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To be a religious university in the 21st century is to stand athwart history. For more than a century, the overwhelming trend among religious colleges and universities has been to distance themselves from their religious moorings and to sever ties with their sponsoring churches. This path was almost always paved with good intentions. No one decided, at one fell swoop, to convert a religious

The Virgin of Charity has been crucial to Catholicism in Cuba, which repressed religious practice after becoming an atheist state following the 1959 revolution. It turned into a secular state in the early 1990s and has become more tolerant of religion over the past quarter century. But the Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions, is

Ramesh Singh had been waiting for this day for five years. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a tradition to kick off general election campaigns in Mr. Singh’s city, and this year was no different. So the sugarcane farmer joined the adoring throngs, who are all but guaranteed to deliver Mr. Modi a resounding third-term victory in elections that begin Friday. 

“Modi is not

About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India’s holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of the controversial grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord Ram.

Ayodhya’s airport can barely accommodate the influx of private jets. “The planes will depart after dropping guests,” airport manager Saurabh Singh said.

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