Our PCs sit in as proud a position in our homes as the Romans placed their household altars.

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The association with cartels and denunciations by some priests has resulted in some non-devotees destroying makeshift roadside altars.

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For the next hour we processed between altars, bowing again and again.

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But Dylan William of King's College London says slavish worship at the altars of testing and targets could be damaging.

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People honor the lives of lost family members or friends by building altars, holding processions, decorating gravesites and placing offerings for loved ones.

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Arrullo is a saint worship ritual led by women, who prepare the saints, candles and altars and perform chants accompanied by drums and, on occasion, Marimbas.

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Within 150 km are scores of monasteries, seminaries and altars.

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All around stood more shrines, altars and statues.

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Fellow New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, said there were "real constitutional problems" with using taxpayer dollars to rebuild structures such as religious sanctuaries and altars that are not used by the general public.

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