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In the popular telling of Martin Luther's story, nothing could have stopped the Protestant reformer from challenging the dogma of his day. “Here I stand, I can do no other,” he allegedly pledged to those who would decide his fate at the Diet of Worms in 1521. Neither interrogations nor papal excommunication deterred the former Augustinian monk from speaking his conscience. The Protest Read More
SECTIONSSEARCHSKIP TO CONTENTSKIP TO SITE INDEXU.S. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN Mormon Church Ends Century-Old Partnership With Boy Scouts of AmericaImage Seamus Thurston, 13, at his home in Orem, Utah. He is rushing to finish getting his merit badges before the Mormon church ends its partnership with the Boy Scouts of America.CreditAlex Goodlett for The New York TimesBy May 9, 2018 Read More
