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Air Force Builds Worship Space for Wiccans
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mconsoli
(RNS) The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado will set aside a worship space for followers of “Earth-centered” religions such as Wicca and Druidism, according to an Air Force news release. A stone circle atop a hill on the base in Colorado Springs will likely be dedicated in a ceremony March 10, according to the…
Man Convicted of Murdering Kan. Abortion Provider
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mconsoli
WICHITA, Kan. – Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder Friday for shooting to death one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the U.S., a killing the gunman claimed was justified to save the lives of unborn children. The jury deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding Scott Roeder, 51, of…
Muslim Advocates Decry Councilwoman Facebook Post
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mconsoli
LANCASTER, California – Muslim advocates are demanding an apology from a California city councilwoman for posting anti-Muslim comments on her Facebook social networking page. Muslim organizations in California on Friday called on Lancaster Councilwoman Sherry Marquez to apologize for a comment last weekend about the 2008 beheading of Aasiya Hassan in New York. It included…
As Future Looks Uncertain, Exhibit Celebrates Nuns’ Colorful Past
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mconsoli
WASHINGTON (RNS) Ever since the first Catholic nuns set out for America nearly 300 years ago, their sisterhood has been besieged by pirates, attacked by Nativists, bullied by lumberjacks, swarmed by mosquitoes, harangued by bishops, robbed by bandits, hemmed in by black habits and laden with headgear the size of small birds. As a new…
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