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Like many hajj traditions in a pandemic year, Zamzam water gets a reboot

By Joseph Hammond — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — In an effort to keep COVID-19 transmission to a minimum, Saudi authorities have deployed 20 robots to serve bottles of Islam's holiest water to often bemused pilgrims.

Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair

By Menachem Wecker — August 3, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Questionable artifacts haven't cast doubt on the reputations of other museums and institutions in the same way as occurred after the Museum of the Bible's acquisition of thousands of items from Iraq in a sale that was 'fraught with red flags.'

Ex-Vatican official acquitted in money smuggling case

By Reuters — January 19, 2016
But the monsignor, who had close connections to the Vatican's scandal-plagued bank, is still faces charges of money laundering.
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