A congregation of evangelical Christians in Russia's capital Moscow were without a church building Tuesday, September 11, after workers with bulldozers and other equipment destroyed their Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church complex, protected by local police, witnesses said.
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September 13th, 2012
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September 13th, 2012
Two Christians have gone on trial for protesting outside an abortion clinic in Brighton.
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September 13th, 2012
A petition opposing the Government's plans to change the definition of marriage has reached 600,000 signatures.
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September 13th, 2012
Christians in the Middle East and northern Africa may bear the brunt of a video ridiculing Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
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September 13th, 2012
A new study shows marriage is good for children’s material prosperity, as well as their emotional and spiritual growth.
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September 13th, 2012
It was refreshing to read such a plain and unequivocal line in today’s editorial column: “The simple fact is that Islamic fundamentalists are irreconcilable. To them the US will remain the Great Satan.” This was, of course, a comment on the murder of the US ambassador to Libya.
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September 13th, 2012
Church leaders have “legitimate” concerns about European judges forcing them to conduct same-sex marriage ceremonies under government proposals, Cabinet minister Eric Pickles will say.
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September 13th, 2012
Nick Clegg yesterday made a grovelling apology to church leaders after he issued a statement branding the opponents of gay marriage 'bigots'.
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September 13th, 2012
On Tuesday Nick Clegg retracted an accusation that opponents of gay marriage were "bigots" (which no one noticed at all), today his cabinet colleague Eric Pickles said churches have "legitimate fears" that they will be forced to conduct the ceremonies against their wishes.
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September 13th, 2012
Hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the US Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital today.