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Churches Press Obama to Reengage on Middle East
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(RNS/ENInews) Nearly two dozen Christian leaders are calling on the Obama administration to renew diplomatic efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “With rapid change underway in the Arab world we believe that the time to act is now — before events make the task of reaching an agreement more difficult,” said 20 leaders of Protestant,…
Westboro Church Plans Protest of Funeral for Pa. Children
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group that just won a free speech Supreme Court case, said it plans to protest at a funeral for seven Pennsylvania children who died in a fire Tuesday (March 8) night. “I’m baffled that they would choose this,” said Perry County District Attorney Charles F. Chenot III.…
Former Head of Pentecostal Denomination Dies
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(RNS) Bishop Chandler David Owens, a former presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ known as an orator and international leader, died Sunday (March 6) at the age of 79. Owens served as leader of the nation’s largest black Pentecostal denomination from 1995 to 2000 and was a member of its general board…
Pope Links Violence in God’s Name to Antichrist
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Violence committed in the name of God or religion is a “favorite instrument of the Antichrist,” Pope Benedict XVI writes in a new book on the life and teachings of Jesus. “Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity,” Benedict writes. “On the contrary, it is a…
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