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• Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land
  After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.December 1, 2012
• 2 men renew fight to preach at Duluth event
  Two preachers in northern Minnesota are back in federal court, renewing allegations that the city of Duluth is violating their constitutional right by preventing them from preaching their Christian faith at an annual holiday event.November 25, 2012
• Tiniest of stories say much about St. Ben nuns
  Susan Sink wanted to tell the untold stories of the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph by just using a few words. The poet offers an intimate look at the lives of the nuns from the 1920s to the 1990s by putting their oral histories to paper in her latest book, "Habits."November 25, 2012
• Sister Joan Chittister speaks at Westminster Town Hall Forum
  Joan Chittister of the Benedictine Sisters speaks about equality, justice, feminism and oppression in an address titled, "American Women and the Women of the World: No Woman Left Behind." She spoke at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis Nov. 1, 2012.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 21, 2012
• The evolution of one person's prayer
  Once, he prayed for things; then he prayed for help; now he prays for something else.November 20, 2012
• Celebs help tribes' push for sacred SD land
  An online campaign to raise money so Native American tribes in South Dakota can purchase land they consider sacred has a growing list of celebrities backing the effort.November 18, 2012
• UW-Madison panel approves funding for atheist group
  An atheist group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could receive almost $70,000 in student fees for programming costs, an apparent first for the college and student atheist groups nationwide.November 18, 2012
• Catholic group wants answers on archdiocese spending
  A group of nearly 100 Catholics is calling for accountability and transparency in the church's finances.November 16, 2012
• Minn. Catholic teen not confirmed due to gay rights stance
  A teenager who posted his support for same-sex marriage online has been denied a Catholic rite of passage at his northwestern Minnesota church, his family said.November 15, 2012
• Local religious leaders take 'food stamp challenge'
  A group of faith leaders in Minnesota plans to raise awareness about hunger this week by taking a "food stamp challenge."November 11, 2012
• St. John's University panel on faith and politics
  With faith emerging as a factor in this year's national and local elections, Kerri Miller sat down with a panel of faith leaders to discuss the role of faith in politics.The Daily Circuit, November 4, 2012
• IRS not enforcing rules on churches and politics
  For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn't been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving religious groups who make direct or thinly veiled endorsements of political candidates unchallenged.November 3, 2012
• Evidence of our senses tells us why there can't be gay marriage
  Men and women have a freedom to marry that emerges naturally from the design of their bodies.November 3, 2012
• Marriage amendment would move our Constitution backward, not forward
  Usually, we change such documents in order to roll back intolerances.November 2, 2012
• Hobby Lobby opposes health care law
  An arts and craft supply chain that wants to block enforcement of part of a new health care law that requires employers to cover insurance costs for the morning-after pill and the week-after pill is heading to court.November 1, 2012

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