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Passion of the Christ surpasses Lord of the Rings’ DVD record

The epic film based on the final twelve hours of Christ’s life, The Passion of the Christ, has broken the record sales of the hugely popular Lord of the Rings movie on DVD and VHS in a single week...

Christians in Malaysia Urged to Play Positive Role

Discrimination in areas such as conversion, court jurisdiction, property, and inheritance under Malaysia's dual legal system has led religious minorities to become increasingly resentful towards the Muslim majority, sources say...

Christians Continue Aid in Russian Hostage Drama Aftermath

It has been one week since a hostage crisis in the Russian village of Beslan came to a tragic conclusion, with at least 329 hostages dead. But while the drama has ended, efforts to heal the hurting village certainly has not...

USA announces Sudan atrocities Genocide

The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell has announced that the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region amounts to genocide. He demanded that the United Nations begin an immediate investigation into exactly what is happening in the region...

Christian Groups Support Beslan Survivors

Christian relief organisations are reaching out to survivors of the recent tragedy in Beslan by providing physical, psychological and medical needs. World Relief has sent medical supplies...

World Vision Aid Reaching Thousands of African Refugees

According to reports, World Vision distributed food rations to more than 17,500 people in Otash last week – the first food to reach the camp in three months. The distribution came after the World Vision commodities team extended operations...

Europe Disapproves of Bulgaria's Religion Law

Bulgaria will have to reform its Ecclesiastical Bill before it becomes a full-right member of the European Union (EU) in 2007, a local news agency reported...

Majority of IVF clinics willing to Destroy Embryos

Reports emerging from a survey carried out in Washington DC, USA have indicated that nearly all vitro fertilisation clinics in America create more embryos than they will implant in a woman’s womb. In addition to this more than 80% are willing to destroy those embryos...

African Bishops tell the International Community that it is Time for Action in Darfur

Last week the UN’s deadline for Sudan to restore security to the Darfur region passed, and Christian leaders in Africa since then have been urging the international community to take hard-line action against Khartoum for failing to comply...

Is the UK Church Resurrecting or Declining?

The past decade has seen much evidence of the number of churchgoers in the UK dropping significantly. However, after adopting a new method of calculating the overall figures for weekly Sunday service attendants, the Church of England has now claimed...

US Bishops Arrive in London for Talks at Lambeth Palace

Liberal Anglican bishops from the US arrived in London on Tuesday 7th September 2004 for sanction talks at Lambeth Palace with Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury...

Celebrate the International Day of Peace: 21 September

Celebrating peace when the world is at war, may seem like an exercise in futility but the truth is that we need voices and prayers for peace even more...

UN’s Annan says Action on Sudan may be taken within the Week

The UN Security Council has warned that it could take action on the Darfur crisis in Sudan within the next week, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported. He put forward the point that “more can and should be done” in efforts to improve security in the war-torn region...