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Sudan Referendum
During decades of civil war in Sudan, says John Ashworth of Catholic Relief Services, the church was the only institution on the ground with the people, and because of that it gained huge moral authority. Now South Sudan is voting in a referendum for independence from the Muslim-majority national government in Khartoum.
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In our annual special, we review the top religion and ethics news of the past year.

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Christmas Peace, Fifty Years after Gideon, Christmas at St. Olaf

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Mormon Missionary Expansion, El Salvador Abortion Ban, Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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Nelson Mandela, Pundits and the Pope, Christmas Gift Giving

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Methodist Gay Marriage, Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Gettysburg Address Anniversary

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Celebrating Hanukkah and Thanksgiving on the same day; Removing the homeless from downtown

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Catholic Bishops, Catholic President; Gun Violence; Long Forgotten Mentally Ill

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Legislative Prayer, American Dream, Kristallnacht 75th Anniversary, Coventry Cathedral

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Pope Francis and Catholic Expectations; Predicting Violence; Reza Aslan's Zealot

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The debate over what it means to be a Catholic school; Poet Christian Wiman

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The new movie "12 Years a Slave"; Lawyers for Justice; Conservative Judaism Centennial

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Catholic writer James Lee Burke; Ethics of solitary confinement; Children's Hajj