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What is Hinduism?
Hinduism is the third-largest organized religion in the world, with almost a billion followers. Most Hindus live in India, and there is a growing population in the United States. Because Hindu temples do not require membership, there is no official count.
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Billy Graham isn't finished preaching yet
He'll be 95 in November, but Billy Graham still isn't finished preaching.
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Scammers bedevil religious leaders with fake Facebook pages
Search for the Rev. Adam Hamilton on Facebook and you'll likely get two seemingly identical pages to choose from.
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A posthumous fall from grace
By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to the wall of a sprawling church on Wilshire...
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Voices of Faith: Does God shine a light on some more than others?
VOICES OF FAITH: DOES GOD SHINE A LIGHT ON SOME MORE THAN OTHERS?
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HEALTH
Hospital doctor delivers infusion of hope to Jehovah's Witness
On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith of his own.
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RELIGION NEWS
After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations.
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Colombia celebrates its first Catholic saint
In her lifetime, Laura Montoya's stubborn determination to help Colombia's indigenous people brought the reproach of society, the political elite and the church, which viewed her work with suspicion and accused her of being unstable.
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Pope urges steps toward `full unity' with Coptic Orthodox Church
The Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches are in a position to settle their historical rifts, Pope Francis said Friday as he welcomed his Coptic counterpart, Tawadros II.
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Tomas de Torquemada in the U.S. armed forces
About a month ago, I joined the advisory board of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to replace Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL and member of the board who had recently been killed in the Benghazi incident. I was a reluctant recruit, knowing as I did the importance of spiritual solace...
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Iconographer paints images to inspire faithful
A plain white wall rose above the altar in the sanctuary at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church.


