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Pastor Jeff Laustsen, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Rockville Centre: While some of our definitions of sin have changed with the times (few of us fret over whether we should eat meat offered to idols) ...

"We are all sinners," is a popular quote from Pope Francis. But a recent survey indicates "we all" disagree on exactly what's a sin. Is it using artificial contraceptives? Squandering energy resources ...

More than a decade ago on an Aegean island, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians made a startling proposition: That pollution and other attacks on the environment could be ...

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