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Speculation about Mandela’s fate seen as cultural taboo

Will native son and national hero Nelson Mandela survive his latest bout with illness?

Soccer ban on Sikh turbans leads to backlash against Quebec

Quebec's decision to ban Sikh religious headgear on the soccer field is having national repercussions.

Vancouver Peace Choir Builds Bridges

East Vancouver is one of the city's most culturally diverse areas. Thus, it was entirely fitting that Tim Corlis brought his Vancouver Pe

Why John Calvin is shaking things up for Southern Baptists

Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of

Al-Qaida magazine warns of more 'lone wolf' attacks

The online English-language al-Qaida magazine /Inspire/, which once printed instructions for building a pressure-cooker bomb, has published a special edition that attempts to take credit for

Syrian civil war forces Sunni and Shiite Muslims to pick sides

The Syrian civil war is increasingly drawing in nations across the Middle East, a regionwide conflict that threatens to pit world powers a

Christian leaders seek to overcome polarization

Twenty-five top Christian leaders gathered in the U.S.

Canadians turning away from organized religion

A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers.

Welby installed as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

Justin Welby, the 57-year old former oil executive who quit the world of high finance in 1992 to become a priest, was enthroned Thursday (March

Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s "Dirty War"

In 1974, when the Rev. Jorge Bergoglio was the top Jesuit in his native Argentina, a former nightclub dancer named Isabel Peron came to head the nation – an accidental and weak president.

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