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Religion

Nepal pursuing smuggled sacred items

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s gods and goddess are returning home. An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past. Now dozens are being repatriated to the Himalayan nation, part of a growing global effort to return such items to countries in ...

Spiritual notes

Novena celebrated The second novena of 2024 to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese (the Little Flower) offered by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Loretto will open Thursday, Feb. 22, and end Friday, March 1. The public is invited to attend Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 4 ...

Quakers host speaker series

The Dunnings Creek Friends Meeting (Quakers) will present the Winter 2024 event in their ‘Still Listening’ guest speaker series on local history at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. Michael Corle of Bedford will present “Changing Narratives: The New Voice of Rural Museums.” Admission is free; ...

Indigenous faithful, Christians conserve India’s sacred forests

SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: ...

Italian priest is vatican’s AI expert

ROME — Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how to govern artificial intelligence so that it enriches — and doesn’t exploit — people’s lives. Benanti is the Vatican’s ...

Spiritual notes

Food pantry, movie night planned The food pantry at the Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren will be open Friday, Jan. 19. The pantry is for people living in Blair County. Also, the church will host movie night beginning with snacks at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19. The movie “Owd ...