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CNN Belief covers the faith angles of the world's biggest stories, from breaking news to politics to entertainment. It's edited by CNN's Daniel Burke with contributions from CNN's worldwide newsgathering team. See previous content here

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Giant chickens and neo-gothic masterpieces: What Indonesia's churches tell us about its past

Living while dying: 'Little Buddha' wisdom from a terminally ill 'goofball'

Botany: Beijing's most innovative speakeasy

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Explore Bulgaria's largest national park

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Stealing the spotlight at the royal wedding

epaselect epa06754978 Archbishop Philip Wilson (C) leaves the Newcastle Local Court in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 2018. Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson has been found guilty on four charges of concealing child sexual abuse during the 1970's. EPA-EFE/PETER LORIMER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Australian archbishop guilty of covering up sex child abuse

Policy adviser for Trump-linked group called Obama 'Islamchurian candidate,' joked about 'crack whore Dem voter'

MALMO, SWEDEN - OCTOBER 31: Pope Francis gives a speech during the 'Together in Hope' event at Malmo Arena on October 31, 2016 in Malmo, Sweden. The Pope is on 2 days visit attending Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration in Lund and Malmo. (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

Gay man: Pope told me 'God made you like that'

Santa Fe High School junior Guadalupe Sanchez, 16, cries in the arms of her mother, Elida Sanchez, after reuniting with her at a meeting point at a nearby Alamo Gym fitness center following a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, May 18, 2018. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Texas deputies and Santa Fe gunman exchanged fire for 25 minutes, sheriff says

Christianity and depression: It's complicated

Some memes, jokes and political cartoons that were tweeted after the Wednesday's shooting. The photo of tater tots and pears plays on the nonsense phrase "tots and pears," which some people use to spoof what they see is the ineffectiveness of "thoughts and prayers" messages.

How 'thoughts and prayers' went from common condolence to cynical meme

Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock (9685483f)
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The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Carriage Procession, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 19 May 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry in trailblazing ceremony

Sky News' Dan Whitehead will conduct the POOL interview with Bishop Michael Curry at 12.15pET. CNN will get this interview LIVE on RX 584. For more info contact Laura Perez Maestro

Bishop: People were happy and joyful

Bishop Michael Bruce Curry gives a reading during the wedding ceremony of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and US actress Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on Saturday. (Photo by Owen Humphreys / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read OWEN HUMPHREYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Bishop Michael Curry's wedding address -- the full text

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Bishop Michael Curry's full royal wedding address

The Quire in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

What time does the royal wedding start: Full order of service

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Thoughts and prayers this isn't true in Texas

Chilean bishops Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (L) and Juan Ignacio González give a news conference at the Vatican on Monday. They and the rest of the country's bishops have submitted their resignations to Pope Francis.

All the Catholic bishops in Chile have resigned over a sex abuse scandal

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Bangkok's Death Cafe: Come for coffee and a coffin

Bangkok's Death Cafe

Dustin Allen Hughes

A man repeatedly threatened to blow up a mosque, the FBI says. They caught him by checking caller ID

Calls for leniency grow for teen sentenced to die in marital rape case

A Ramadan etiquette guide for non-Muslims

A hair buyer from China holds up bunches of hair he has bought from Yangon's Insein market.

Untangling Myanmar's trade in human hair

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Tokyo's best wagyu burgers

Guns brought these political opposites together

Noura Hussein on her wedding night.

Lawyer for Sudanese teen who killed her rapist facing intimidation

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 5: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk outside the Oval Office of the White House March 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. The prime minister is on an official visit to the US until the end of the week. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Thanks to Trump and Netanyahu, it's Jew vs. Jew

ALEXANDRIA, VA - OCTOBER 13:
Reverend Michael Curry, the incoming presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, sits at the Virginia Theological Seminary following the consecration of the newly built Immanuel Chapel on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, in Alexandria, VA. Curry, who is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, will become the first African American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
(Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked an American bishop to preach at their wedding

Panel erupts over Ivanka Trump-rabbi meeting

Rebecca Sharibu, 45, holds up a photograph that shows her daughter Leah, seated on the left in a black shirt. Leah was kidnapped in February 2018 from her school in the town of Dapchi in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram. Photo by Chika Oduah.

'She refused to convert to Islam,' 85 days on, kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu remains in captivity

Bonus clip from Parts Unknown Armenia Travel Minute

Armenia: Christian nation with Muslim neighbors

Photos of 12-year-old Vincensius Evan Hudojo and 8-year-old Nathanael Ethan Hudojo, who died in Sunday's attack outside Saint Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, displayed at a vigil at a funeral home in Surabaya..

Families tied to Indonesian bombings studied religious texts together

Muslim men conduct Tarawih prayers, during which long portions of the Qur'an are recited, at the East London Mosque on the evening before the start of the holy month of Ramadan on June 28, 2014 in London, England.

What is Ramadan?

