Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
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Catholic population surges across the Global South
Gains in Asia and Africa are making up for losses in Europe among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, according to Vatican statistics released Monday (May 13), signaling a shift of the church’s center of gravity toward the Globa...
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Warning against euphoria over reforms, as military targets minorities
Christians around the world who’ve been praying for Burma have been warned against ‘euphoria’ over reform, while Christian and Muslim minorities remain under attack by the military.
Sunday March 10 marked the 16th annivers...
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Catholic migration, and why the next pope should be Brazilian
In the days since Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, talk has turned toward who the next pope should be, and where he should be from.
Like most previous popes, Benedict hails from Europe.
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Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception. The “One of Us” initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and represents ...
Iranian Family asks who killed their newly-converted activist daughter?
Gelareh Bagherzadeh was an Iranian-born woman, newly converted to Christianity. She volunteered as a Persian-language translator at church and was about to graduate from university and had already found a job.
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Survey: 3 in 4 Americans would back balanced immigration solution
As the country reacts to an executive decision on immigration and a Supreme Court decision on the same issue, a newly released Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll finds that many American people would back a long-term immigration s...
Egyptian court ruling ignites fury
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruling that Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of the old government, is eligible to run for president in this weekend's election despite a law banning ex-officials from the race, has spa...
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Liberia closes border with Ivory Coast
Liberia has closed its border with Ivory Coast, after gunmen allegedly crossed into Ivory Coast and killed seven United Nations peacekeepers.
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African leaders want UN support for Mali military intervention
African leaders meeting in Ivory Coast are calling for United Nations backing for military intervention in northern Mali, which is currently controlled by rebels.
Rights group: Liberia fails to stop cross-border mercenary attacks
Human Rights Watch says mercenaries in eastern Liberia are running deadly cross-border raids into Ivory Coast and recruiting child soldiers. The international rights group reports Liberia has failed to investigate and prosecut...