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An Ancient Religious Pilgrimage That Now Draws The Secular ()  

A pilgrim walks the Way of St. James outside Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, on July 21, 2010. The ancient religious pilgrimage is also attracting the nonreligious these days.

May 20, 2013 The 1,200-year-old European pilgrimage route known as the Way of St. James is undergoing a revival. Tens of thousands of people are walking across France to the Spanish coastal city of Santiago de Compostela, and the relics of St. James. Once a religious affair, it's now a cultural and social phenomenon as well.

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Pope Francis Puts The Poor Front And Center ()  

Pope Francis blesses a child Sunday after the Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

May 20, 2013 Shunning the formalities of his office and focusing on poverty, Pope Francis is drawing a sharp contrast between his 2-month-old papacy and those of his predecessors.

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Are Buddhist Monks Involved In Myanmar's Violence?()  

Some Muslims say Buddhist monks have been inciting followers during recent violence in Myanmar. Monk U Wirathu acknowledges that he is a Buddhist nationalist but says he has tried to prevent fighting. He's shown here at the Masoeyein monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 27.

May 17, 2013 When tightly controlled societies open up, long-suppressed sectarian tensions can flare. That's been happening in Myanmar. And the twist is that Buddhist monks, widely viewed as pacifists, are part of this rising Buddhist nationalism.

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Pope Francis Denounces 'Cult Of Money'()  

Pope Francis adjusts his pellegrina during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

May 16, 2013 In his first major statement on the global financial crisis, the pontiff calls on world leaders not to forget the poor.

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Twitter Users Risk Damnation, Saudi Religious Police Say()  

In January, this Saudi man in Riyadh had Twitter open on his computer.

May 16, 2013 Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — "has lost this world and his afterlife." Many Saudis have turned to social media sites for news and to discuss issues they might otherwise not be able to bring up.

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Boston Bombing Suspect Buried In Secret At Virginia Cemetery()  

Bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, in a surveillance image taken shortly before the blasts that struck the Boston Marathon last month.

May 10, 2013 After a funeral director's two-week ordeal to find a place that would accept his body, Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried at a Muslim cemetery in central Virginia.

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