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and if you're a long-time listener of the world, you would have heard me reporting from South Asia during the earlier years of the show.

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Christians around the globe are celebrating a central holiday today, so we're taking the day

to look at how people of many different religions make faith a central part of their lives.

I'm Carol Hills.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler in Jerusalem, an enclave of Armenian Christians.

The Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to the fourth century.

Now faces uncertain future due to the fourth century. Now faces uncertain

future due to a legal dispute. After a year when politics was inescapable, we learned how a temple

in India became a flashpoint in elections there. Plus, spirituality and how it influences

worldviews. Everyone's just grappling for the meaning of life, really.

They're looking for it in different ways.

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