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Religion and Faith

Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world

Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world

Best-selling novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon says he set out to recreate the storytelling of the great Victorian writers while including modern sensibilities.
by Euan Kerr

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Priest dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq

A Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis confirmed Sunday.

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Vatican declares Cathedral of St. Paul a national shrine

Vatican declares Cathedral of St. Paul a national shrine

The Vatican has designated the Cathedral of Saint Paul as a national shrine, the first in Minnesota. The cathedral also becomes the the only national shrine in North America dedicated to honor the Apostle Paul.
by Toni Randolph

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Daniel Hauser responding positively to chemo

Daniel Hauser responding positively to chemo

The 13-year-old boy from rural Minnesota who is undergoing court-ordered chemotherapy for Hodgkins lymphoma is responding to the treatment.

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Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum

Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum

A gunman, said by authorities to have a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past, opened fire inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot by other officers.

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Rabbi's comments about Arabs widely rebuked

A St. Paul rabbi faced a flurry of criticism this week after an independent Jewish magazine quoted him as saying he advocated killing Arabs and destroying their holy sites.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Obama calls for 'new beginning' between U.S. and Muslims

Obama calls for 'new beginning' between U.S. and Muslims

President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.

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Head of Catholic Charities resigns

Rev. John Estrem has resigned as CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the agency said Tuesday afternoon. His last day will be June 30.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Pianist Stephen Hough: Faith, prayer and Tchaikovsky

Pianist Stephen Hough is recording all of Tchaikovsky's works for piano and orchestra with the Minnesota Orchestra for Hyperion. He is a performer with a strong inner compass, and much of that comes from a devout religious faith.
by Brian Newhouse

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