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According to the Roman Catholic Church, the arduous and enigmatic process of electing a new Pontiff, known as the Papal Conclave, will begin on May 7.  Recent numbers of the College of Cardinals show that approximately 135 cardinals, all under the age of 80, are eligible to vote on behalf of the 1.4-billion-member Church. Although…

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More people are believing in the concept of an “afterlife,” even when they are religiously unaffiliated, according to a new study. Ryan Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, ran an analysis of nearly five decades of data on the belief of an afterlife amongst individuals. The data was obtained through the…

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The Austrian Academy of Science (OeAW) alongside the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently shared the discovery of some nearly 30 inscriptions and nine drawings on the walls of the Cenacle in Jerusalem, the place that is traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus’ Last Supper. Jews and Muslims hold the site to be sacred…

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In the little town of Solon, Maine resides a little church called the South Solon Meeting House, referred to as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel” by students of nearby Colby College. The house has earned the moniker for good reason: in the 1950s, artists filled the interior of the building with inspiring murals that have drawn in…

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Roman Catholic cardinals from throughout the world are meeting behind closed doors at the Vatican to make decisions related to Pope Francis’ death. One of the decisions they will make this week is whether Pope Francis’ signet ring will be destroyed. Traditionally, the papal ring – called the Fisherman’s Ring — would be destroyed without…
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