Union Seminary pulls investments from the ‘sin’ of fossil fuels
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“[Seminary President] Jones did not mince words in condemning the school’s contributions to fossil fuel, quoting ‘the wages of sin is death’ from Scripture.”
D-Day: A never-to-be-forgotten morning, 70 years ago
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“The price for the Overlord invasion on June 6 was 4,413 Allied dead, of whom 2,499 were Americans.”
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Atheists lost their case against the “In God We Trust” motto on the nation’s currency Wednesday
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“It’s a battle they have lost several times before, as court after court has affirmed that printing and engraving the country’s motto on its money does not violate the U.S. Constitution.” RNS
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Pope calls Muslims 'brothers' at Dome of the Rock
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Pope calls Muslims ‘brothers’ at Dome of the Rock
“May we respect and love one another as brothers and sisters,” he said, and added, “May we learn to understand the suffering of others! May no one abuse the name of God through violence!”
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Racism
With the passing of time, the conditions of two to three generations ago get lost in the shuffle. Take the Anglo\Irish situation, a hot and cold conflict that dragged on for over four hundred years. In the later half of the twentieth century, most Americans found it difficult, many to the point of incredulity, to comprehend what all the deadly or otherwise bother was about back in the Auld Sod. But, there are Irish both in Ireland and America who still remember The Famine and the Black and Tans or any number of similar situations.
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