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ON RELIGION: The history of 'Old Christmas' in the Southern highlands

Tahlequah Daily Press 25 Dec 2025
Candles in farmhouse windows can shine a long way on dark nights in the Blue Ridge Mountains ... .
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LETTER: 'In every religion there is love'

Finger Lakes Times 25 Dec 2025
‘In every religion there is love’ ... .
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Thailand's 'no disrespect, religion' clarification over Lord Vishnu statue's demolition as India voices concern

Live Mint 25 Dec 2025
Thailand claimed that the statue of Lord Vishnu was a later addition and not an officially registered religious site ....
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Demolition Of Hindu Deity Statue Linked To Security, Not Religion: Thailand On Damage To Lord ...

Zeenews 25 Dec 2025
The demolished statue was built in 2014 and was located in the An Ses area. The incident took place amid growing tensions between Cambodia and Thailand ... .
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America must see China’s war on religion for what it is

The Hill 25 Dec 2025
In defending the right to believe, we defend the very idea of freedom itself ....
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Freedom of religion not subject to politicisation

Vietnam News 25 Dec 2025
Việt Nam is a multi-religion country, where spiritual beliefs coexist peacefully, enjoy equality before the law and are closely connected with the nation’s history ... Việt Nam is a multi-religion ...
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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

Scheerpost 25 Dec 2025
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment. In Islam, God is thought of as sending a succession of human Messengers, each with his own dispensation ... A minority opinion held that Mary the mother of Jesus was a prophet in her own right ... 1391) ... John 11.43-44 has ... .
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The Lantern in the Window

Blue Ridge Christian News 25 Dec 2025
Outside my cabin window, the late-November woods had settled into ....
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To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve

Catholic Standard 25 Dec 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – If people refuse to make room for others – like the poor, children and the stranger – then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus ... Peter’s Basilica ... As the bells of St ... ....
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Gaza Will Mark Christmas With Silent Bells, Frozen Nights, and Grief

Scheerpost 25 Dec 2025
By Dalia Abu Ramadan for Truthout. For the third consecutive year, Christmas will pass in Gaza without lights and without fanfare ... There was a shared sense of hope that 2024 would bring the war to an end ... I asked him how he saw Christmas this year ... ... ....
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The meaning of Christmas

Messenger-Inquirer 25 Dec 2025
The happy times we associate with Christmas today have not always been true. There was a period in England when the town criers would go through their communities calling out loudly so everyone could hear, "No Christmas! No Christmas!" ... .
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Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago

Chicago Tribune 25 Dec 2025
The experience was almost surreal ... Screaming his name ... (John J ... “Pope Francis was under the impression that ‘peace’ involved Ukrainian concessions, and that Russia was not the main antagonist,” said Grzymala-Busse, an expert on religion and politics ... .
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Emmanuel Episcopal brings world class musicians to La Grange for ‘Messiah’ performance

Chicago Tribune 25 Dec 2025
About 250 people became the chorus last week as La Grange’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church brought to life George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” at the church on Kensington Avenue, backing four soloists in the rendition of the Christmas classic ... .
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