T.D. Jakes to Take Popular MegaFest to Africa
Bishop T.D. Jakes is taking his record-setting MegaFest event overseas to South Africa next year, according to an announcement made by the megachurch pastor Wednesday..
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China consecrates two Vatican-approved bishops
China\'s state-backed Catholic church installed a Vatican-approved bishop in the southern diocese of Guangzhou on Tuesday, just days after another was consecrated in the central province of Hubei.
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Symbolic step forward for Jewish-Catholic ties in Jerusalem
Stephen Ollendorff, president of US-based Center for Interreligious Understanding (CIU), presented a 1.3-meter high Holocaust memorial menorah (seven branched candelabrum) to a leading Roman Catholic institution in Jerusalem on Sunday.
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Response to Aboriginal problem must tackle underlying causes
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the apex body in the Australian Catholic Church, released a statement urging the new Prime Minister to tackle the underlying problems the Indigenous communities have.
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Virtual Christmas card perfect to spread Christian message
The Church of England is embarking into the virtual realm of social networking by offering a selection of Christmas greeting cards blessed by it.
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Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope
Pope Benedict, in an encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the \"greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice\" in history.
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US Episcopal report highlights concerns over church attendance drop
An Episcopal Church committee has released an interim report that reveals positive trends as well as concerns in declining membership and church conflicts.
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Pope invites Muslim scholars to visit Vatican
Expressing his deep appreciation, Pope Benedict XVI is inviting a delegation of Islamic scholars, who earlier signed a letter urging greater dialogue between Christianity and Islam, to visit the Vatican to attend the Pontifical Council for inter-religious dialogue.
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Churches must be brave in face of HIV - Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury is reaching out to churches with a message of hope to be brave, imaginative and honest in the face of the global HIV and Aids pandemic.
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The Jesus in Koran is not the same as Jesus in the Bible
A Christian writer has claimed that the Jesus in the Koran is not the same as Jesus in the Bible, saying the calling of two different people by the same name does not make them the same.
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Australian Christian leaders visit Israel
A group of Australian Christian leaders are preparing, next week, to travel to Israel in the lead up to Christmas where one item in their agenda is to learn firsthand the day-to-day realities of Christians living in the Middle East.
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Rise of Pentecostalism Spurs Call for Catholic Self-Examination
The Vatican's top official on relations with non-Catholic Christians has called upon the Catholic Church to critically self-examine itself in response to the "exponential" rise of Pentecostal movements.