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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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Explosion kills, injures worshipers at inaugural mass in Tanzania
Fear and grief rocked a predominantly Christian area of northern Tanzania yesterday after an unidentified man reportedly hurled an explosive device at the inaugural Mass of a new church building, killing two worshipers
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Sudan intensifies arrests, deportations of Christians
A Sudan Pentecostal Church building the government bulldozed earlier this year. (Morning Star News photo) JUBA, South Sudan, April 30, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Sudan has stepped up its targeting of Christians for deportation,...
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N.J. Catholics outraged over accused priest’s access to children
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Amid calls for a Vatican investigation, Newark Archbishop John J. Myers is facing fierce criticism for his handling of a priest who attended youth retreats and heard confessions from minors in defiance of a c...
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Irish abortion debate reflects growing church-state tensions
Ruth Bowie was in the throes of grief when she found out she would never know her unborn child. At the 12-week mark, a pregnancy scan showed the baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which a portion of the brain and skull ...
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Libyan human-rights official flees country after death threats
The head of the Libyan Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has resigned and fled to London, saying he’s received death threats. Hassan Al Amin, prominent for his long opposition to the Gaddafi regime, recently spoke out against...
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Cardinals move to plug leaks ahead of papal conclave
Tensions among the Roman Catholic cardinals meeting here to choose a new pope appeared to escalate on Wednesday (March 6) as the American prelates in Rome canceled their daily press briefing under pressure from colleagues who a...
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Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien admits to sexual conduct
Days after pulling out of the conclave to elect the next pope and vowing to fight the charges against him, disgraced Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien admitted Sunday (March 3) to inappropriate sexual conduct.
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Nigerian army chief: Officer had prior knowledge of church bombing
Nigerian military authorities say the commandant at a military college in Kaduna state had prior knowledge of the Nov. 25, 2012 bombing that killed 20 Christians at the institution's chapel.
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Formation Toolbox: Deciding with God, Part 5
Every self-help book in the world has the same defect. It can't fix our problems. Only we can. Sure, we can get advice. But in the end the decision is ours alone.