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Persian New Year: Baha’i couple mark Nowruz with food, fasting and community service

Parivash Rohani and her family are among as many as 300 million people worldwide who celebrate the Persian New Year.

by Tim McKellick Special to the Press Herald March 20, 2018March 19, 2018

It’s a trade-off that would keep the country safe and improve the lives of millions of human beings.

by Associated Press February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

The congregation believes the rifle symbolizes the ‘rod of iron’ in the Bible.

by JONATHAN DREW and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press February 22, 2018February 22, 2018

The two-day viewing is part of nine days of mourning for America’s most famous evangelist.

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press January 18, 2018January 19, 2018

He aggravates the nation’s already bitter relationship with the Catholic Church, seeking proof that a bishop helped cover up the crimes.

A tradition of Jewish grandmothers is revived in time for Hanukkah.

by Daniel Kany October 29, 2017October 27, 2017

Renaissance Christians had a way of facing it, now on display in ‘The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe’

by BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press October 2, 2017

His combination of experience in private business, military acumen and deep roots in the religion made him emblematic of Mormon leaders of his era.

by and William Booth The Washington Post June 25, 2017June 25, 2017

Liberal Jews decry the decision to abandon the proposal.

by REEM AKKAD The Washington Post June 7, 2017June 6, 2017

A Muslim reflects on her own experience and speaks to a Johns Hopkins doctor on the science of fasting.