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Muslim teen fears for her life after Christian conversion

A Muslim teenager from Ohio said her father threatened to kill her because she converted to Christianity.

US pastor prays for Obama's death in 'spiritual warfare'

A pastor has caused outrage among church goers in Phoenix, Arizona after praying for the death of the African-American US President Barack Obama.

American Lutherans to allow sexually active gays as clergy

MINNEAPOLIS — The nation's largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gays and lesbians from serving as ministers.

Muslims begin Ramadan holy month

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan has begun across most of the Muslim world, ushering in 30 days of dawn to dusk fasting and extra prayer.

An exception to the rule

DAVID WILSON The Malaysian Star 08.08.2009
An exception to the rule

The Sino-Thai megatemple outside Pattaya offers visitors a radical glimpse of earthen icons.

Activists: North Korean executed for distributing Bible

SEOUL, South Korea — A Christian woman accused of distributing the Bible, a book banned in communist North Korea, was publicly executed last month for the crime, South Korean activists said Friday.

Pope coping with cast on broken wrist

COLLEEN BARRY AP 18.07.2009
Pope coping with cast on broken wrist

Pope Benedict XVI spent an easy night after breaking his wrist in his Alpine vacation chalet and is learning to cope with the cast on his right arm, the Vatican said Saturday.

Episcopal Church approves blessing gay unions

The U.S. Episcopal Church gave its clergy the go-ahead on Friday to bless some same-sex unions, such as civil partnerships in states that legally recognize them, setting the stage for further conflict with the wider Anglican world.

Pope shakes up office blamed for Holocaust denier

Philip Pullella Reuters 08.07.2009
Pope Benedict XVI taken to hospital after breaking wrist in fall

Pope Benedict XVI is being treated in hospital for a broken wrist and twisted ankle after slipping in his bathroom while on holiday in the Italian Alps.

Pope shakes up office blamed for Holocaust denier

Pope Benedict Wednesday effectively removed the Vatican official who was widely blamed for a controversy involving a bishop who denied the Holocaust.


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