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Shepard has endured as a symbol of violent hate crimes against LGBTQ people
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Westminster Abbey’s Newest Window Was Designed by David Hockney—on an iPad
It was commissioned in celebration of Elizabeth II’s reign
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A new book imagines how the underworld may appear with these illustrations
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Why the Legend of Medieval Pope Joan Persists
The mythical female pope is back in the news as an academic uses medieval coins to look for physical evidence of her reign
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Artificial Intelligence Can Now Decipher Medieval Graffiti (Cat Sketches and All)
Researchers sought to decipher the 11th-century graffiti adorning the walls of St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev
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The Wild Road Trip That Launched the Populist Conservative Movement
How a fiery preacher and a maverick Army general took the nation by storm
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Pocket-Sized Bible Returns to Canterbury Cathedral After 500 Years
The volume was lost after Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the cathedral’s monastery
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An Early Christian Church May Have Been Found in Rome
The structure, inlaid with beautiful colored marble, was built around the time that Christianity began to gain widespread acceptance
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Plans for the Emanuel Nine Memorial Unveiled
The monument to the nine black parishioners slain in Charleston in 2015 will include two wing-like benches that arc around a marble fountain
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Armenia’s “Tree of Life” Tradition Took Root Thousands of Years Ago, and Has Only Grown Since
The tree adorned in this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival will continue to blossom overseas
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When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees
As World War II ended, Europe’s Jews began the process of rebuilding their lives and families. But few places were like St. Ottilien
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The Point of Armenia’s Splashy Holiday Is Getting Wet
The ancient tradition of Vardavar attracts tourists to Armenia, but bring a change of clothes
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Meet the Americans Following in the Footsteps of the Knights Templar
Disbanded 700 years ago, the most famous of the medieval Christian orders is undergoing a 21st century revival
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Unfurling the Rich Tapestry of Armenian Culture
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a window on Armenian visions of home
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A Message From Stephen Hawking Is On Its Way to a Black Hole
After his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey, a musical composition and “message of hope” were broadcast toward 1A 0620-00, the nearest black hole
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How Computer Scientists Model the Role of Religion in Society
Virtual simulations attempt to show how faith influences human behavior in the face of terror
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“Hidden” Attic in Westminster Abbey Is Opening as a Museum
Visitors can view more than 300 relics from the Abbey’s 1,000-year history and peer out at one of the best views in Europe
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The History of Black Catholics in America
The Black Catholic Movement reinvigorated the church, with liturgical innovation, new preaching styles and activist scholarship
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How a Copper Coin Mummified a Baby’s Hand
The preemie was buried in a jar in an medieval cemetery with a coin to “pay” for passage into heaven
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How Vietnam War Protests Accelerated the Rise of the Christian Right
The anti-war efforts of Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. and other church leaders alienated many Protestant Americans—with lasting repercussions
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