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New Survey Shows The World's Most And Least Religious Places

1:29pm April 13, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Sixty-three percent of people who took part in a global survey of religious attitudes say they are religious, according to WIN/Gallup International, the organization that carried out the polling.

Armenian 'Genocide' Remarks By Pope Francis Spark Row With Turkey

10:37am April 13, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

The pope continues his theme of outspoken criticism against the complicity of silence of today's world community against the persecution of Christians and other minorities by Islamic extremists.

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Prelates take pictures as Pope Francis celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday.

Pope's Remarks On Armenian 'Genocide' Spark Row With Turkey

3:36pm April 12, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Francis, marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, described the deaths as a "genocide," causing Turkey to recall its Vatican ambassador.

A worker stacks matzo wafers at Streit's matzo factory on the Lower East Side of New York in 2012.

How The Matzo Crumbles: Iconic Streit's Factory To Leave Manhattan

3:47pm April 07, 2015

by Joel Rose

It's the end of an era: After nearly a century, the Streit's matzo factory is leaving Manhattan's Lower East Side. This Passover will be its last there. Streit's plans to move to a new factory.

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Rev. Channing E. Phillips, (left) Rabbi Arthur Waskow, and Topper Carew on April 4, 1969, the night of the first Freedom Seder.

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In Freedom Seder, Jews And African-Americans Built A Tradition Together

3:37pm April 07, 2015

by Deena Prichep

More than 40 years ago, the communities wove together their stories of enslavement and liberation to create a new Passover ritual.

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The badly damaged Christchurch Cathedral is pictured on Sept. 7, 2011 during a tour given to foreign journalists visiting the city ahead of the rugby 2011 World Cup. England rugby manager Martin Johnson and several members of the playing squad visited the

Will New Zealand Rebuild The Cathedral My Forefather Erected?

3:56pm April 06, 2015

by Philip Reeves

NPR's Philip Reeves recently visited the earthquake-battered cathedral in New Zealand built by a 19th-century ancestor. He found his family history entwined in a fierce contemporary controversy.

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Muslims Will Outnumber Christians This Century, Pew Says

2:37pm April 06, 2015

by Tom Gjelten

A Pew study released this week says that by the middle of the century there will be about 2.8 billion Muslims worldwide. Within that period, Muslims will outnumber Jews in the United States.

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Wilderness Torah festival attendees take their Shabbat celebration outside the Tent of Meeting (at left) as the sun sets in the Panamint Valley of the Mojave Desert in 2014. At center in white, with both arms reaching up to the sky, is singer-songwriter M

Community Takes Passover Tradition Back To The Desert Wilderness

9:12pm April 05, 2015

by Judy Silber

Wilderness Torah celebrates the holiday in a setting rooted in heritage. Participants immerse in Jewish culture but also find meaningful personal connections from isolation not felt in everyday life.

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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing at the end of the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Sunday.

In Easter Address, Pope Condemns Violence Against Christians

10:01am April 05, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Francis, in his annual Urbi et Orbi message, decried the bloodshed in Africa and the Middle East. He also expressed hope for the framework deal on Iran's nuclear program.

Movies Explore The Intersection Of Religion And Violence

10:30am April 04, 2015

There has been a spate of religious movies and documentaries from Killing Jesus to Going Clear. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Rev. Gary Hall of the National Cathedral in Washington.

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