June 10, 2023
Group New Zealand pastorschurch leaders and other Christians are seeking legal recognition that their government’s crackdown on churches during the COVID-19 pandemic was illegal. Free to be a church (FTBC) plans to appeal a Wellington High Court ruling last August that the government was justified in restricting “manifested religious beliefs” under New Zealand’s Bill of
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Miracle Missouri may not be explained by divine intervention, but rather by the conditions in which the body was buried, the anthropologist said. thousands have flocked to church in the small town of Gower, Missouri, to see and touch the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, stating that the lack of decay after four years in
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Peter Dutton defended the Liberal Party as a broad church after being asked if there was room in the party for ousted MP Moira Deeming. The leader of the federal opposition said the party should have a “broad membership” where people can freely express their views. Last week, Ms Deeming was expelled from the Victorian
READ MOREMilitants have kidnapped 40 people from a church in a remote village in northern Nigeria, a local Christian group said Monday in a recent attack on worshipers. Armed gangs, known locally as bandits, kidnap people from villages, schools and highways, mostly in the northwest of the country, where government security is weak. Rev. Joseph John
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Single people should be valued just as much as married couples and people in relationships. new report released by the Church of England on Wednesday, outlining recommendations for supporting a diverse, evolving society. In the Love Matters report, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York stated that “singles should be valued at the very heart of
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The Greek Orthodox Church on Wednesday accused Israeli police of violating the freedom of believers with “hard” limits on the number of pilgrims who can attend the “Holy Fire” ceremony amid growing tensions. Israeli police said the restrictions are necessary to ensure security during Saturday celebrations at the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a
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The King, Queen Consort and other high-ranking members of the royal family visited St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle for the first Easter Sunday service in Charles’s reign. The royal family was on the grounds of the castle, enjoying the bright spring sun before the morning service. Charles and Camilla arrived in matching royal blue
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Spanish judge ordered a psychiatric examination of a Moroccan detained in connection with the January murder of a church minister in the southern city of Algeciras. Authorities identified the alleged assailant in January. Attack with 26 machetes as 25-year-old Yasin Kanjaa. He was arrested after allegedly killed a worker and wounded a priest in two
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Rome, Italy CNN — dad Francis updated the 2019 church law governing clerical sexual abuse and expanded it to include the responsibility of Catholic secular leaders of Vatican-approved religious organizations. Lay leaders are people who are not members of the clergy who are on the professional rolls of the church. Norms were first defined by
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Russian Orthodox leader and staunch Kremlin ally Patriarch Kirill on Thursday denounced the impending expulsion of monks from a monastery in Kyiv over its ties to Russia. Ukraine last week announced it was terminating a lease that allowed the church to occupy part of the 11th-century Pechersky Monastery for free, but the monks said they
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