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Religion and Faith

Two survivors tell their stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two survivors tell their stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two girls, Sabina Zimering and Lucy Smith, hid from the Nazis in Poland during World War II. They survived the Holocaust and live in Minnesota today. Zimering wrote her story in the book, "Hiding in the Open." Both women were interviewed by MPR's Dan Olson for the "Voices of Minnesota" series.

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Phone calls from missing Somalis send mixed messages

Phone calls from missing Somalis send mixed messages

When the first group of young Somali men disappeared from Minneapolis back in 2007, they weren't on the FBI's radar yet. In phone calls back to their Minnesota friends, they appeared homesick and disillusioned.
by Sasha Aslanian and Laura Yuen

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Archbishop Nienstedt joins anti-abortion demonstration

Archbishop Nienstedt joins anti-abortion demonstration

Hundreds of demonstrators were outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul Friday morning for an annual Good Friday demonstration protesting legalized abortion.
by Tim Nelson

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Catholic leaders don't want priest list released

A judge in St. Paul is considering arguments that the names of about a dozen Roman Catholic priests accused in church files of sexual misconduct should remain private.

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Joseph Boyden writes about native dichotomy

Joseph Boyden writes about native dichotomy

Joseph Boyden just won Canada's top literary prize for his book "Through Black Spruce." It's the story of a Cree family in Northern Ontario, but it demonstrates how modern native life includes many worlds.
by Euan Kerr

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Former Bishop of Winona Loras Watters dies

Former Bishop of Winona Loras Watters dies

Bishop Loras Joseph Watters, who led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona from 1969-1987, has died. He was 93.

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Reading every word of the Bible

Reading every word of the Bible

David Plotz, editor of the online magazine Slate, read every word of the Old Testament. He chronicles the experience in "Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible."

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Astra Taylor takes philosophy to the streets

Astra Taylor takes philosophy to the streets

A new movie called "Examined Life", screening at the Walker Art Center tonight, aims to bring philosophy, both ancient and modern, to bear on life today.
by Euan Kerr

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Minneapolis mosque reacts to terrorist allegations

Minneapolis mosque reacts to terrorist allegations

A leader of a metro-area mosque is responding to a U.S. Senate committee after testimony yesterday linked two Twin Cities mosques with alleged terrorist recruitment.
by Tom Crann

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Hijabs allowed in new Minn. driver's license bill

A St. Cloud lawmaker says he has changed his bill that would have barred all headwear in driver's license photos to allow for religions headwear.

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