By Meredith Hoffman WILLIAMSBURG — A new campaign aims to bring hipsters and Hasids together by pointing out one thing they have in common: beards….
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By Meredith Hoffman WILLIAMSBURG — A new campaign aims to bring hipsters and Hasids together by pointing out one thing they have in common: beards….
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Of all places to not obey the Ten Commandments, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel may be the worst. Yet a scourge of petty thieves is ignoring…
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Is Pope Francis an exorcist?The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times,…
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By Dan Merica, CNN (CNN) – A Vatican spokesman on Tuesday refuted claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism on a man in St. Peter’s Square after Mass on Sunday. But he did not altogether deny the encounter. “The Holy Father had no intention to perform any exorcism,” the Rev. Federico Lombardi said in a statement. […]![]()
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A northern Colorado man is planning to file a lawsuit against the state’s new controversial pot DUI bill as it waits for the governor’s signature…
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Chelsea Clinton has taken on a new role at New York University — or has she? As The New York Post reported Tuesday, the former…
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Every Sunday morning, about 40 volunteers serve up heaping plates of scrambled eggs and fruit to the hungry at a church in Rhode Island. This…
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In May of 2002, the Rev. Donald O’Connor was relieved from his parish after the Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois substantiated allegations of sexual…
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With 36 failed Obamacare repeal efforts by House Republicans already in the books and a 37th likely on the way, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on…
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Despite objections that parts of the event violate the separation of church and state, officials decided Monday to bring back the Los Alamitos Winter Wonderland in…
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WASHINGTON — Christmas may be seven months away, but Texas is ready for it. State lawmakers there waged their own battle against the so-called War…
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Editor’s note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of “The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,” is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN) — At first glance, it would seem that the town of Greece, New York, has been brazenly violating […]![]()
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PARIS — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the…
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A prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between the Oklahoma tornado’s devastation and a local team’s support for openly gay…
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"I’m spiritual, but not religious." This is how many people describe their belief system — embracing transcendental philosophies, but not following any kind of dogma….
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