Christians in Indonesia Appeal Revocation of Building Permit – Morningstar News
A Christian organization in Indonesia is appealing a decision to revoke its construction permits, asserting the revocations were unlawful, sources said.
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Full text: Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Greece
The pope spoke at the end of his five-day journey to Cyprus and Greece.
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Three hostages from Haiti missionary group released
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3 more missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released; prayers urged for release of remaining 12
Three more of the 17 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries kidnapped in Haiti on Oct. 16 were released Sunday night, the Ohio-based international aid ministry announced Monday as it urges continued prayers for 12 colleagues still held captive by the notorious 400 Mawozo gang.
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Pope Francis: EU commission guide discouraging word ‘Christmas’ was an anachronism
He noted that a series of ideologies had attempted to pull up Europe’s Christian roots.
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Pastor, Wife Arrested on Baseless Charges in Northern India – Morningstar News
Hindu extremists in northern India disrupted a house church service, interrogated a pastor and signalled police to arrest him and his wife on baseless charges of fraudulent conversion, sources said
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EU scraps inclusive language guidelines advising Christmas be replaced with ‘holiday times’
The executive branch of the European Union has withdrawn its “guidelines for inclusive communication,” which suggested that European Commission officials “update” the language they use by replacing the word “Christmas” with “holiday times and avoiding “gendered” words.
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Pope Francis says he accepted Paris archbishop’s resignation ‘on the altar of hypocrisy’
The pope accepted Archbishop Michel Aupetit’s resignation on Dec. 2.
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Pope Francis says he will meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill again
The pope and the patriarch had a historic first meeting in 2016.
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US gov’t raises ‘serious concern’ over UN resolution omitting Jewish ties to Temple Mount
The United States has raised “serious concern” over a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly which is part of the “Palestinian Package” and refers to Judaism’s most holy site, Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where the first and second Jewish Temples once stood, by only its Muslim name, al-Haram al-Sharif.
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5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
How much do you know about the man whose feast falls on Dec. 6?
