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When storms threaten, Rio turns to group that summons spirit chief for protection | Courthouse News Service
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1155+ words) A medium for the organization that partners with the Brazilian city's government says the chief she channels commands entities specializing in wind, rain, drought and humidity. RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — As Rio de Janeiro prepared for wind gusts of up…...
After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1102+ words) There are now fewer than 5,000 Jews in all of India, the world's most populous country. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue where he knew he would pray…...
The Decline and Fall of what, exactly?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (647+ words) Lately I’ve been reading a lot about early Christian martyrs and the late Roman Empire. No, really. The earliest documented persecution of Christians came in 64 C.E., but lasted only a little while, when Emperor Nero tried to blame the great…...
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1059+ words) According to church law, consecrating a bishop without a papal mandate incurs the harshest penalty in the Catholic Church. The Society of St. Pius X, which opposes modernizing reforms in the Catholic Church, went ahead with the five-hour ceremony at…...
Once roiled by sexual abuse issue, Southern Baptist leadership now downplays its extent
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1180+ words) Rejecting the framing of sexual abuse as a crisis, once a marginal view in the convention, is increasingly mainstream. The convention’s 2022 annual meeting passed a resolution apologizing to abuse survivors, several of them by name. It authorized reforms that included…...
Shiite Muslims mark holy day of Ashoura after months of war in Iran and Lebanon
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (820+ words) Iran and Lebanon have the world's two largest Shiite populations. Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in A.D. 680 Imam Hussein was killed with his family and companions after refusing to…...
As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion
3+ mon, 4+ hour ago (742+ words) But Spielberg is hardly the only one making headlines of late about UFOs and the possibility of life on other planets. What was once considered fringe or conspiratorial has in recent months popped up everywhere from the White House to…...
Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath | Courthouse News Service
3+ mon, 8+ hour ago (1037+ words) He fulfilled a wish of Pope Francis to visit the islands to commemorate the thousands of lives lost at sea. For the second day in a row in the Canary Islands, the American pope insisted on the inherent dignity and…...
Rights court finds Italy shut Jehovah’s Witnesses out of religious funding system for decades
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (966+ words) Europe’s top human rights court criticized Italy for unlawfully keeping the group outside a scheme that opens the door to public funding enjoyed by many other religious groups. (CN) — Jehovah’s Witnesses spent decades knocking on the door to Italy’s religious…...
Pope honors Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on the centenary of the death of famed designer Gaudí
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (778+ words) Leo lit a candle and prayed at the tomb of Gaudí in the basilica’s crypt before the service, the highlight of Leo’s weeklong visit to Spain. It’s the first by a pope in 15 years to a once staunchly Catholic European…...