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What South America’s largest Buddhist temple says about the religion’s growing influence in Brazil 

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When it opened in 1992 on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, the Zu Lai temple was the first of its kind in the region. After a major expansion, it now occupies more than 100,000 square feet and is the largest tourist attraction in the city of Cotia.

Conservators scan Ukraine’s wooden churches to help preserve them

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This aging Buenos Aires stadium continues to be the undisputed ‘temple of soccer’

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Kolkata’s Jewish population is dwindling

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On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war

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Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive culture

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Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They’ve faced discrimination and assimilation in Chilean society. But some Mapuche communities are now turning the page. And they’re using an ancestral sport to help protect and revive their culture, customs and language.

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

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As Catholic establishments shut down across North America, holy relics once housed inside them are making their way to Manhattan University, where they’re being collected and preserved for the faithful.

Armenian Christians of Jerusalem say their centuries-old community faces an existential threat    

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Armenian Christians in the Old City of Jerusalem say their centuries-old community is facing an existential threat. It stems from an ongoing legal dispute over a real estate deal signed three years ago. Members of the small minority community of Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fearful about their future in the holy city.

‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19

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Recently, in London, a stretch of wall along the River Thames has become a place of pilgrimage for many people.

This 100-year-old synagogue tells a unique story about Jews in Finland 

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The Turku Synagogue in Turku, Finland, was built before Jews even had the right to citizenship in Finland.