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Voices of Faith: How does your faith address selfishness?
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6 men settle abuse lawsuit against Chicago Jesuits
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US report: Scant improvement in religious freedom in Cuba
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What is Hinduism?
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Billy Graham isn't finished preaching yet
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Scammers bedevil religious leaders with fake Facebook pages
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A posthumous fall from grace
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Some SC tribal members fighting for right to use eagle feathers
Some members of state-recognized Indian tribes say they will push for the freedom to use eagle feathers during Native American rituals in hopes of altering a federal decision allowing only federally-recognized tribes access to the feathers and animal...
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Faith events in and around Columbia, May 25-31 and beyond
Email photographs from your Midlands faith events – pastor anniversaries, programs and services and community outreach – to dkujawa@thestate.com. We will post them at thestate.com/religion.
Religion
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RELIGION
Sumter Co. substitute teacher elected to lead SC Baptist group
The Rev. James Blassingame of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church was elected as the new president of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina during its 136th annual session held May 9 in Spartanburg.
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RELIGION
Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections
News that scientists had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders, who say the research crosses a moral red line and could lead to designer babies.
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RELIGION
Survey: Canadians turning away from organized religion
A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers.
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RELIGION
Christian leaders, meeting in Washington, seek to overcome polarization
Twenty-five top Christian leaders gathered in the U.S. city with perhaps the worst reputation for civil discourse May 15 and committed themselves to elevating the level of public conversation.
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RELIGION
Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’
Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited by the IRS.
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RELIGION
Commentary: Embrace the good, bad of church histories
During my years as a reporter, I’ve had the opportunity to cover the anniversaries or special events of several churches. In many cases, the church staff supplied me with a brief history of the church: when it began, charter members, high attendance, major milestones, past clergy and other...
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RELIGION
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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RELIGION
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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LOCAL NEWS
More than 450 cemeteries checker Richland County; grant to identify those sites
A preliminary survey underwritten by Richland County has identified more than 450 cemeteries, most of them long-abandoned plots where family members were laid to rest together.
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RELIGION
Analysis: Will the Kermit Gosnell verdict change the abortion debate?
Even before rogue abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted in Philadelphia May 13 of delivering and then killing late-term infants, abortion opponents were convinced they had a case that could reshape an abortion debate that has remained static over the years.
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