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USVI Houses of Worship Get Nearly $1,000,000 From FEMA
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USVI Houses of Worship Get Nearly $1,000,000 From FEMA

-CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Several houses of worship in the U.S. Virgin Islands received funds from FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program this year. In total, about $900,000 was awarded to various…
Posted by John McCarthy November 5, 2023
Rastafarians celebrate freedom of worship after gaining sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua
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Rastafarians celebrate freedom of worship after gaining sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2023
Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights
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Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights

SAINT JOHN'S (AP) — Antigua and Barbuda recently granted Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke marijuana that their faith deems sacred. Rastafari across the world have been persecuted…
Posted by John McCarthy July 26, 2023
Why Rastafari Smoke Marijuana For Sacramental Reasons and The Faith’s Other Beliefs
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Why Rastafari Smoke Marijuana For Sacramental Reasons and The Faith’s Other Beliefs

ST. JOHN'S — Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023
Largest-Ever Jewish Event in the Caribbean Takes Place Tomorrow in St. Thomas
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Largest-Ever Jewish Event in the Caribbean Takes Place Tomorrow in St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The largest-ever celebration of Hanukkah on the U.S. Virgin Islands kicked off Monday and continues nightly through tomorrow, helping thousands across St. Thomas celebrate the millenia-old Festival…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2022
Rastafari Distrust of Western Medicine Contributes to Jamaica Vaccine Hesitancy
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Rastafari Distrust of Western Medicine Contributes to Jamaica Vaccine Hesitancy

ST ANDREW, Jamaica — At a Rastafari farming community high up in the hills above Jamaica's capital, dreadlocked locals gather at the temple to worship and celebrate with Bible readings…
Posted by VI Free Press June 25, 2021
Is Every Religion Treated The Same In The Dominican Republic? U.S. Embassy Reports
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Is Every Religion Treated The Same In The Dominican Republic? U.S. Embassy Reports

SANTO DOMINGO — The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief. A concordat with the Holy See designates Roman Catholicism as the official state religion and extends to the…
Posted by VI Free Press May 14, 2021
FOCUS ON CARIBBEAN: Surge In Violence Rattles Haiti As Poverty, Fear Deepens
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FOCUS ON CARIBBEAN: Surge In Violence Rattles Haiti As Poverty, Fear Deepens

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the Internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed the pastor and three parishioners and…
Posted by VI Free Press April 16, 2021
Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Bevard of St. Thomas
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Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Bevard of St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Herbert Bevard of St. Thomas today and named Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory as apostolic administrator, according to Wikipedia. St. Thomas…
Posted by VI Free Press September 18, 2020
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