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Feast of All Souls

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Send Sex Offenders to Monasteries? Monks Say 'No Way'

Bishops shouldn't make monasteries a dumping ground for problem priests, say monastic communities.

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The Last Shakers?

The country's four remaining Shakers pray for new recruits--but what if nobody joins?

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Scholarly Smackdown: Were Mary Magdalene and Jesus Married?

One Bible scholar says there's no evidence. Another argues that John's gospel and a Gnostic text offer clues to a marriage.

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What's the Point of Praying for the Dead?

Prayer for the dead isn't appeasement or fire insurance. We pray for them because we know they're still alive--in Christ.

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Giving Up Sex for Lent

My friends' fast from sex gets to the heart of Lenten discipline.

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Loose Canon: June 2004

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Loose Canon Archive: October 2004

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Find an Orthodox Church

Links to parish directories for the major branches of the Eastern Orthodox church.

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