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On Sistine Chapel’s 500th, foot traffic remains a threat
Exactly 500 years ago, on Oct. 31, 1512, Pope Julius II led an evening prayer service to inaugurate the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's newly-finished vault frescoes.
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Vatican says pope’s Lebanon trip still a go despite violence
The Vatican confirmed on Wednesday (Sept. 12) that Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Lebanon will go ahead as planned, despite growing tension in the region after the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya by a mob enraged by an an...
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Digital Bibles Society shares Bible with Arabic speakers during 2012 Olympics
Representatives from The Digital Bible Society were in London this month for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Working with an established London ministry dedicated to sharing the Gospel with the hundreds of thousands of Arabic spea...
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Cuba Rejects Pope’s Calls for More Freedom, Openness
Cuba's vice president says there will be no political reform in Cuba, despite calls by Pope Benedict XVI for more freedom and openness in the communist-ruled country.
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Holy Rollers movie will mess with your head
Movie: Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Director: Bryan Storkel Genre: Documentary Rating: None Life is so much easier if you only see things in black and white. Take gambling for instance. Many Christia...
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Pope to find challenges, opportunities in Cuba
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled to touch down in Cuba, a small group of protesters occupied a church in central Havana, asking that a message with their requests be delivered directly to...
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UK-based band to release single to honor those who died protesting Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Ooberfuse, an experimental music project based in the United Kingdom has written and will release a song, Blood Cries Out, to honor the memory of those who lose their lives in defense of the marginalized and oppressed. They are...
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Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba, Mexico next year
Pope Benedict XVI confirmed today that he will travel to Cuba and Mexico next year. “Supported by divine Providence, I have the intention to make an apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba before Easter,” he said at the end of his ho...
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Bob Jones University questions ‘fundamentalist’ label
When Bob Jones III recently questioned whether President Obama is a Christian, it was a reminder not only that the fundamentalist leader is controversial but also how little the political world has heard from the man and the ro...
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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 ...
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