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Sally Morrow | Apr 5, 2012

Inez Maxell, left, and Ann Farrelly, came to the Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor at Ursuline Academy to see an unusual image projected on a pillar near the shrine. Many see the image as the face of Jesus bearing a crown of thorns.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 5, 2012

On Monday, April 2, 2012 more than 2,000 pilgrims have come to the Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor at Ursuline Academy since late last week to see an unusual image projected on a pillar near the shrine. Many see the image as the face of Jesus bearing a crown of thorns. Although it is pretty clearly a shadow cast by an overhead chandelier, it seems to have escaped public notice until now. Miraculous or not, many say the image helps them focus their prayers at the threshold of Holy Week, the most solemn week of the Christian year.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 3, 2012

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Sally Morrow | Apr 3, 2012

Bart Ehrman, Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 3, 2012

Victorian glass in St. Etheldreda's Catholic church, Ely.
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Rapture pet rescue business wishes Harold Camping would keep predicting

Adelle M. Banks | Mar 12, 2012

(RNS) Doomsday prophet Harold Camping conceded last week that his failed May 21 end-of-the-world prediction was "incorrect and sinful," but a man who runs a rescue for pets that have been left behind by the Rapture wishes he'd keep on talking. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Saints compete for top ranking in ‘Lent Madness’

Annalisa Musarra | Mar 9, 2012

(RNS) Combining a love of sports and passion for the saints, the online "Lent Madness" competition includes 32 saints from the Episcopal calendar of saints who are eliminated one by one through online votes. By Annalisa Musarra.
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You’ve heard of evangelicals, but just who are they?

Peggy Fletcher Stack / Salt Lake Tribune | Feb 14, 2012

(RNS) Evangelicals are all over the news, but just who are these Christians? "Actually, that's a question, I'd like to ask somebody, too," evangelist Billy Graham once said. Here's a primer about these religious types, their history, faith and politics. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand

Kay Campbell | Jan 24, 2012

(RNS) God may hold the whole world in his hand, but Christians around the world can now hold an entire seminary library on a fingertip. By Kay Campbell. 500.
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What happened to the Wise Men’s gold?

David Gibson | Dec 21, 2011

Robert Parham asks a question I'd never considered: If the Magi/Wise Men/Three Kings brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus, then Joseph and Mary must have been pretty well off, and not simple laborers and peasants as they are often depicted. Parham speculates that the treasure wa...
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