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Need to know: Thursday, December 1, 2016
Study: Drug-induced spiritual experiences help cancer patients
“Many of the patients,” a researcher observed, “would say something like, ‘Now I’ve experienced the death of the body, so I’m not so afraid.’”
Bridging the digital divide, company gives churches free websites
More than 670 participating churches and nonprofits, many of them predominantly black or Hispanic, have new sites.
Cruz: Castro ‘departed for warmer climates’
Texas Republican Ted Cruz tore into the late Fidel Castro from the Senate floor, suggesting the former Cuban leader is in hell.
Gay man barred by priest from singing ‘Ave Maria’ at grandmother’s funeral
“Anytime someone sins and then acts in the name of God, it causes scandal,” the Rev. Bob Lengerich wrote to Connor Hakes, a 23-year-old Indiana man. The diocese has apologized .
Meet the soft-spoken US-born rabbi challenging Israel’s religious establishment
Rabbi Seth Farber founded ITIM, an organization that helps converts and others navigate the religious establishment’s legendary bureaucracy.
I interviewed the Ohio State attacker on the first day of school. It felt important. Now it’s chilling.
In an August interview, Abdul Razak Ali Artan seemed thoughtful, but also concerned about how Muslims are treated.
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Martin Scorsese meets pope as film on Jesuits screens in Rome
For the-74-year-old Scorsese, the meeting came almost thirty years his film "The Last Temptation of Christ" outraged many conservative Christians.
Dollywood employee finds burned Bible page after wildfires
'O Lord, to thee will I cry: For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field,' the page reads, according to a picture posted on the finder's Facebook.
Faith leads Texas GOP elector to resign rather than cast Trump ballot
(RNS) Faith prevented him from being a 'faithless elector.'
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Utah and Mormons are the most generous givers
(RNS) Utah residents give 6.6 percent of their income to charity -- and have the most volunteer hours of any state. A good deal of that generosity is due to the state's heavily Mormon population.
Fake news crackdown threatens religious news
MENLO PARK, Calif. (RNS) Articles about religion might be banned from Facebook.
Trump’s presidential prosperity gospel
(RNS) Ethics problems? It's time to crank up a prosperity gospel justification of the President-Elect.
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