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Lawsuit Accuses Interior Ministry of Civil Registry Fraud to Entrap Copts in Islam

The price of parents changing their religion is paid for by the children, this is the new reality, which is experienced by many affected Egyptian families. They are confused because they embrace a religion while the official papers confirm they belong to another one.  more....

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Security Forces Raid Coptic Homes, Randomly Arresting Copts and Confiscating their Property!

In a retaliatory move against the Coptic villagers for standing up against the harassment of Muslim youth to Coptic girls, the Security forces raided homes and arrested randomly 20 Copts, in the Upper Egyptian village of Romany, Aby Korkas, under the pretext of searching for weapons.   more....

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Pope to visit Holy Land in May

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday March 8, 2009. The Pontiff says he will visit the Holy Land on May 8-15 in the first papal trip to the area since 2000. Benedict announced the dates of the long-planned pilgrimage following his traditional noontime blessing on Sunday.   more....

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Cranach masterpiece stolen from Norwegian church

OSLO (Reuters) - Thieves broke into a church in Norway and stole a valuable 16th century painting by the German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder, police said on Sunday.One or more thieves climbed a ladder and broke a window to enter the church at Larvik, south of Oslo, and stole the painting in the early hours of Sunday, police officer Petter Aronsen said.  more....

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Museum of Russian Icons paints a modern history lesson

For the next 70 years artisans who'd created millions of religious icons found in every home, monastery and church across Russia were forced to turn their skills to mass-producing the ubiquitous decorated black lacquer souvenir boxes known as Palekh.  more....

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Hierarchs from Orthodox states attend church service in Moscow

MOSCOW, March 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Diplomats and hierarchs from Orthodox countries attended the Feast of Orthodoxy at the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on Sunday. The feast is celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite to commemorate the return of icons to the churches.   more....

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Pope invited to Iraq: Jordan envoy

"One thing I can tell you about the visit to Baghdad is that both President (Jalal) Talabani and the Prime Minister (Nuri) al-Maliki have personally invited the Holy Father to visit Iraq," the apostolic nuncio to Jordan, Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikat, said.  more....

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Christian-Muslim Clashes in Egypt

Rights groups say the Copts in Egypt face discrimination and harassment from the Egyptian authorities. They complain of fewer rights than Muslims, and say they are refused positions of authority in some sectors of the government, the military and the academia.   more....

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Second Eastern Orthodox Radio in Poland

The Internet-based medium has been founded by the Eastern Orthodox Christian diocese and targets the faithful of this denomination around the world. The website broadcasts news, sermons and liturgical music.   more....

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'Losing My Religion' by William Lobdell

At age 27, journalist William Lobdell hit a low point and, like many of us, began a search for God. At the urging of a friend, he attended an evangelical mega-church and liked what he saw. He started to "yearn to be part of this appealing club," he recalls in "Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America -- and Found Unexpected Peace," "to get some of what they appeared to have -- simple happiness."  more....

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Vatican backs abortion row bishop

A senior Vatican cleric has defended the excommunication in Brazil of the mother and doctors of a young girl who had an abortion with their help. The nine-year-old had conceived twins after alleged abuse by her stepfather.   more....

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A Little Tokyo church finds the answer to its prayers

For decades, Union Church of Los Angeles attracted overflow Sunday crowds with its blend of Japanese culture and Christian faith.In recent years, however, many who once filled the pews at the cinder block church in Little Tokyo have moved to the suburbs, leaving a core of aging congregants searching for a solution.   more....

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Resurgent Georgian Church sees influence soar

TBILISI (AFP) — When the head of Georgia's Orthodox Church offered to become godfather to every third child born to a family last year, the response was nothing short of miraculous.Birth rates among Georgian families soared by nearly 20 percent and within a year the patriarch, Ilia II, had presided over enough mass baptisms to become godfather to more than 2,000 children.  more....

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First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) marks 100th anniversary

Long time members of the First Christian Church in Winter Haven look over a 20 year-old newspaper article on Wednesday about the church's 80th anniversary during a pot luck supper. The church will celebrate 100 years this Saturday. Pictured clockwise from left are, Jackie Staack, member since 1937; Juanita Johnson, member since 1947; Harold Johnson, member since 1931; and Louis Staack, member since 1945;. Tuesday March 03, 2009   more....

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