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Opinion
Despite the weirdness that surrounds twins at times, researchers believe that there are important answers to health questions being learned from the genetic study of twins.…
Atheism
photo: flazingo.com Which religions are good to have on your resume? Which ones hurt your odds of being hired? These are the questions a university study…
Catholicism
Religious Exemption is a major topic of debate as White House outlines anti-discrimination policies. In 2008, Barack Obama asserted that he would implement policy changes restricting…
Anglicanism
World Cup fever has once again seized the globe with a religious fervor extending from the humblest worshiper to the highest religious office in the world. In…
Christianity
Meriam Ibrahim, a young Sudanese woman who had been living under a death sentence, was released from jail earlier this week, but has been detained again.…
Featured Contributors
Just before the Laurel City Council Hindu invocation, from left to right, are — Council member Valerie Nicholas, Council member Michael Leszcz, Council president Frederick Smalls,…
Shinto
One man can both drive your train up to this popular Japanese vacation spot then conduct your religious ceremonies. On a forested mountain near Tokyo, there sits…
Islam
With their recent rise to power in Iraq, we should all know: who is ISIS? A new holy war has emerged on the Middle Eastern stage.…
Ethics
In January 2011, the governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, was gunned down by one of his own security guards over a controversial move — opposing the…
Catholicism
Last Saturday, Pope Francis visited Calabria, an area in southern Italy with a significant organized crime presence, where he excommunicated the mafia. During the homily of his mass, the…
Eastern Orthodoxy
Habitat For Humanity Project Brings More Than 100 Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church Volunteers To St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church RANDOLPH, N.J./EWORLDWIRE/June 20, 2014 — Months before…
Buddhism
“The more we try to control things,” writes mindfulness teacher Michael Stone, “the more disorder is created.” Before I meditated, I was much like a compulsive…