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Pope Francis celebrates 85th birthday with migrants and refugees from Cyprus
By Claire Giangravé — December 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The pope met with a group of a dozen migrants he invited to Rome from a refugee camp in Cyprus on his recent papal visit there.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama celebrates 86th birthday
By Associated Press — July 6, 2021
DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama celebrated his 86th birthday on Tuesday, thanking his supporters and expressing his appreciation to India, where he has lived since he fled his homeland in 1959. “I want to express my deep appreciation of all my friends who have really shown me love, respect […]
As Dalai Lama turns 85, his lineage’s future is as uncertain as Tibet’s
By Ira Rifkin — July 6, 2020
(RNS) — As the Tibetan Buddhist leader ages, a confrontation with China over the legitimacy of his successor looms.
Happy 100th Birthday, Billy Graham
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2018
(RNS) — As the calendar marks what would have been Graham’s 100th birthday on Wednesday, here are 10 quotes from the preacher and people who knew and admired him over his 99 years of life.
Billy Graham: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
By RNS staff — February 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Billy Graham is remembered for a subtle approach to politics that contrasts sharply with many of today's openly political evangelicals.
Billy Graham at 99: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
By RNS staff — November 7, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As he celebrates his birthday today, in what his son described as "stable" health, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is kicking of a yearlong celebration of the preacher's past.
Oldest Italian nun says love is the secret to life
By Josephine McKenna — February 21, 2017
ROME (RNS) 'Love, love and keep on loving. With joy!' the nun said.
Billy Graham ‘doing well’ just ahead of 98th birthday
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 3, 2016
(RNS) The Graham family plans to celebrate Billy Graham's birthday on Monday with one of his favorite treats.
At 80, the Dalai Lama is just getting started
By Lauren Markoe — July 9, 2015
(RNS) The Dalai Lama's work may increasingly engage him with people and events far removed from centers of Buddhist thought.
On his 100th birthday, Herman Wouk’s guidebook to Judaism still a classic (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — May 27, 2015
(RNS) More than 55 years since its publication, Henry Wouk's “This is My God” retains its place as a guidebook to Judaism.
First showers, now sleeping bags: Pope Francis’ birthday gift to the homeless
By Josephine McKenna — December 18, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) "This is a gift for you from the pope on the occasion of his birthday," volunteers, including nuns and members of the Swiss Guard, told the recipients during the operation.
No god but Alec Baldwin
By Laura Turner — April 3, 2014
On Alec Baldwin's birthday, we remember his speech from MALICE about being God. What does it mean when we our society grants people this sense of omnipotence?
A birthday prayer
By Omid Safi — December 12, 2013
I am reminded that all of us are born through some one else's pain, and raised through sacrifice. From the very beginning, love and suffering go hand in hand. And it remains that way. I give thanks for the love, and give thanks for all who sacrifice every day.
Happy Birthday to the Prophet Muhammad! (from a female point of view)
By Omid Safi — January 23, 2013
The poem describing the inner meaning of the Prophet's birthday goes on to describe the very physical experience of birth, that magical experience where a life enters this world through a grace-filled opening, resulting in an opening of a new gate of mercy for humanity.
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