The ruins of a church in Bohorodychne, Donetsk district, Ukraine, on Jan. 27, 2024.
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In addition to destroyed buildings, there’s an entire underground world – filled with untold numbers of artifacts, bones and ruins – that are exposed and damaged by the digging of trenches.
A crowd gathers around the organ at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, to witness an October 2013 note change.
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The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
Who did the honors: clergy, a justice of the peace or just a friend? More and more weddings are performed by someone ordained online.
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A professor who has researched the Universal Life Church unpacks why many couples now prefer to hand-pick loved ones to perform their ceremonies.
The alleged sexual abuse that led to this settlement occurred from 1944 through 2016.
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This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.
A man chooses a palm cross to buy on Palm Sunday near a church in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2022.
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Donkeys and palm leaves are both associated with Christianity’s Palm Sunday – but their symbolism couldn’t be more different.
The entrance at the headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Germany.
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Several members were killed March 9, 2023, in Germany. Many people hold stereotypes about Jehovah’s Witnesses but are unfamiliar with their beliefs.
Members of the British royal family follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her state funeral.
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A scholar of British history explains how the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy have changed over centuries.
German Bishop Georg Bätzing talks with members of various Catholic youth organizations holding up umbrellas reading “Consecration for All” and “Jesus had two fathers.”
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The Catholic Church’s membership numbers are growing fastest outside Europe and the Americas, and Catholics’ priorities look very different across the world.
Christians hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja in March 2020.
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Incidents of terror attack on churches in Nigeria don’t happen in a vacuum. They are driven by jihadism, pastoral conflicts and related criminality.
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In a country where Christians are a minority, understanding how religious groups use traditional arts and music to convey their faith and identity is important to preserve their cultural legacy.
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Just as Christians in the 1800s were persecuted for embracing foreign teachings, today the regime in power vilifies civil society and opposition political parties as foreign agents.
The temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along the Capital Beltway in Kensington, Md.
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Temples are often open to the public for a period after construction or renovation, but only church members may enter once religious ceremonies begin.
The UNESCO-recognized Pechersk-Lavra monastic complex dating from the 11th century comprises multiple monastic buildings and bell towers, and its 600-metre network of catacombs contains chapels, relics and tombs of the monks.
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Lviv is an important Renaissance and baroque urban centre in Eastern Europe, and its two remaining synagogues survived mass destruction in the Second World War.
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow.
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To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
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It is not uncommon for people to believe that the cause of their illnesses is a result of curses or punishment from a deity or witchcraft.
The relationship between public health and faith is far older than the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Responses to COVID-19 health guidelines have been polarized, including in churches. But religious communities have a long history of involvement in public health.
A church in St. Paul, Minn., distributed food obtained through a USDA program in December 2020.
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Congregations can help bridge gaps left by government programs, especially for many immigrants and others who are not eligible for SNAP benefits.
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Religious organisations have the potential to draw people out of their private, racially segregated lives, into a safe social space.
Megachurches can be megarich.
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Megachurches and the men who lead them can be superrich. So why don’t the IRS and local authorities see a cent in taxes? A scholar explains.
Firefighters walk past the remains of a Catholic church that was on fire, in Morinville, Alta. in June 2021.
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Secret burials are the stuff of gothic fiction, but these gothic events actually happened to Indigenous children.