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Ballot drive to bar LGBTQ discrimination begins in Michigan
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N.J. schools get early start on LGBTQ history lessons, soon to be required by law
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After anti-Semitic incidents, new bail law in N.Y. comes under attack
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Dale Partridge, Christian ‘influencer’ and church planter, haunted by plagiarism claims
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Monks at New Hampshire Catholic college clash with board over power
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Orthodox women seek bigger role as Jews end Talmud cycle
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Egypt’s president says interfaith bond saved country
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Hermits living on UK islands excommunicated for calling pope a ‘heretic’
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Orthodox women seek bigger role as Jews end Talmud cycle
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Islamist group al Shabaab claims Somalia bomb attack that killed three
Reuters
Russian patriarch blames West for church rows in Balkans and Ukraine
The Irish Times *
Egypt’s president says interfaith bond saved country
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What is the relationship between Catholics and alcohol?
America
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