Harry Reid Fast Facts

Controversial US pastors take part in Jerusalem embassy opening

Louisiana school agrees to stop broadcasting public prayer for good

Controversial pastors lead prayer in Jerusalem

Caption:JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 30: The Old City of Jerusalem including the Dome of the Rock is seen on November 30, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. Nine Israelis have been killed in a series of stabbings, shootings and hit-and-run attacks in Jerusalem over the past month, unsettling the ancient city of Jerusalem where Jews, Christians and Muslims have lived side by side for thousands of years. The tension and violence on the streets of the city is threatening to further isolate communities and encourage extremist politicians to exploit the situation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

For many evangelicals, Jerusalem is about prophecy, not politics

Kushner: Jerusalem is a place for all faiths

An Indonesian anti-terror policeman stands guard at the blast site following a suicide bomb outside a church in Surabaya on May 13, 2018. - A wave of blasts including a suicide bombing struck outside churches in Indonesia, killing at least six and wounding dozens of others, police said, the latest assault on a religious minority in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP) (Photo credit should read JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Family of suicide bombers attacks 3 churches in Indonesia, killing 12, police say

Pastor Robert Jeffress

Controversial pastor to lead prayer in Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill January 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. Pruitt is expected to face tough questioning about his stance on climate change and ties to the oil and gas industry. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

NYT: Pruitt dined with controversial Vatican figure

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Los carbohidratos son fundamentales para los atletas: ¿cuáles son los que debes consumir?

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A school district in Oregon is accused of forcing LGBTQ students to read the Bible as punishment

Hate took his brother's life, but he says forgiveness was the only option

She stabbed her husband as he raped her. A court sentenced her to death

Package detonates outside Texas church

Young Muslim devotees take a "selfie" prior to Friday prayers to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the start of Eid al-Fitr at a park in Manila on July 17, 2015. Muslims around the world have begun to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the first day of Shawwal according to Islamic calendar, marking the end of fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Why 80% of American Muslims fast during Ramadan. (It's not about the food.)

This is what a Sikh child faces in America

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Who are Sikhs and what do they believe?

Members of the Boy Scouts salute during the raising of the flag on May 25, 2009 at the Willow River Cemetery in Hudson, Wisconsin during Memorial Day ceremonies. Cities and towns across the US Held ceremonies to honor those who served in the military and those who died in wars. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Mormon church to end 105-year relationship with the Boy Scouts

In this handout image supplied by Host Photo Agency / RIA Novosti, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani during a meeting with Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi during BRICS/SCO Summits - Russia 2015 on July 09, 2015 in Ufa, Russia.

Hassan Rouhani Fast Facts

Rihanna, Blake Lively, Katy Perry at Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.

La gala del Met: los símbolos católicos se tomaron la alfombra roja

FILES) -- A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014, from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (C). Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on November 25, 2014. "Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders on their way to Chad to buy fish, " Abubakar Gamandi said. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM

Boko Haram Fast Facts

Rihanna arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2018 theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)

Must-see looks from the 2018 Met Gala

US House Chaplain, Father Pat Conroy, speaks during a memorial service at the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

House Chaplain gives opening prayer after rescinding his resignation

Trump pick for UN migration job says he is sorry for anti-Muslim tweets

US House Chaplain, Father Pat Conroy, speaks during a memorial service at the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

The House chaplain is staying, and so are the questions about his failed ousting

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), announces he will not seek re-election for another term in Congress, during a news conference at the US. Capitol, on April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Paul Ryan plans to serve out the remainder of his term and retire in January, marking 20 years in Congress. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Catholic League calls for Ryan to fire his chief of staff over handling of House chaplain

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a Palestinian National Council meeting on Monday.

Palestinian leader apologizes for speech condemned as anti-Semitic

Hear from some of America's most influential Muslims

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: This Millennial asks WTF?

Hasan Minhaj: He roasted the President

Keith Ellison: He's the first Muslim in Congress

Wajahat Ali: He embraces his 'messy identity'

Dalia Mogahed: Millions watched her TED talk

11 best places to visit in Serbia

US House Chaplain, Father Pat Conroy, speaks during a memorial service at the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

House Chaplain Pat Conroy rescinds his resignation, to sit down with Paul Ryan next week

Muslim Americans talk being Muslim in the U.S. today

Trump silent on porn star payment storm at National Day of Prayer

Dean Obeidallah: He makes fun of Muslims

Reza Aslan: He's sorta skeptical about religion

Rami Nashashibi: The 'genius'

G. Willow Wilson: She created a Muslim superhero

Nailah Lymus: She represents modest models

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf: He started a Muslim college

Sherman Jackson: He changed how we study Islam

Feryal Salem: She trains Muslim chaplains

Eboo Patel: He doesn't want to fail his faith

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer: She defined 'Muslim Cool'

Cuban acting President Raul Castro participates in a military parade on December 2, 2006 at the Revolution Square to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Army and the 80th birthday of his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Raul Castro Fast Facts

Ibtihaj Muhammad: She made Olympic history

Linda Sarsour: She led The Women's March

Andre Carson: He oversees U.S. intelligence

Farhana Khera: She's fighting Trump's travel ban

Ilhan Omar: She escaped war, then ran for office

Imam Zaid Shakir: One girl's pain led to his calling

Hind Makki: She opens doors for women

Imam Omar Suleiman: He got arrested on Capitol Hill

M. Hasna Maznavi: She built a mosque for women

Imam Suhaib Webb: He's the 'Snapchat imam'

5 things for May 3: White House, North Korea, abortion, Pope Francis, Starbucks

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Hong Kong's best beaches

Peak experiences, perfect moments and the extra-ordinary

Pope Francis is pictured during a meeting with bishops at the sacristy of the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Santiago on January 16, 2018.
Pope Francis on Tuesday opened his visit to Chile by asking forgiveness for child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the South American country. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Luca Zennaro (Photo credit should read LUCA ZENNARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Francis tells Chilean abuse victims: 'I was part of the problem'