Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years' jail for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was Catholic archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s
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The art of biblical translation, part one: On the eloquence of the King James Version
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Kyoto temple enlists android Buddhist deity to help people
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Hindu monastic order is reclaiming transgender people’s status in Indian society
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United Methodist Church votes to maintain its opposition to same-sex marriage, gay clergy
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Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, has been convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys while he was archbishop of Melbourne
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Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law
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Pope makes unprecedented move of defrocking ex-cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse
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Melbourne Archbishop enlists LGBTI faithful as church tries to reset
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Conservative Christian group launches campaign against “Buddhist meditation” in public schools
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Ardha Kumbha Mela starts with much fanfare; your guide to the mega event
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God is not male or female, says Archbishop of Canterbury
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UAE’s tolerance embraces faiths, runs up against politics
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Aberdeenshire church to break away amid gay marriage row
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Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’
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Uniting Church to continue to allow same-sex marriages following deciding vote in South Australia
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Ukraine: New Orthodox church gains independence from Moscow
Ukraine: new Orthodox church gains independence from Moscow This is a follow-up to this previous article: Ukraine announced the leader of a new national church on Saturday, marking an historic...
Ukraine: new Orthodox church gains independence from Moscow
This is a follow-up to this previous article: Ukraine announced the leader of a new national church on Saturday, marking an historic split from Russia which its leaders see as vital to the country’s security and independence. It seems it wasn't sufficient for the Ukraine Orthodox Church to choose its own leader; its independence (or autocephaly) had to be formally decreed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
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Gutenberg’s Bible: The Real Information Revolution – how one of the greatest advances in human culture also helped divide Christendom
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Two Indian women enter temple after centuries-long ban on women
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The world's newest major religion: No religion. As secularism grows, atheists and agnostics are trying to expand and diversify their ranks
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Biblical city of Bethlehem boasts largest Christmas in years
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Remarkable 120-year-old letter to Santa discovered in England
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Ukraine announced the leader of a new national church on Saturday, marking an historic split from Russia which its leaders see as vital to the country’s security and independence.
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Kindertransport children to get 2,500 euros in compensation from German government
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What should America do with its empty church buildings?
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Tens of thousands protest in India for controversial Hindu temple
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American exorcism
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Jonestown’s victims have a lesson to teach us, so I listened
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New research confirms substantial majority of Scottish people are not religious and not spiritual
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Humanists going all the way: AHA to defend church-state separation at the US Supreme Court
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Pope vs. pope: How Francis and Benedict’s simmering conflict could split the Catholic Church
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The Roman pomerium
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The name ‘Mormon’: Why all the fuss, and why now?
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Pakistan’s ultra-Islamist party blocked roads in major cities for a third day on Friday in protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations
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Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court
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Anti-semitisim comes to a city of tolerance
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves at least four dead, official says
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Why are Americans still uncomfortable with atheism?
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What Maniac does (and doesn't) get right about the Bible and the Gnostics
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Sydney Anglicans to ban same-sex marriage, yoga on all church property
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One man’s (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia
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Premier of Québec, François Legault, says crucifix 'not religious symbol'
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Catholic Church has lost more members than any other religion in the US
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Turning her Baha’i faith into precedent, lawyer helps women gain asylum
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Considering interfaith relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims: an interview with Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.
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Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide. Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death...
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death wish. (in case the paywall on the Telegraph article blocks you)
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Religious Beliefs-Rational or Irrational?
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Australia's Catholic priests are pushing for optional celibacy, married priests, with a plan to take the issues to the Vatican
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Why Tibetan Buddhism is facing up to its own abuse scandal
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What drives the priest behind those controversial church signs: Father Rod Bower is famous for the thought-provoking signs outside his church at Gosford, on the New South Wales Central Coast.
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