Weston's two Protestant churches are unwilling to sanctify the vows of civil-union couples.

ECONOMIST: Homosexual unions

Proponents of affirmative action say these arguments sanctify an unjust status quo.

ECONOMIST: Race in Brazil

Sanctify yourself in your work.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

Everything about Opus Dei, at least from the official point of view, exists to promote this aim: forming ordinary laymen and women in Christian doctrine and spirituality, so that they may sanctify the world from within, using their own judgment about the best means to do so in their particular profession or walk of life.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

Israel has little choice but to view the Iranian threat through the prism of the past 60 years in the region and take into account the record of brinkmanship by regional leaders seeking to enhance their public support, popular enthusiasm for nuclear weapons, and the strong influence of religious beliefs that sanctify risk propensity and martyrdom.

ECONOMIST: Israel at 60