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Prayer discount no longer on the menu at North Carolina diner

Prayer discount no longer on the menu at North Carolina diner

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A Winston-Salem, N.C., diner will no longer dish out discounts along with dinner to praying customers.

Patrons peruse the artwork in “Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden,” an exhibit at New York’s Museum of Biblical Art.

Garden of Eden exhibit takes artists back to where it all began

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NEW YORK - If the story of the Garden of Eden is such a common cultural reference point, what more can be said about it?

Real estate mogul Donald Trump was critical of bringing the infected missionaries back to the United States, while columnist Ann Coulter questioned why the missionaries were working in the “disease-ridden cesspools” of Africa.

Ebola comments prompt Christian backlash against Coulter, Trump and Carson

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Prominent American conservative voices are criticizing the decision to bring two medical missionaries who contracted Ebola back to the United States for treatment.

Lebanon's Maronite bishops condemn Islamist incursions

Lebanon's Maronite bishops condemn Islamist incursions

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BEIRUT - Lebanon's Maronite Catholic bishops underscored their "full confidence" in the country's military and security forces as the Lebanese army battled Islamist militants' incursion into Lebanon near the border with Syria.

Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?

Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?

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It may go down as one of the shortest-lived peace accords on record.

Kurdish "peshmerga" troops stand guard against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the province of Ninevah, Iraq, Aug. 6. Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to pray for tens of thousands of Christians from villages in northeastern Iraq who were forced from their homes in the middle of the night by Islamic State militants.

Pope Francis asks for international action to help Iraq's persecuted Christians

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to pray for tens of thousands of Christians from villages in northeastern Iraq who were forced from their homes in the middle of the night by Islamic State militants.

Spanish Father Antonio Rodriguez sits during a court hearing in San Salvador Aug. 5. A Salvadoran judge ordered Father Rodriguez, known for his work in rehabilitating gang members, to remain in detention. He is accused of assisting gangs with criminal activities.

Spanish priest known for working with gangs jailed again in El Salvador

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SAN SALVADOR - A Salvadoran judge ruled that Spanish Passionist Father Antonio Rodriguez, known for his work in rehabilitating gang members, should remain in jail, accused of various crimes regarding gang activities.

Migrants walk as they disembark from a navy ship in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta. An influx of arrivals continues, spurred on by the unstable political situation in Libya. Church officials, however, have pledged to remain in Libya to minister to their flocks.

Church leaders staying put despite Libya chaos

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OXFORD, England - A Catholic official in Libya said Church leaders would remain in the country to support Muslims as well as Christians who remained.

Chaldean Bishop Frank Kalabat carries a monstrance Aug. 1 as he leads nearly 1,000 Chaldean Catholics outside Mother of God Chaldean Church in Southfield, Mich., in praying for for persecuted Iraqi Christians. The new bishop, who heads the Chaldean Eparc hy of St. Thomas the Apostle in West Bloomfield, MIch., called on the international community to recognize as genocide Muslim extremists' violence against Iraqi Christians.

U.S. Chaldeans rally in support of Iraq Christians

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DETROIT - Shouting slogans such as “Obama, Obama, where are you? Iraqi Christians need you!” and “Stop the violence in Iraq!” about 150 protest-ers marched through the streets of downtown Detroit Aug. 1 to call awareness to the violent persecution of Christians in their native land.

An earthquake survivor carries his belongings Aug. 6 in China's Yunnan province. As Chinese authorities raised the official death toll from the Aug. 3 quake, Pope Francis offered public prayers for the victims and their families.

Pope Francis offers prayers for victims of earthquake in China

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VATICAN CITY - As Chinese authorities raised the official death toll from an Aug. 3 earthquake in the southern Yunnan province, Pope Francis offered public prayers for the victims and their families.

Syriac Archbishop Ignatius Joseph III Younan.

Patriarch pleads for help to stop Christian ‘genocide’ in Iraq

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OTTAWA - The head of the Syriac Catholic Church is pleading for Western nations to intervene immediately with diplomatic and political clout to save the Middle East’s ancient Christian communities as they face “a kind of genocide.” 

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