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The quiet, steely faith of George H.W. Bush
By Stephen Mansfield — December 4, 2018
(RNS) — For the late George H.W. Bush, faith was a private anchor of strength. Boasting about it was a kind of sin.
How the dead danced with the living in medieval society
By Ashby Kinch — October 30, 2017
(THE CONVERSATION) — What if the dead played a more active, more participatory role in our daily lives?
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and teacher of tolerance, is dead at 87
By Lauren Markoe — July 2, 2016
(RNS) He spent 10 years in silence about the Holocaust before he found his voice as the world's most famous advocate for remembering the unthinkable.
Jozef Wesolowski, former Vatican diplomat accused of child sex abuse, is dead
By Rosie Scammell — August 28, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Polish ex-nuncio -- as Vatican ambassadors are called -- had been due to stand trial on charges he paid for sex with children during his time in the Dominican Republic.
Bodily desecration is disturbing — but why?
By Tracy Gordon — January 23, 2012
(RNS) Desecrating enemy dead is not always a vengeful impulse, and in some cultures even has a religious component. At the same time, disgust at the desecration of the dead is not always a simple case of demanding respect for a fallen human being, but also carries religious implications, and even one's journey in the afterlife. By Omar Sacirbey. 850. With photo.
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