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Godless funerals thrive in ‘post-Catholic’ Ireland
Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that wasn’t in demand: a master’s in bereavement studies. Having seen four family members die early, she wanted to understand how to adapt. -
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Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings
The Supreme Court agreed Monday (May 20) to consider whether prayers can be offered at government meetings — a practice that’s been common in Congress and throughout the states for more than two centuries. -
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Can grief be a mental illness? With new diagnostic changes, maybe
Each year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent -
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(Presbyterian) Church of Scotland OK’s gay ministers
The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on Monday (May 20) passed a historic vote to allow actively gay men and lesbians to become ordained ministers. -
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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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Featured
Godless funerals thrive in ‘post-Catholic’ Ireland
Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that wasn’t in demand: a master’s in bereavement studies. Having seen four family members die early, she wanted to understand how to adapt. -
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Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings
The Supreme Court agreed Monday (May 20) to consider whether prayers can be offered at government meetings — a practice that’s been common in Congress and throughout the states for more than two centuries. -
News
Can grief be a mental illness? With new diagnostic changes, maybe
Each year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent -
News
(Presbyterian) Church of Scotland OK’s gay ministers
The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on Monday (May 20) passed a historic vote to allow actively gay men and lesbians to become ordained ministers. -
News
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... -
Causes
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. -
Causes
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... -
News
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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