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Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa -- Justice vs. Charity

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.14.2012

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On Thursday the Washington National Cathedral dedicated a new stone carving of Rosa Parks. It will be displayed in the Cathedral's Human Rights Porch. Rosa Parks deserves to be in the same human rights pantheon as Bishop Romero and Eleanor Roosevelt. But not Mother Teresa.

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LOOK: Stonecarver Creates Rosa Parks Carving At National Cathedral

Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Poking around the exterior and interior of Washington National Cathedral, you'll find elaborate gargoyles and stone carvings -- featurin...

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LOOK: Cool Cathedral Gargoyles

AP | Posted 04.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Washington National Cathedral will be offering tours of its unique stone carvings for the first time since the building was damaged ...

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National Cathedral's Preservation Needs Top $50 Million

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.14.2012

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WASHINGTON — It's where the nation's capital gathers to mourn, to pray and to seek comfort during tragedies. Now the Washington National Cathedr...

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National Cathedral Raises $2 Million For Quake Repairs

AP | By BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Washington National Cathedral says it has raised $2 million to cover restoration work after last year's earthquake severely damaged the ...

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Interim Dean Chosen To Lead National Cathedral

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A longtime Episcopal priest who led the St. Alban's Parish in Washington has been appointed interim dean of Washington National Cathedra...

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National Cathedral Reopens; New Bishop Consecrated (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Washington National Cathedral reopened on Saturday with a private ceremony to install D.C.'s ninth Episcopal bishop. The cathedral h...

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D.C. Earthquake: Cathedral Putting Together Exhibit On Damage

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Visitors to the Washington National Cathedral will soon get a close-up look at some of the damage caused by an August earthquake. The c...

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2-Ton Pieces Being Removed From National Cathedral

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 12.12.2011

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By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Damaged portions of a Washington National Cathedral pinnacle will be removed from the church tempo...

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Catholics Pitch In To Repair National Cathedral

Posted 11.01.2011

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is donating $25,000 to help repair the Washington N...

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WATCH: Washington National Cathedral Rebuilds After Earthquake

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- HuffPost got a peek inside the Washington National Cathedral Thursday as crews of engineers and stone masons work to repair the damage d...

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National Cathedral Faces Millions In Earthquake Repairs (UPDATE)

AP/The Huffington Post | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 10.24.2011

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A spokesman for Washington National Cathedral says at least three of the four pinnacles on the central tower have fallen off and the central tower app...

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Space History in DC: The Space Window

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.03.2011

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In the course of spending five weeks living in a city like Washington DC that's so popular with tourists, I couldn't help but think about the way different people have different reasons for visiting a site or attraction.

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Obama, the Preacher, and the Devil

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama gestures to express himself, and he gestures quite often, but he usually keeps his movements contained. During the Inaugural, his gestures stayed within the width of his body.

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