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Must the president be a moral leader?
President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush.AP Photo/Alex Brandon, PoolThe best presidents –...
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The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to...
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests protest against clergy sex abuse in Los Angeles in 2010.AP Photo/Damian DovarganesThe Vatican’s decision to defrock Cardinal Theodore McCarrick comes just...
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Why a centuries-old religious dispute over Ukraine's Orthodox Church matters...
Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is newly independent of the Russian Orthodox Church.AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyA new Orthodox Church was recently established in...
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Theodore McCarrick will continue to be a Catholic priest
Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington D.C., prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2011.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, FileThe Vatican recently “defrocked” Theodore...
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Wyatt Tee Walker: Chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle...
Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker during a news interview in 2004.AP Photo/Frank Franklin IIMuch of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of...
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What Catholic Church records tell us about America's earliest black history
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What drives the appeal of 'Passion of the Christ' and other films on the life...
A still from Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.Courtesy 20th Century Fox.Church isn’t the only place people go to learn about Jesus.At the beginning of Lent, 15 years ago, devout evangelical...
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After Cardinal Pell’s conviction, can a tradition-bound church become more...
Cardinal Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric to be charged with child sex abuse.AP Photo/Andy BrownbillA court in Australia recently convicted Cardinal George Pell on charges of molesting two choir...
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4 things to know about Ash Wednesday
US Navy employees receive the sacramental ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian MayFor Christians, the death and resurrection of...
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Sexism has long been part of the culture of Southern Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention messengers hold signs during a rally protesting the convention's treatment of women in 2018. AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorterRecent media reports have revealed decades of abuse by...
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#StopThisShame, #GirlsAtDhaba, #WhyLoiter and more: women's fight against...
Indian women hold protests against sexual violence.AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, FileJust two months after allegations of sexual abuse against Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein came to light in a 2017 New...
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What lessons can the clergy sex abuse crisis draw from a 4th-century church...
Following the recent revelations about sex abuse, many Christian communities are facing a crisis of trust.AP Photo/Domenico StinellisA string of sex abuse scandals have rocked Christian communities...
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After 100 years, Mussolini's fascist party is a reminder of the fragility of...
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler before attending a conference in Munich, Germany.AP Photo/FileOne hundred years ago, in March 1919, Benito Mussolini created the fascist...
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Why rich parents are more likely to be unethical
William 'Rick' Singer founder of the Edge College & Career Network, pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.AP Photo/Steven SenneFederal attorneys have arrested...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who introduced mindfulness to the West,...
Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh.AP Photo/Richard VogelThich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, has returned home to Vietnam to enjoy the rest of his life. Devotees from many...
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What is the significance of Friday prayers in Islam?
Muslims praying in a Chicago mosque following the shooting in New Zealand, on Friday, March 15.AP Photo/Noreen NasirFollowing the terror attack on two New Zealand mosques last week, many Muslim...
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Nuns were secluded to avoid scandals in early Christian monastic communities
Margareta, head of the women's community at Lippoldsberg (in modern-day Germany) clasps hands with an Augustinian monk as he hands her a book.Lippoldsberg Evangeliary. Kassel, Landesbibliothek, MS...
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Why the Vatican needs to open its archives on Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII.AP PhotoPope Francis announced recently that, in 2020, the Vatican will open to researchers its archival materials related to Pius XII, who served as pope from 1939 to 1958. The Vatican...
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Supreme Court to rule on use of religious symbols in war memorials
The 40-foot Peace Cross dedicated to World War I soldiers.AP Photo/Kevin WolfThe Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case regarding the constitutional validity of a war memorial in Maryland in...
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Do you have a moral duty to pay taxes?
What can philosophers tell you about paying taxes? RomanR/Shutterstock.comIt’s tax season. Americans will pay an average of US$10,489 in personal taxes– about 14 percent of the average household’s...
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