Pope Francis arrives on momentous visit to UAE
Pope Francis has arrived in the United Arab Emirates for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula. He landed in Abu Dhabi where he was greeted by Crown Prince Sh ...
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Egypt police ‘kill 19 attackers’ – Coptic Christian attack
Nineteen Islamist militants accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Christians in Egypt have been killed by police, the interior ministry says. There was anger and frustration ...
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The role of modern prophets in African politics
Politics in and of itself is not inherently a negative thing. Politics is how we arrange our common life together. I believe we need people of the Spirit working in and leading in ...
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Christians in Nigeria call for end to religious war
Nigerian Christians on Sunday joined calls for end to religious war in the West African nation. Eleven Hausa Muslims were killed by an angry crowd in Makurdi, the capital of Benue ...
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Botswana bans Shepherd Bushiri’s churches
The Botswana Gazette reports that Bushiri’s church, the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), was shut down following the violation of Botswana laws. Popular SA-based "prophet" S ...
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Pope names 35 new saints
Pope Francis declared 35 new saints on Sunday, nearly all of them martyrs drawn from the bloody history of Catholicism’s spread in Latin America. Before a crowd of some 35 000 in ...
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Should religious groups be taxed?
In Africa and the world over there has been an emergence of religious ministries and churches, richest pastors have also emerged with the churches. The question on most people’s m ...
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Pope Francis: Married men may be considered for priesthood
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Thursday that the church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of ...
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Pope Francis says ban on female priests fixed
Pope Francis said on Tuesday he believes the Roman Catholic Church's ban on women becoming priests is forever and will never be changed, in some of his most definitive remarks on ...
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Meskel religious festival marked by Ethiopians
Hundreds of orthodox priests and deacons put on ceremonial regalia, were joined by ordinary Ethiopians to usher in the Meskel festival. It is a religious holiday marking the eve o ...
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