Fortunately, Pilgrim Faith is attracting some new members, and my family, which started going there four years ago, was like just about all of them: coming from the local, dominant Catholic faith, and deciding that we and our families would rather have some church affiliation than leave organized religion entirely.

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In Jordan, the Islamist parties seem now to have enough faith in the electoral system to compete again after a four-year boycott.

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She wears a gold necklace bearing four lockets -- a heart for love, a cross for her Christian faith, a sand dollar for her fondness of the beach and an eye to ward off evil.

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All four men had denied the fraud charges, claiming the tax credit applications were made in good faith with the aim of making the movie.

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Faith Matters, an inter-faith organisation aimed at tackling extremism, said it had recorded 212 incidents since last Wednesday, up from between four and six per day.

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