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Opposition to abortion doesn't stop some Americans from supporting friends...
Maxine, a pseudonym for a 58-year-old woman, is among a sizable proportion of Americans who are morally opposed to abortion. Republican, Christian and a grandmother, Maxine “can’t believe that anybody...
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How Muslim Americans meet their charitable obligations: 3 findings from new...
Muslims regard acts of charity as mandatory.John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesZakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, is an obligatory act of giving and among several distinct forms of...
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Supreme Court to decide whether a public school football coach can pray on...
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Caste doesn't just exist in India or in Hinduism – it is pervasive across...
Nuns from a group of Dalit Christians, or India's lowest caste who converted to Christianity, protest in New Delhi.AP Photo/Gurinder OsanThe California State University system, America’s largest public...
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How burying the dead keeps the living human
A man identified only as Viktor shows his neighbor's grave in Bucha, Ukraine. It was too dangerous to go to the cemetery.Jana Cavojska/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesOlena Koval found out that...
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How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US
Ukrainian refugees wait near the U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico.AP Photo/Gregory BullIn the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have fled the country as refugees. Hundreds of...
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What is a Latter-day Saint temple?
The temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along the Capital Beltway in Kensington, Md.Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty ImagesTemples in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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American Muslim women are finding a unique religious space at a women-only...
Congregants sit in a circle at the Women's Mosque of America.Women's Mosque of AmericaAs Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr to mark the...
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Why the Supreme Court rejected Boston's case against raising the Christian flag
Pedestrians walk near three flag poles flying the American flag, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag, and the City of Boston flag, from left, outside Boston City Hall, May 2, 2022.AP Photo/Charles...
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Sri Lanka's protests show a fragile unity – for now
Sri Lankan students march during a protest over the economic crisis outside the residence of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, April 24, 2022. AP Photo/Eranga JayawardenaSri Lanka is facing...
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What makes religious relics – like pieces of the 'true cross' and hair of...
Christian clergymen carry a wooden relic believed to be from Jesus' manger at the Notre Dame church in Jerusalem in 2019.AP Photo/Mahmoud IlleanA Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its...
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At a popular evangelical tourist site, the Ark Encounter, the image of a...
A replica of Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Ky.AP Photo/John Minchillo, FileThe Ark Encounter, an evangelical theme park located near Williamstown, Kentucky, has welcomed...
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What a cathedral and a massive military parade show about Putin's Russia
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, at the consecration of the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow, June 14, 2020.Oleg...
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The Catholic saint who dedicated his life to a leprosy colony in Hawaii – and...
The headstone of Father Damien, a Catholic saint who was canonized in 2009.Richard A. Cooke III/Corbis Historical via Getty ImagesOn Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted...
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Religious beliefs give strength to the anti-abortion movement – but not all...
Anti-abortion protesters holding a cross demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court Building in December 2021, in Washington.AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaThe leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion...
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Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from...
A family in northern Siberia watches -- but decides not to hunt -- a musk ox that wandered into the area where they live.John Ziker, Author providedTwenty-five years ago, when I was a young...
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For some people, religious leaders might be most effective at communicating...
The Washington National Cathedral hosted a public vaccination event in March 2021 to help demonstrate trust by faith leaders of all denominations in the COVID-19 vaccines.Alex Wong/Getty...
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What is 'personhood'? The ethics question that needs a closer look in...
Debate about abortion is often a debate about rights -- but whose?AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaControversy over abortion reached a fever pitch on May 2, 2022, when the leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court...
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Some chocolate has a dark side to it – child labor
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What is the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage?
Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron in northern Israel on April 29, 2021, as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty...
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