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Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

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A Christian convert from Islam in Somalia has lost his speech after his Muslim wife hit him with a heavy metallic object for ...

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 228 Spring St., will celebrate the Holy Eucharist with Father Mark Nabors during the 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services on Sunday. Christian formation classes are at 9:30 a.m.