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COMMENTARY: Isolated in America
(RNS) I wonder if social isolation -- not extremist religion or Chechen roots -- explains the two brothers who set off bombs during the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 170.
The older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was quoted as saying "I don't have a single A...
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COMMENTARY: America’s rough week
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(RNS) Life is difficult. It can knock you down. Sometimes, an entire nation gets knocked down.
First it was Boston. Some mad man (or men...
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Former ‘Jesus freak’ traces the evolution of Christian rock
(RNS) Bob Gersztyn owned a fine collection of 300 rock'n' roll albums in 1971, the year he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. Among them were some choice 1960s vinyl from Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Mothers of Invention.
But all of a sudden...
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Boston Marathon’s holy ground and sacred bonds
(RNS) When it comes to running, America often looks like a country of apostles and apostates.
For true believers like Olympian Ryan Hall, marathons assume an almost-biblical importance. "I have heard stories and had personal experiences in my own running when I felt very strong...
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SIDEBAR: Atheists embrace Sunday-morning music
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HOUSTON (RNS) Atheists may not have hymns, but that doesn't mean they ain't got the beat.
In the so-called "atheist churches" that have popped up across the globe in the last year -- there are Sunday morning gath...
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Atheists find a Sunday-morning connection with other nonbelievers
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HOUSTON (RNS) Sunday mornings at Houston Oasis may have the look and feel of a church, but there's no cross, Bible, hymnal or stained glass depictions of Jesus. There's also nary a trace of doctrine, dogma or t...
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COMMENTARY: Jackie Robinson’s faith missing from ‘42’ movie
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A new film about Jackie Robinson, titled 42 -- the number he wore during his historic career -- tells the triumphant story of how the Civil R...
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Gay Catholic delivers 18,000 signatures to bishop asking to be reinstated
NEW YORK (RNS) A gay man ousted from posts at his Long Island parish after a critic complained that he had married his partner delivered a petition with more than 18,000 signatures on Thursday (April 11) to Bishop William Murphy, asking to be reinstated.
"Bishop Murphy, please...
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Meet the ‘Catholic NRA’
(RNS) As the Senate takes up a heated debate over gun control and background checks, Catholic bishops have used the months since the Newtown school massacre to push gun control in email blasts and Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. But among the Catholic faithful, not everyone su...
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Can a Catholic hoops conference save college sports?
(RNS) March Madness ended with an exhilarating April flourish on Monday (April 8) as the Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines and became the new kings of college basketball after a tense 82-76 win in Atlanta.
But the euphoria that always accompanies the popular...
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