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...more than a century, Roman Catholics have flocked to the shrine at Lourdes to pray and bathe in the sacred waters of the grotto spring. Five million pilgrims are expected to visit this year, enriching the town by nearly $400 million. So many faithful are coming, in fact, that a holy-water shortage has developed. For the first time in its history, Lourdes is rationing the blessed potion...
...sweeping up trees and feasting on houses. At times we were unable to breathe as the 70 m.p.h. wind whipped ashes all around, so strong we could not open the door. Our van was alone in the heart of the inferno, and there was nothing we could do but pray...
...outset of the trial in March, Marcos pleaded, "If I am to be tried here, I pray that I will be treated like an ordinary American seeking justice." An extraordinary kind of ordinary...
...Bridget Mergens Mayhew, the idea of forming an extracurricular Christian club at Omaha's Westside High School five years ago seemed simple enough. "There are a lot of pressures on kids," she recalls, "and we just wanted to get together and pray." But school authorities turned down her plea, fearing it would violate the separation of church and state. The refusal touched off a fractious legal battle that last week culminated in a spectacular win for Mayhew and her friends: a major decision from the U.S. Supreme Court barring discrimination against voluntary religious clubs in public high schools. The court...
Barricading streets, burning cars and tossing petrol bombs are mostly summer events, when there are anniversaries to commemorate, school is out and nights are warm. It's a time when the air of Belfast is thin with the promise of excitement, and mothers pray for rain. "The lads don't go out and fight as much when it's raining," says Betty, 33. Four of her five brothers have done time, and her three sons are all adept at making petrol bombs. Even the six- year-old, whose forehead is blackened by a burn mark he got while making...