This week’s Religion in the News stories focus on many diverse issues having to do with religion in the modern world, but the BIG story is connected to the religious accents of fear around today — Friday the 13th:
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RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF FRIDAY THE 13th (NATional GEOGRAPHIC)
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MAN DRESSED AS SHARK FALLS AFOUL OF AUSTRIA’S BURQA LAW (DW)
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IT’S COMPLICATED BETWEEN HUMANS & NATURE (OUTSIDE)
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ROBOTS GIVE BLESSINGS IN GERMANY (RNS)
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HOW SIKHS HAVE BECOME POLITICAL POWER-BROKERS IN CANADA (THE STAR)
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BURYING YOUR CAT, DOG, ALONG WITH GRANDMA (THE ATLANTIC)
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TRUMP DISMANTLING RELIGION-RELATED INITIATIVES OF OBAMA, BUSH (THINK PROGRESS)
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JUDGE STRIKES DOWN CLERGY HOUSING (MADISON)