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What Secrets Hide Within the Vatican Archives?

09 Mar 2019
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Kelly Frazier

Pius XII documents will be available to scholars For the Holy See, this decision was not an easy one. The Vatican has given in after more than 50 years of pressure. The announcement was made...

Supreme Court to Decide if the Peace Cross Monument is Religious or Secular

04 Mar 2019
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C Barnett

The WWI monument in question is located in Maryland. The court may say the memorial could be a constitutional one but may stop from any sweeping ruling. There was an hour-long debate on the issue...

The Pope’s Message of Peace on the WWI Centenary

13 Nov 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Pope Francis referred to Angelus and helping the poor. He described the Great War through the words of the pope at that time, Pope Benedict XV, who described the horrific event as “useless...

Canada Apologizes for Denying Asylum to Jewish Refugees of the MS St. Louis in 1939

12 Nov 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Trudeau decried the rise of modern anti-Semitism. The North American nation did not give asylum to about 907 German Jews who arrived on the liner MS St. Louis. Both the United States and Cuba did the same....

Concern About Trump’s Presidency Echo Fears from Woeful 1930s

31 Jan 2017
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Anita Mishook

The eery similarities between 1930s America and today. As Americans of the Islamic faith raise their concerns about the new President’s intentions towards them, as those who struggle economically...

27 Jun 2016
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Alison Lesley

Pope Francis denounces Armenian "genocide" in a visit to Yerevan. Pope Francis condemned the 1915 mass killings where thousands of Armenians were killed by Turks. He used the word “genocide”...

Sikh-American Soldiers Granted Accommodations to Serve with Turbans and Beards

14 Apr 2016
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Alison Lesley

Army adjusts strict appearance rules to accommodate Sikh soldiers fighting for their country. There are five articles of faith which all baptized Sikhs are obliged to wear. Uncut hair is one of them....

Atheists and Muslims Want Cross Memorial Taken Down

07 Jan 2016
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Nathan Glover

The Bladensburg Memorial Cross is found Constitutional, but Atheists and Muslims still pushing to have it taken down. The war memorial cross has been in existence in Bladensburg town since 1925. It was established...

Celebrating Canadian WWI Sikh Soldiers on Remembrance Day

12 Nov 2015
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C Barnett

Canada celebrates the military contribution of Sikhs on Remembrance Day, this year honoring Private Buckam (Bukkan) Singh. It is well known that a lot of Sikh soldiers fought in the major battles...

Evangelist Luis Palau: “Mainline Churches Need to Wake Up or They’re Dead”

20 Jul 2015
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Alison Lesley

Churches need to teach "basic Biblical doctrine," but reports on the decline of religion are nothing to worry about according to Luis Palau. Luis Palau is a famed evangelist born in Buenos Aires,...