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12 belief-related resources for helping Oklahoma

Want to send aid to Oklahoma in the wake of the EF-5 tornado that tore through on Monday? Here's a quick list of 12 belief-related organizations you can give through. 
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Godless funerals thrive in ‘post-Catholic’ Ireland

| May 22, 2013

After 32 years as an interior designer, Patricia Wojnar went back to school for a master’s degree in bereavement studies, a hot commodity in Ireland’s “post-Catholic” economy that features growing markets for wedding and funeral officiants who aren’t associated with the scandal-scarred Catholic Church.
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After Boston, will we make peace or holy patriots?

| May 22, 2013

After the violence at the Boston Marathon, America has a choice on its way forward, says Muslim writer Sam Wazan. He writes: "Now, the false question is “Why is Islam a religion of violence?” A better question is “Why do militant Muslim radicals find America to be the frontier?” The right questions diagnose problems more accurately."
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Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections

| May 15, 2013

(RNS) News that scientists in Oregon had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders who say the research crosses a bioethical red line and could lead to designer babies.
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ANALYSIS: Will the Kermit Gosnell verdict change the abortion debate?

| May 15, 2013

When rogue abortionist Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of delivering and then killing late-term infants, abortion opponents were convinced they had a case that could finally reshape a static abortion debate. Yet for a variety of reasons, those prayers for a game-changing impact may go unanswered.
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Left behind: Families struggle to navigate life after suicide

| May 10, 2013

(RNS) Many communities and individuals still struggle with how best to support those left behind after a loved one commits suicide. Now faith-based groups are starting to help.
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As Holocaust Museum turns 20, the ranks of survivors dwindle

| Apr 29, 2013

(RNS)  It won't be long before no eyewitnesses to the Holocaust remain. That's why, as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum marks its 20th anniversary Monday, museum officials are calling it one the last large gatherings of those who managed to escape Hitler's death machine.
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Theologian Richard Lischer tries to make sense of his son’s death

| Apr 18, 2013

(RNS) Duke Divinity School Professor Richard Lischer has written a memoir about the death of his son to cancer more than seven years ago. While memoirs about grief are plentiful, Lischer’s book is a testament to how people of faith grapple with loss and try to make sense of death.
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‘Death cafes’ normalize a difficult, not morbid, topic

| Apr 16, 2013

(RNS) No one wants to talk about death at the dinner table, says Lizzy Miles, a social worker in Columbus, Ohio. But sometimes people need to talk about the “taboo” topic. Hence the birth of “death cafes.”
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Vatican gets behind adult stem cell research

| Apr 11, 2013

(RNS) Wading into one of the most controversial fields of modern medicine, the Vatican is pushing adult stem cell research as ethical and scientifically more promising than embryonic stem cell research.
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FAV(e) PLACES: Boone Hospital labyrinth offers experience of peace

| Mar 28, 2013

Between a hill and stable lies a patch of concrete with a deeper function: The intricate design inlayed in it is a labyrinth. It's design dates back to the thirteenth century, and it offers visitors of Boone Hospital a place of solace. 
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