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Pope: Church must help poorest, Not dissect theology
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with faithful on the occasion of a Pentecostal vigil St. Peter Square at the Vatican, May 18, 2013. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people... -
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Anti-Christian hostility high in Zanzibar as Tanzania mainland also heats up
Islamic extremist attacks and land grabs on this semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania have continued unabated even as violence has increased on the mainland. -
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2 arrested 14 years after missionary Graham Staines’ murder
Fourteen years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons were burnt to death in sleep by a right wing mob, two suspects were arrested Friday from Odisha’s Keonjhar district. -
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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai says Mugabe’s party is dead
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe’s party “dead.” Tsvangirai said the African country’s next elections will be a “formality” and predicted a landslide victory. -
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Religious groups that claim they were IRS targets
(RNS) The Internal Revenue Service, in the limelight this week after a watchdog panel said it used “inappropriate criteria” when considering applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups, is also under fire from religi... -
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Catholic rocker Matt Maher finds cross-over appeal among Evangelicals
Growing up Roman Catholic in Newfoundland, Matt Maher never imagined that his childhood interest in music would lead to a career as a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping Christian rocker — let alone a crossover artist featured on C... -
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Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity
A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the Saudi kingdom. -
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UK Christians urged to pray outside Houses of Parliament during marriage debate
Campaign group Christian Concern is calling on UK Christians to attend prayer gatherings outside Parliament during the Third Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill next week. -
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill Christian leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47. -
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Canadians turning away from organized religion
A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers. -
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Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’
Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited ... -
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Cardinal Keith O’Brien leaves Scotland under Vatican pressure
The Vatican on Wednesday (May 15) said that Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien will do penance in an undisclosed location outside of his country following his resignation in February amid reports that he had made sexual advances t...
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Pope: Church must help poorest, Not dissect theology
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with faithful on the occasion of a Pentecostal vigil St. Peter Square at the Vatican, May 18, 2013. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people... -
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Anti-Christian hostility high in Zanzibar as Tanzania mainland also heats up
Islamic extremist attacks and land grabs on this semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania have continued unabated even as violence has increased on the mainland. -
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2 arrested 14 years after missionary Graham Staines’ murder
Fourteen years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons were burnt to death in sleep by a right wing mob, two suspects were arrested Friday from Odisha’s Keonjhar district. -
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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai says Mugabe’s party is dead
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe’s party “dead.” Tsvangirai said the African country’s next elections will be a “formality” and predicted a landslide victory. -
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Religious groups that claim they were IRS targets
(RNS) The Internal Revenue Service, in the limelight this week after a watchdog panel said it used “inappropriate criteria” when considering applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups, is also under fire from religi... -
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Catholic rocker Matt Maher finds cross-over appeal among Evangelicals
Growing up Roman Catholic in Newfoundland, Matt Maher never imagined that his childhood interest in music would lead to a career as a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping Christian rocker — let alone a crossover artist featured on C... -
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Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity
A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the Saudi kingdom. -
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UK Christians urged to pray outside Houses of Parliament during marriage debate
Campaign group Christian Concern is calling on UK Christians to attend prayer gatherings outside Parliament during the Third Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill next week. -
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill Christian leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47. -
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Canadians turning away from organized religion
A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers. -
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Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’
Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited ... -
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Cardinal Keith O’Brien leaves Scotland under Vatican pressure
The Vatican on Wednesday (May 15) said that Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien will do penance in an undisclosed location outside of his country following his resignation in February amid reports that he had made sexual advances t...
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