Posts Tagged ‘protestant’
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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...
Causes
Turkish Church’s Faith Shines after Foiled Assassination Plot
The Izmit Protestant Church and its nondescript building have been threatened before, including an attempted arson. IZMIT, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Pastor Emre Karaali beams as he discusses the number of first-time visitors...
Causes
2 steps back for Vietnam
On Jan. 1, Vietnam updated its rules for enforcing its highest law regarding religion. Known as the Decree on Religion 92/2012 ND-CP, or simply ND-92, the new decree is meant to clarify rules written in 2005.
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Pope Benedict XVI regrets people’s “amnesia” about God
Pope Benedict XVI expressed regrets last Friday, during a visit to a Spanish monastery, over the “amnesia” that prevails about God, on the second day of his visit to the country. The pope, who will be in Spain until Sunday for ...
Christians brutally beaten in town where Osama bin Laden was killed over Jesus film
Christians living in the vicinity where Osama bin Laden was killed last May in Pakistan are experiencing stepped-up persecution after 10 years of having lived there peacefully. The persecution began immediately after the U.S. a...
Christian Living
Christian churches are becoming more eco-friendly
Christian churches are coming to see that preservation, care and stewardship of God’s creation is an important component of practicing their faith. One megachurch, in fact, did so well in its environmental campaign that it won ...
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Dutch commission investigates high level of deaths of minors in Catholic mental hospital in the 1950s
A Dutch commission was tasked recently to investigate the deaths of some 34 minors, all boys, in the 1950s, that stayed in a Roman Catholic boarding school and workshop for the mentally ill. The commission, headed by former edu...
Arts & Culture
Egypt’s Coptic Church may face schism over divorce law
Coptic Christians in Egypt may face a split within its ranks as thousands threaten to leave the church unless the laws of divorce are changed. Christian activists in the Coptic Church, among the oldest Christian churches in Egy...
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Catholic rioters attack police due to Protestant march in Ireland
Catholic rioters attacked recently police in Northern Ireland, throwing bombs, hijacking and torching vehicles, and causing a general melee in Londonderry, Ireland. No serious injuries were reported. The rioting sprung from ten...
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Crystal Cathedral frontrunner bidders are university, Catholic diocese
The leading bidders for the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County appear to be a University and a Roman Catholic diocese, but a new buyer (unnamed in court documents) appears to be coming into the picture, among other bidders. Mea...