Word: sacredness
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Sacred art has always been big business. Both the legal and illegal art markets are flooded with icons and artifacts that were stolen from holy sites in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. But the targeting of Christian art in Europe is relatively new, dating back only a few decades...
The small painting is one of Greece's most sacred icons. So when, one morning in August 2006, the monastery's Mother Superior followed a breeze to the back of the church and discovered that the painting was missing - its pine-and-resin cradle empty, climbing ropes dangling outside a...
On the outskirts of Eldoret, we come to a different kind of checkpoint, manned by the Kenyan military police. Inside it along the road into town, thousands of people are dragging suitcases and huddling in groups. Families are camped by the roadside, hanging their washing on fences. At the Sacred...
An autopsy would have been the obvious solution to the ongoing debate, but Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zadari declined one at the time of her death, explaining at a news conference on Sunday that, "It was an insult to my wife, an insult to the mother of the nation...
A late run by Sacred Heart forced the Harvard men’s basketball team to enter its Winter break on a six-game losing streak. With the game tied at 58 with 2:56 remaining, Pioneer guard Drew Shubik hit two free throws, starting a 9-0 run that...