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Bhutan seeks to curb sexual diseases among Buddhist monks
NEW DELHI (RNS) Health officials in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan are making condoms available at all monastic schools in a bid to stem the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among young monks who are supposed to be celibate.
"We are making condoms freely ava...
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FDR Labor Secretary Frances Perkins wins ‘Lent Madness’ tournament
WASHINGTON (RNS) The NCAA's March Madness is down to the Sweet Sixteen, but Lent Madness has already skipped through the Saintly Sixteen, the Elate Eight, and the Faithful Four to crown an unlikely champion with a golden halo.
Frances Perkins, a champion of the working poor and...
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Boston College, ACLU clash over condom giveaway
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(RNS) An effort by Boston College administrators to shut down a student-run program to distribute condoms and provide information on safe sex...
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Irish abortion debate reflects growing church-state tensions
DUBLIN, Ireland (RNS) Ruth Bowie was in the throes of grief when she found out she would never know her unborn child. At the 12-week mark, a pregnancy scan showed the baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which a portion of the brain and skull never form.
Bowie, 34, a pedi...
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Opponents of gay marriage say they’re no bigots
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WASHINGTON (RNS) They are moms and dads, authors and activists, a former police officer an...
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New bells set to ring out from Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS (RNS) For generations, France's best-known cathedral has been ringing in Masses and Christian holidays with what some people unkindly called the most discordant bells in Europe.
Now, the ear-deafening clangs from Notre Dame Cathedral are being replaced by a newly minted s...
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Delayed marriage fallout: More unwed births, report says
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(RNS) First comes baby, then comes marriage? That is the new norm for many middle-class young Americans -- and they and their children are pa...
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Dr. Livingstone, I presume? Missionary icon turns 200
LONDON (RNS) When journalist Henry Morton Stanley found the world's most famous missionary barely alive at the tiny village of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on Nov. 10, 1871, he gave the English language one of its most famous introductions: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
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‘The Bible’ producers deny their Satan resembles Obama
(RNS) The producers of History channel's "The Bible" fended off claims Monday (March 18) that the actor who plays Satan in the miniseries resembles President Barack Obama.
Executive producers Mark Burnett, who created "Survivor," and his wife, the actress Roma Downey, described...
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Mormons steal a page from ‘Book of Mormon’ popularity
TORONTO (RNS) Liked the show? You should try reading the book.
That's the message the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is sending in three full-page advertisements in the playbill of the stage musical "The Book of Mormon."
The hit show, already sold out for its...
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