By Michael Casey - Associated Press
The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that frigid night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to kick in.
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By Nicole Winfield, Christina Malkia and Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press
Pope Francis urged Congo's people on Wednesday to forgive those who have harmed them as he presided over a Mass before an estimated 1 million people in a country wracked by decades of violence.
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Nonbelievers advocate for religious freedom because the right to believe or not to believe must be protected from regimes that would persecute those who disagree with them, an atheist leader says.
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For months, dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers have been terrorized by a radical pro-choice outfit calling itself Jane's Revenge, but now it looks as if the previously unknown group is entwined with a larger threat: Antifa.
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Most Americans believe a public call to prayer is appropriate, particularly during a national tragedy, a poll revealed Tuesday.
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By Nicole Winfield and Jean-Yves Kamale and Christina Malkia - Associated Press
Pope Francis demanded Tuesday that foreign powers stop plundering Africa's natural resources for the "poison of their own greed" as he arrived in Congo to a raucous welcome by Congolese grateful he was focusing the world's attention on their forgotten plight.
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Florida public schools have begun to implement a new state law to weed out sexually explicit content and other inappropriate material from classroom bookshelves, triggering accusations from the left that Gov. Ron DeSantis is banning books and threatening to jail teachers for stocking their bookshelves.
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A British Anglican priest whose longtime opposition to Israel's activities was found to have spilled over into antisemitism will not be allowed to perform clerical duties until 2030, a Church of England tribunal ruled Monday.
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Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty Monday by a federal jury of charges stemming from an altercation outside a Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia, signaling a victory for the pro-life movement in its feud with the Justice Department.
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Investigators in a New Jersey town are searching for the man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a synagogue early Sunday, an incident that coincides with fears about rising antisemitism.
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COVID-19 has surpassed pneumonia and the flu to become the leading respiratory cause of death among children and teenagers, a new study found.
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Police, pizza, protests -- a perfect combination for a woke tempest in a teapot, but Glenn Story, the CEO of the wireless provider in the eye of the storm, says he is undaunted.
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Stepped-up security and a new school administrator will be present as students return to the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher weeks ago.
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