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Farmer sees divine sign in cow born at Conn. dairy - Yahoo! NewsA holy cow in Connecticut, perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine? A calf with a white marking on its forehead in the approximate shape of a cross was born last week at a dairy farm in Sterling, a small rustic town on the Rhode Island border. Owner Brad Davis tells WFSB-TV he thinks the marking may ...
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Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation - Yahoo! NewsThe Gospel of Luke records that, as he was dying on the cross, Jesus showed his boundless mercy by praying for his killers this way: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Not so fast, say contributors to the Conservative Bible Project. The project, an online effort to create ...
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Notre Dame Fires Coach Weis: Crisis of Faith to Blame? - Yahoo! NewsNotre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick talks with the media about the firing of coach Charlie Weis … College football may seem like a religion to Americans, but to many American Catholics, the University of Notre Dame football team is the incarnation of their faith in sport. Yet apart ...
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Supreme Court rejects case of valedictorian who mentioned Jesus - Yahoo! NewsA high school valedictorian in Colorado has lost her bid for the US Supreme Court to decide whether school officials violated her free-speech rights when they withheld her diploma until she agreed to apologize to the student body for mentioning Jesus in her graduation speech. At issue in her ...
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Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests - Yahoo! NewsIreland's ties to the Catholic Church run deep. The ordination of a family member was once regarded as a moment of great prestige, especially in rural areas. Even as recently as 1990, over 80% of Irish people said they attended Mass at least once a week. But the country's relationship with the ...
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Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron - Yahoo! NewsA Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good." Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room. The brownish ...
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Report on India mosque destruction threatens Hindu-Muslim ties - Yahoo! NewsA new report on the 1992 destruction of a centuries-old mosque has sparked fights in the country's Parliament and threatens to inflame relations between Hindus and Muslims. The study, which took 17 years to complete, accuses leaders of India's Hindu nationalist party of planning one of the most ...
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Romantic Rivalries Stir Religious Feelings - Yahoo! NewsRivals on the dating scene could make one feel closer to God, according to new research that suggests one's religiousness may be more closely related to mating strategies than previously known. In experiments with 269 college students, researchers found that both men and women apparently felt ...
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Villagers confine rare turtle, say it is God - Yahoo! NewsHundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God, officials said on Tuesday. Villagers chanting hymns and carrying garlands, bowls of rice and fruits are pouring in from remote villages to a temple in ...
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Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing - Yahoo! NewsThe Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The Utah-based church's support ahead of Tuesday night's vote came ...
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