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Bulgarians celebrate Epiphany with traditional rituals
By Associated Press — January 6, 2023
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of young men are plunging into rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes, in an old ritual marking the feast of Epiphany.
Antique crucifix back on display at historic Mackinac Island church after squirrel attack
By Bob Smietana — March 31, 2021
(RNS) — Church staff at a historic Michigan church restored a crucifix that had been damaged by a squirrel trapped in the building overnight.
Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial
By Joanne M. Pierce — March 31, 2021
(The Conversation) — Prayers for Jews and veneration of the cross are often misunderstood as anti-Semitic or racist.
Coronavirus is a physical and spiritual threat
By Thomas Reese — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — The saints of old risked their lives for those with the plague. We can at least do our civic duty.
Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’
By Michele Chabin — January 14, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The controversy has raised questions about the limits of artistic freedom in Israel, which prides itself on being both a progressive country and the home to holy sites of three world religions.
Christians have crosses, Jews have stars and atheists have … what, exactly?
By Kimberly Winston — September 25, 2012
(RNS) Christians have their crosses and crucifixes, Jews their Stars of David and Buddhists their lotuses. Atheists ask, why shouldn't they and other nonbelievers have their own symbols as well? By Kimberly Winston.
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