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A summit of Roman Catholic bishops recommended that Pope Francis allow the ordination of married men as priests in the Amazon region, which would lift a roughly 1,000-year-old restriction and potentially revolutionize the priesthood.

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Source: New York Times

Terraces cascading down the mountainside were illuminated as thousands of residents of Haifa and surrounding cities and villages walked through the Baha’i gardens at night.

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Source: Baha'i World News Service

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first Thai woman to be ordained as a Theravada monk and current abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, has been listed as one of the BBC’s 100 Women in 2019.

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Source: Global Voices

The 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, is being celebrated worldwide — and for the first time in Bendigo.

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Source: ABC

The foyer is adorned with colourful fabric and bunting. We’re welcomed by the sounds of Indian music while members of the Sikh community offer to tie turbans (Dastaar) around our heads.

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Source: The Conversation

The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA) is appalled and horrified at the recent terrorist attack in Hall Germany, against worshippers in a Synogogue on the Jewish Day of Atonement.

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Source: Jewish Christian Muslim Association

Monash University are looking for volunteers to help implement a world-leading study that seeks to reduce social exclusion.

Baron Friedrich von Frankenberg was an unusual pioneer of the Sufi movement in Australia.

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Source: ABC