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Here's What The Bible Says About Cremation
The Bible says a great deal about a great many things. However, the subject of the funerary right of cremation is not one of ...
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Two popes, two squares, two farewells: What I learned from the funerals of John Paul II and Francis
Perhaps the difference between the two papal funerals is one of those signs. Certainly, it can be said that we live in more disenchanted times; some say post-Christian times. Others speak of ...
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Why some Nigerians are leaving Christianity for African spiritual beliefs
Nwaohia in his shrine surrounded by effigies and symbols representing supernatural beings [Chibuike Nwachukwu/Al Jazeera] Christianity is the number one religion in Nigeria, a country of more than ...
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Pope Francis, who sought a more pastoral church, laid to rest in a majestic ceremony; Trump, Biden attend
Heads of state, royals and religious ... Saturday’s funeral amounted to a final act for a pope who sought until the end to bring people together. President Donald Trump, whose Christianity ...
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What I Saw—And Felt—At Pope Francis' Funeral | Opinion
For a generation raised to believe that holiness was synonymous with flawlessness, Francis offered something radically different and deeply freeing: a Christianity rooted in the grace of mercy.
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
Heads of state, royals and religious ... Saturday’s funeral amounted to a final act for a pope who sought until the end to bring people together. President Trump, whose Christianity Francis ...
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Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’
VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New World pope Saturday in a funeral ... Christian faith. The circuitous procession traversed the Tiber River and symbols ...
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Holy ground: why Persian carpets played an important symbolic role in the funeral of Pope Francis
as a symbol of holy ground—in Christian ceremony, and art— for over 600 years Maria Grazia Picciarella / Alamy Stock Photo The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like ...
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Veterans Affairs asks employees to report ‘anti-Christian bias’ for investigation by new task force
The email from Collins instructs employees to report any incidents of “anti-Christian discrimination” including “adverse responses to requests for religious exemption under the previous ...
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Politics aside for one day, world leaders to gather at Vatican and mourn Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare ... Francis as “a faithful servant of Christian doctrine, a wise religious statesman, and a consistent ...
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From pagan times to a symbol of Easter, hot cross buns have a complex history
While they have become a national treat, the crisscross pattern on the top of hot cross buns tells of its Christian ... Easter and for funerals. It was a time of great religious change as the ...