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Christian Family flee from Death Threats in Pakistan

A whole Christian family in Pakistan has been forced to flee their home and move to a private location, after their daughter received numerous death threats by people claiming that she had desecrated the Qu’ran. The Justice and Peace Commission reported that the family was told of “terrible consequences”...

Secularisation Sparks a Countering Religious-Political Movement in Europe

As the new European Union Constitution was signed on 29 October, the 25 European countries are being bound together under a new covenant. Many people are anticipating a bright economical future, but the Vatican is worried...

Millions Celebrate Day of the Dead

Millions of Mexicans trekked to cemeteries this week as part of a two-day celebration rooted in Roman Catholic tradition and ancient pagan rites. The celebration, which began on Nov. 1 with the Day of the Innocents to honour departed children...

Orthodox Patriarch Calls for National Unity Day in Russia

November 4 1612, which ended “troubled times” in Russia, deserves to be celebrated as the Day of National Unity said the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia recently...

Bush: I Will Be Your President, Regardless of Your Faith

At the close of the highly contested Presidential election where faith and morality played the key role in deciding the victor, President George W. Bush reminded the American people that unity can be achieved in religious diversity...

Windsor Report Reaction Group Release First Details

After the Windsor Report was released last month on 18th October, the Archbishop of Canterbury appointed a group to tackle the worldwide response to the document. The group have just released the first details of its much-awaited reception process...

WCC’s Kobia proposes Ecumenical Agenda for Bolivian churches

The general secretary for the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev Samuel Kobia has put forward a number of issues for the Bolivian ecumenical agenda. The WCC representative suggested discussion on the following...

Archbishop Calls for Church Funds for Gospel Mission

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams recently called for a reformation of the traditional parish system of the Church of England in order to redirect its money towards its mission work...

Upcoming ‘Festival of Hope’ to Bring Peace to Chile

More than 250 churches in the Araucania region of Chile, in cooperation with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, have joined together to support an upcoming evangelistic Festival in the region’s capital city of Temuco...

History's Most-Watched Film Celebrates 25th Anniversary

By far the most-watched and most-translated movie in history, as well as one of the church’s most potent evangelism tools, the “JESUS” film marked the 25th year of its amazing run last month. Since it first appeared in theaters in 1979...

Report may lead to Women Bishops by 2009

The Church of England has admitted that the first women bishops could be ordained by the end of the decade if the proposals put forward by a new report are implemented. The report is the result of a three-year study headed by Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester...