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Massachusetts

Hindu temple rising in Groton serves growing immigrant community

GROTON – This largely rural town of 11,000 will soon host one of the nation's largest Hindu temples, serving thousands of New England residents who follow Shirdi Sai Baba, an Indian guru who died in 1918. Located less than three miles west of Interstate 495 on the town

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Preserving tradition, spirituality at Jewish day schools

WATERTOWN – The Thursday before the Jewish New Year, the Kindergarten class at JCDS, Boston's Jewish Community Day School buzzed with students creating cards, learning songs and readying for one of the most joyous days of their year. "Who can find me something in this room that I

Massachusetts

Abandoned but not forgotten: The Lazarus Ministry

The Lazarus Ministry at St. Anthony's Shrine in Boston is an oasis of hope in a harsh cultural climate that dismisses "inconvenient" human life. One of the great human tragedies is to die alone and abandoned. But the self-effacing friars and volunteers at the church respond

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A love story about faith, family and miracles

There's something compelling and unshakeable in the simplicity of this elegant love story. Like most great stories, this one begins unexpectedly, there's a sense of wonder and a time of coming together. There's a realization; this is meant to be. Everyone around feels the

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In Australia, bishops face legal complaint for defending marriage

Sydney, Australia (CNA/EWTN News) — The Sydney archbishop has strongly defended the freedom of the Catholic Church in response to a legal complaint claiming the Australian bishops' pastoral letter on marriage violated Tasmania's strict anti-discrimination law. "Australia is party to treaties guaranteeing freedoms of religion and

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Inspired by sin, Amish man runs marathon

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An Amish man turned heads as he whizzed by fellow runners at a recent marathon — not because of his speed but because of his unusual racing attire. Twenty-two-year-old Leroy Stolzfus finished the 26.2-mile Harrisburg Marathon on Nov. 8 in just over three hours and five minutes,

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A proclamation for Thanksgiving Day, 1864

It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year, defending us with His guardian care against unfriendly designs from abroad and vouchsafing to us in His mercy many and signal victories over the enemy, who is of our own household. It has also pleased our Heavenly Father

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Patriots honor memory of local Jewish teen killed in Palestinian terror attack

FOXBORO — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made sure that the memory of one of his team's most ardent fans, an 18-year-old college-bound student from Sharon, took center stage at Gillette Stadium ahead of Monday night's divisional tilt against the Buffalo Bills. Ezra Schwartz, who was