama agrees to forgo autopsy of Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week
Alabama has agreed to forgo an autopsy of a Muslim inmate who is scheduled to be executed Thursday. Keith Edmund Gavin said the post-mortem procedure would violate his religious beliefs.
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The gods must be angry: Mexico ‘cancels’ statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity
Mexican authorities have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the beach in the town of Progreso, Yucatan.
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The GOP platform calls for ‘universal school choice.’ What would that mean for students?
National Republicans are poised to take up a platform next week that includes “universal school choice.”
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Knights of Columbus will cover up mosaics by ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women
An influential Catholic charitable organization says it will cover up mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women.
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He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests
An Israeli man orphaned during the Holocaust thought he would never meet any of his relatives. But through modern DNA science, Shalom Korai has been able to hug his second cousin in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Small fire in towering spire of medieval cathedral in French city of Rouen is under control
A small fire broke out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, a major landmark in northern France that was under renovation.
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In swing-state Pennsylvania, a Latino-majority city embraces a chance to sway the 2024 election
READING, Pa. (AP) — Religion and politics frequently overlap in Reading, an old industrial city in one of the most pivotal swing states of this year’s presidential election.
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Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran’s headscarf law
Police have shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the Iranian capital after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory headscarf, or hijab, in an act of defiance of the country’s laws.
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The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
(RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed his life.
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Spain’s church to compensate victims whose abusers have died. Victims say the plan lacks guarantees
Spain’s Catholic bishops have approved a plan to compensate the victims of sexual abuse inside the Church whose alleged aggressors have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed, an initiative the government and victims’ associations called lacking in real guarantees.
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Vatican will prepare a document on the role of women in leadership in the Catholic Church
The Vatican says its doctrine office will be preparing a document on women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church, as part of a new initiative to respond to longstanding demands by women to have a greater say in the church’s life.
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Pope begs for new peace efforts after latest attacks in Ukraine, Gaza
Pope Francis is appealing for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The appeal came after attacks targeted a children’s hospital in Kyiv and a school in Gaza.
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Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began.
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Opponents of Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law want judge to block it before new school year starts
Parents challenging a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms are asking a federal court to block implementation of it while their lawsuit progresses — and before the new school year starts.
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Chief prosecutor defends Vatican’s legal system after recent criticism of pope’s absolute power
The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice system.
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3 Columbia University officials lose posts over texts that ‘touched on ancient antisemitic tropes’
Columbia University has removed three administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”
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Israel’s Holocaust memorial opens a conservation facility to store artifacts, photos and more
Israel’s Holocaust museum is opening a conservation facility in Jerusalem that will preserve, restore and store its more than 45,000 artifacts and artworks.
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Families of stampede victims in India ponder future without loved ones
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Back in the day, church bells sent many different messages. That lost art is being revived in Spain
The sound of church bells is a quaint bit of automated background noise for most people. But before newspapers, radio, telephones, television and the internet, it was bellringing that transmitted important information and knit together communities across Europe.
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Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala
DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday.
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Nigeria claims it has degraded extremists. New suicide bombings suggest they remain potent
Recent suicide bombings in northeastern Nigeria have raised questions about the country’s claim that it has degraded extremists whose insurgency since 2009 has killed more than 35,000 people directly and displaced more than 2 million.
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In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Beryl nearly erased the smallest inhabited island from the map
Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Hurricane Beryl razed it, ripping up the roofs of schools, destroying homes and stripping trees of almost every leaf along the 1.2 square kilometers of this island of about 360 people.
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How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge’s scathing order
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country.
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Vatican excommunicates a former ambassador to the US and declares him guilty of schism
The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the United States after finding him guilty of schism.
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Pope to preside over interfaith meeting in Indonesian mosque during longest, most challenging trip
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Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, admits to false invoice and blames a deputy
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Israel weighs Hamas’ latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza.
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Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
An Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group says the government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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