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Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare life of faith
3 days, 6 hours ago

Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare life of faith

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “I wanted a husband like my dad. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Sr. Ann Elise Sonnier, left, and Sister Clara Mae …

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Meet the young women joining the ranks of Catholic nuns, a journey that can take up to ten years
3 days, 6 hours ago

Meet the young women joining the ranks of Catholic nuns, a journey that can take up to ten years

Associated Press  

PALMYRA, Pa. — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Sister Catherine Lynn Forsythe, left, and Sister Joan Paule Portenlanger of the Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Sister Seyram Mary …

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Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024
5 days, 6 hours ago

Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024

Associated Press  

Fittingly, in photographs depicting aspects of faith, it’s often the light that is most riveting. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A riverboat carrying the Eucharist cruises down the Ohio River between Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Brilliant, Ohio, Sunday, June 23, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest …

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How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio
3 months ago

How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio

LA Times  

A disturbing scenario has played out at public schools across Springfield, Ohio, in recent days, with children turned away as they arrive or, worse, rushed out of classrooms, all because of bomb threats. As one woman put it, daily life has been “turned upside down by such vitriol and ignorance.” On Thursday, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue issued a proclamation granting …

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How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
4 months, 1 week ago

How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism

Associated Press  

ATCHISON, Kansas — Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. “Some of these companies, they just really hate us,” said Sister Barbara McCracken, who leads the nuns’ corporate responsibility program. The sun rises over the grounds of the Mount St. Scholastica Benedictine sisters’ monastery. Sister Elaine Fischer rides through the Mount …

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After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes

Associated Press  

ORANGE, Va. — On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.” For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby — their own. “It’s been a significant increase,” said Valerie Harkins, director of the Maternity Housing Coalition, a nonprofit anti-abortion network of 195 maternity …

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No twerking. No drinking. No smoking. But plenty of room for Jesus at this Christian nightclub
9 months, 3 weeks ago

No twerking. No drinking. No smoking. But plenty of room for Jesus at this Christian nightclub

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. For weeks, on its Instagram account — under hashtags like #jesuschrist #nightclubs — club organizers asked people to be ready to dance the worship night away and look their best: “When you …

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Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
1 year, 6 months ago

Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

Associated Press  

LIBERTA, Antigua — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking marijuana. “We’re more free now,” said Ras Tashi, a member of the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari, who was arrested several times for growing cannabis but refused …

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