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Tagle, who was also removed from his role, had been nominally president but was not involved in the day-to-day operations, which were overseen by a lay director-general.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025 -
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2024
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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As de Kort tells Live Science, these treasures were buried in several deposits that might have constituted offerings to a pagan god—possibly Wodan, the Germanic persona of the Norse god Odin.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, global polarization around topics like migration and climate change has only grown since 2013, showing the limits of his influence in secular life.—
Sophie Hills,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 Apr. 2025
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The rumor that any secular art form was of the devil was easier to believe than a young Black man from Hazelhurst, Mississippi finding God through his guitar rather than the church.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
23 Apr. 2025
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Jakes shared the change during a sermon at the nondenominational church on April 27.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Michelle recalls her and her siblings riding bikes with the Jackson family children in some idyllic nondenominational order of Black music.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The key difference is charter schools are privately operated, with most states, including Oklahoma, requiring they are run in a nonsectarian way.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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Most recently, in 2022, the Supreme Court said Maine cannot limit a tuition assistance program to nonsectarian schools.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The camerlengo also administers the goods and temporal rights of the Holy See until a new pope is chosen.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2025
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Unlike image or text generation, music operates within strict temporal and structural constraints.—
Rowan Briggs,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Nonclerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonclerical. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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