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Houses of Worship: Saint Peter’s Basilica
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest and oldest Christian denomination in the world, with some 221,700 parishes, 467,000 clergy, and 1.3 billion members.
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Faith-Based Answers to Substance Abuse and Addiction
Rehabilitation from the tyranny of drugs has a spiritual as well as a physical component, and many faiths, instead of turning their backs on the problem, tackle it head-on within…
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Sudan Sentences a Woman To Be Stoned to Death Based on Islamic Law
Stoned to Death - On June 26 in Sudan, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab was convicted and sentenced to execution by stoning on a charge of adultery, a violation of Islamic law.…
Judaism
The Gifts of Judaism
Judaism’s great gift to the world, according to essayist John Evans, was the idea of a single, omnipotent, omniscient and righteous God, with whom one could have a personal relationship.…
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Religion: The Lifeline of Humanity
Lifeline of Humanity - Salvation, redemption, absolution, deliverance. Any religion focuses one way or another, through one path or another, on the liberation of the individual, and—since so much of…
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The Gifts of Islam
Gifts of Islam - 1.5 to 2 billion of the world’s people identify as Muslim. That means that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the world believe in the…
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Does Religious Freedom Include The Right to Have An Abortion?
A Jewish group, Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor of Boynton Beach, Florida has challenged a new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks on the grounds of religious freedom rights. Then the…
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White Supremacists, Antisemites, & Other Extremist Groups Have Found Another Weapon: Subtlety
White Supremacists // A swastika. A crossed-out Star of David inside a circle. An image of Black people or Muslims or Asian-Americans captioned “Go back where you came from.” All…
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New Report Discusses Religious Equity in the Workplace
Religious Freedom & Business Institute has released their annual index measuring the commitment of corporations to religious inclusion in the workplace. The latest index covers all U.S. Fortune 500 companies,…
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Faith-based Pursuit of Nourishing Food Gives Rise to Sustainable Farm
With the industrial food system common to farming in the United States, from the way slaughterhouses are run to the pesticides used on crop farms, Samer Saleh found adhering to…