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This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible ... Beautiful Blue GateThe most famous of the eight gates Nebuchadrezzar II built around Babylon, this gate ...

God must love music,” Jenny stated. “I’m not sure I agree,” Sarah differed. “If He loves music, why did He create people like me who can’t carry a tune in a bucket? Why are there people who can’t even ...

By The Council Of Bishops  Last week, the Reverend Donnie Swaggart, pastor of Family Worship Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...

ANALYSIS: The vitality of the local Catholic community is evident throughout the communist nation.

Before advising visitors where to go it acknowledges demonstrations and over-tourism in some locations in Europe have led to ...

My picturesque drive to Tenzen followed the Columbia River on Highway 14, letting me peek at the beautiful waterway that was ...

Minutes” used one of the gates as a backdrop for a 1993 episode about tensions between Belleville and East St. Louis.

A locked steel gate keeps traffic from going south ... In the early 1990s, the Rev. John Curry, then pastor of Belleville Bible Way Church, called them a “symbol of racial hatred” and demanded ...

I think of the English hymn “Hail to the Lord Who Comes” that recounts a beautiful story of the Presentation: “Hail to the Lord who comes, comes to his temple gate/ Not with his angel host ...

And in some cultures, they’re viewed as guardians of dream time, which is a really cool and beautiful way of looking at them as opposed to in the Bible or any reference ... It’s a folky song called ...