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MUSKEGON, MI – A rare, hand-illuminated Bible was unveiled Wednesday at Trinity Health Hospital in Muskegon. Trinity staff presented The St. John’s Bible Heritage Edition, specifically the Gospels and ...

A hobby turned into a business for one Nagaland Christian seeking to “draw people closer to the Word of God.” Atone Vero doesn’t recall a single day in the last three years when she hasn’t opened her ...

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills. Just six months earlier and half a world away, he was pulling all-nighters to play Madden NFL on his Xbox ...

U.S.-born Buddhist lama Jalue Dorje pauses outside of his hotel room before he walks to nearby Shechen Monastery for a series of rituals and teachings in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, April 6, 2026.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. One by one, he taps bowed heads with a ritual vase and a peacock feather, sprinkling holy ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jalue Dorje grew up a typical American teen ...

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