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Spencer Trappist Ale, made by the first official Trappist brewery outside Europe, will go on sale next week in Massachusetts.

American Beer Fans, Praise The Heavens: A Trappist Brewery In U.S.

4:27pm January 13, 2014

by Katherine Perry, WATD

Trappist monks are known for producing some of the world's finest beers. But until recently, all of them were brewed in Europe. Next week, Spencer Trappist Ale, made by the monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in Massachusetts, hits retail shelves.

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A makeshift graveyard outside San Joaquin Parish is now the final resting place of hundreds in the province of Leyte, Philippines.

Filipino Priest Suffers With His Flock Amid Typhoon's Ruins

8:58am January 13, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

The Rev. Kelvin Apurillo rode out Haiyan on the second floor of his parish church. Two-thirds of his parishioners are now dead, missing or have left, and he's struggling to make sense of the destruction. In the majority Roman Catholic country, the church has played a key role in relief efforts.

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Minister Ryan Bell has decided to "try on" atheism for a year. The former Seventh-day Adventist pastor was asked to leave his congregation in March.

Former Pastor Decides To Spend A Year Without God

6:50pm January 12, 2014

by NPR Staff

Ryan Bell was asked to step down from his Seventh-day Adventist congregation in March, after questioning his faith. For his New Year's resolution, Bell has decided to "try on" atheism and put his role as a religious leader — and follower — on hold.

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Justice Sotomayor Blocks Part Of Birth Control Mandate

11:42am January 01, 2014

The Supreme Court justice issued a decision Tuesday night that's putting part of President Obama's health insurance law in doubt. Groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged are suing to block the law, saying it violates their religious freedom.

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In Conflict-Torn Africa, Senegal Shows A Way To Religious Harmony

11:35am December 28, 2013

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Inter-religious tensions have been in the headlines in parts of Africa lately. Christian-Muslim clashes have left many dead in places like Nigeria and Central African Republic. But there are also examples of peaceful inter-religious co-existence in Africa, such as Senegal.

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Minister Defrocked Over Officiating Gay Wedding Will Appeal

3:12pm December 20, 2013

by Emma Jacobs

United Methodist church officials have defrocked the Rev. Frank Schaefer, who presided over his son's gay wedding.

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'Duck Dynasty' Attracts Christian Conservatives

11:13am December 20, 2013

by Lynn Neary

The patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family has been suspended indefinitely from the hit reality TV show on A&E because of his remarks about homosexuality. He made the comments to GQ magazine. The show has spawned a multi-million-dollar industry of related products and books.

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Pope Francis began his papacy in March. In his first year as pope, columnist James Carroll says, Francis has put unprecedented focus on "the dilemma of the vast majority of human beings who simply don't have enough to live decently."

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In Francis' First Year, A 'Radical Pope' Seeks To Save His Church

3:55pm December 18, 2013

"Who am I to judge?" With those five words, Pope Francis "stepped away from the disapproving tone, the explicit moralizing typical of popes and bishops," writes columnist James Carroll.

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Manischewitz-brined turkey centers the Thanksgivukkah feast, surrounded by challah-apple stuffing, sweet potato bourbon noodle kugel, horseradish-spiked mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts with pastrami and pickled onions, and latkes with cranberry applesau

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Time To Mix Up The Manischewitz Turkey Brine For Thanksgivukkah

5:24pm December 16, 2013

by Deena Prichep

Jewish foodies say the flavors of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving are a culinary match made in heaven. And this Thanksgivukkah feast is especially sweet because it may not happen again for 80,000 years.

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Florida lobbyist Keith Arnold stops to look at Chaz Stevens' Festivus pole made out of beer cans in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee.

Florida Man Airs Grievances With Festivus Pole In Capitol

8:14pm December 11, 2013

by Jessica Palombo

On Wednesday, Chaz Stevens' beer can-covered pole joined a number of other displays in the state Capitol in Tallahassee. There are also a religious Nativity scene and an atheist display. Stevens says he's protesting what he sees as a flagrant disregard for the separation of church and state.

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