Santa Muerte: The New God in Town
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Mexico's Grim Reaper grows more popular among Mexican immigrants but becomes a headache for the Catholic Church
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Some residents are trying to infuse faith into the week of celebrations that culminate on Feb. 6 with Super Bowl XXXIX.
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It has become popular among men to have a circle of callused skin on the forehead, which emerges when worshipers press their heads to the ground for prayer.
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The death of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley renews attention on Mitt Romney's little-known religion Â yet rather than being reluctant to discuss it, he's making a public embrace that shows some shifting political attitudes.
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LONDON, Aug 21 (IPS) - A new missive on women from the Vatican followed   by a strong response to it has brought new spark to an old  debate.
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You're either with Santa or the Kings, says a Madrid movement, which sees "Papa Noel" as a sign of global commercialization
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Jose Mourinho&#39;s Second Coming was not meant to be this way. The man who recently described himself as a &#39;God&#39; in Porto has been transformed in some people&#39;seyes to the Devil Incarnate.
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THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious
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In Bethlehem, the town where Christians believe Christ was born, an estimated 3,000 Christians have moved abroad.
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By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C.  Jun. 17--"There's a new church in town," a release promoting Pine Ridge Church reads.
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As I was driving all over &#8220;God&#8217;s creation&#8221; today, from meeting to meeting, there were a number of interesting developments and announcements. The first concerned the enhancements to the Google Local Business Center. Barry Schwartz has a terrific, thorough overview of each of the new features:  Add photos to your Google Maps listing Add custom (data) attributes [...]
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By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  A candidate for Salt Lake City mayor is questioning whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belongs in the downtown renovation business.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of  Jesus's birth on Saturday with new hopes for peace following  Yasser Arafat's death.
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St. Isidore of Seville is acclaimed as the patron saint of the Internet, and on sunny days, a stained-glass window of his likeness radiates its glow onto Boston College's Data Center .
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Once America's most popular religious music, Sacred Harp is being revived by urban hipsters
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It is a crucial element in the Nativity, but not many people actually know what myrrh is.   Now festive drinkers will get the chance to experience it for themselves as the substance is revealed at a London pub.
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Many of the country's grandest fiestas align with major celebrations within the Roman Catholic Church, but residents celebrate indigenous gods and beliefs, too.