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Peter Smith

Pittsburgh

Consumer Health Writer at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

I am the consumer health writer, working primarily in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Health and Science section but also for the daily.

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  • 2 weeks ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Peter SMith |Peter Smith

    In the rolling hills of northern Kentucky, a colossal structure rises, a testament to one man's unwavering belief in the literal truth of the Bible: a full-scale replica of Noah's Ark. Ken Ham, the driving force behind the Ark Encounter theme park, frequently guides visitors through the enormous wooden vessel, emphasising its impressive dimensions – one and a half football fields long,"The biggest freestanding timber-frame structure in the world," he proudly proclaims.

  • 3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Peter Smith

    The Episcopal Church's migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church's longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.”Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, shortly before 49 South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on a private charter plane and were greeted by a government delegation.

  • 3 weeks ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Peter SMith |Peter Smith

    PETER SMITH12 de mayo de 2025, 1:58 p.m.·4  min de lecturaEl servicio de migración de la Iglesia Episcopal está rechazando una directiva del gobierno federal para ayudar a reasentar a sudafricanos blancos a quienes se les ha concedido el estatus de refugiados, citando el “compromiso con la justicia racial y la reconciliación” de la iglesia.

  • 4 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Nicole Winfield |Franklin Briceno |Peter Smith |Elisabetta Povoledo

    The Rev. Art Purcaro has known Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known to the world as Pope Leo XIV, for decades, spending time with him just last week in Rome. But when he saw his longtime friend walk onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday and announced as the newest head of the Roman Catholic Church, he was “perhaps more stunned than the world,” he told CNN. Rev.

  • 1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Peter SMith |Peter Smith

    PETER SMITH8 de mayo de 2025, 3:09 p.m.·2  min de lecturaEl cardenal Robert Prevost, el primer papa de Estados Unidos en los 2.000 años de historia de la Iglesia Católica, anteriormente lideró una orden religiosa católica. Prevost, de 69 años, quien eligió el nombre de papa León XIV, fue anteriormente el prior general, o líder, de la Orden de San Agustín, que se formó en el siglo XIII como una comunidad de frailes "mendicantes" —dedicados a la pobreza, el servicio y la evangelización.

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