Chinese Catholics celebrate Lunar New Year with festive Mass in Harrison
Chinese Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Newark and beyond gathered at Holy Cross Church in Harrison on Feb. 2 to ...
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Worship Starts with a Pierced God
Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.
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Could This Lunar New Year Tradition Be Harmful to Your Health?
This common practice for worship or celebrations in many Asian cultures could harm the health of you and your loved ones.
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Slithering into celebration: Chinese people embrace snakes as new zodiac symbol
In the Western culture, snakes are often associated with temptation, sin and evil forces, famously symbolized by the serpent in the Bible who lured Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. It is also ...
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Personal reflections on Chinese Lunar celebrations | North State Voices
Jan. 29 marked the beginning of the Chinese Lunar celebration. This is the Year of the Snake. The snake symbolizes the idea of letting go of the old and embracing the new in our lives, ...
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How People Are Ringing in the Year of the Snake in China and Beyond
According to historical records, the Chinese people have been celebrating the lunar new year for over 4,000 years.
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LA fires claimed places of worship, but congregations still are helping others
Organized religion provides space for worship and spiritual study. Amid disaster, it can also provide a built-in system of caring and an active faith. “That’s what we’re really hoping to do ...
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Places of Worship Act: Mathura Shahi Masjid committee moves SC to close Centre's right to file reply
"It is submitted that the Union of India is deliberately not filing its counter-affidavit/reply vis-a-vis the challenge to the Places of Worship Act, 1991, with the intention to delay the hearing ...
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American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote
Photo: Jim LoScalzo – Pool via CNP/Zuma Press It took only about a day for Chinese censors to crack down on posts from Americans who had flooded onto the Chinese social-media app Xiaohongshu.
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Congress’s KC Venugopal moves Supreme Court to defend Places of Worship Act
The intervention application, filed by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, said the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 reflects the mandate of the Indian people (PTI FILE PHOTO ...
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"People's Mandate": Congress Files Top Court Plea In Places Of Worship Case
The Congress on Thursday filed an intervention petition in the Supreme Court, which last month began hearing petitions challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act passed in 1991.
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Congress moves SC against challenges to Places of Worship Act, citing ‘threat to communal harmony’
The Congress party has moved the Supreme Court to oppose the petitions challenging provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, news agency ANI reported on Thursday ...