Tag: religion
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Pope asks an aide to read a speech aloud for him, raising further concerns over his health
Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech at a conference in the Vatican Friday, saying he was not yet well and becomes fatigued
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Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
A Roman Catholic bishop in Mexico says he and three other bishops met with drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord in the violent southern state of Guerrero
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Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from Church officials
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Israel complains after Vatican denounces ‘carnage’ and disproportionate response in Gaza
Israel has formally complained after a senior Vatican official spoke of “carnage” in Gaza
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‘Our gods were locked in the basement.’ Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad
An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of India’s elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple, internationalizing both his reelection campaign and his effort to push secular and multicultural India into a Hindu state
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Greek lawmakers are debating a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Here’s what it means
Lawmakers in Greece have begun a debate on a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage
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In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent
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Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fire
Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a milestone in its reconstruction
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After rough start, pope and Argentina’s Milei meet amid speculation Francis might finally go home
Despite their rocky start, Argentine President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appear to have hit it off