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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200 Hindu radicals attack Christians at house church in India
A mob of some 200 Hindu nationalists attacked a house church during its worship service in India’s eastern state of Chhattisgarh, injuring the pastor and at least two other Christians and forcibly converting a Christian woman to Hinduism, according to a report.
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Tsunami causes ‘significant’ damage in Tonga’s capital; casualty reports await
Tsunami waves crashed across the shore of the Pacific nation of Tonga after the eruption of a huge undersea volcano Saturday, causing “significant” damage in the capital city of Nuku’alofa and bringing the entire U.S. West coast under a tsunami advisory.
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Pope Francis asks Catholics to offer their sufferings for Christian unity
During his Sunday Angelus address, the pope called on people to take part in the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
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Catholic agency calls for reform of UK asylum process after Channel death
Crux,A leading Catholic refugee agency is calling on the UK to change its asylum policy after the drowning death of another person trying to cross the English Channel.
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Boom, splash: Pacific volcano send waves across ocean
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Team USA advises Olympic athletes to leave phones at home to evade China’s cyber spies
The United States and several other countries are advising Olympic athletes who'll be competing in the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in China to use disposable or “burner” phones and not their own devices due to the communist government’s possible surveillance.
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Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit reforms the Church through the saints
Pope Francis said Saturday that it takes saints to reform the Church and for this each Catholic is called to deeper conversion.
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Bologna prelate recalls late European parliament president as ‘a man for everyone’
Crux,Italian-born politician David Sassoli, the late president of the European parliament, has been remembered as a man whose life and political career was spent in the pursuit of an inclusive democracy and the common good.
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Spanish bishops praise abuse report, but say more ‘rigor’ would be nice
Crux,Listen to this story: At a press conference in Rome following their meeting with Pope Francis, the Spanish bishops said that a national newspaper that collected 251 allegations of sexual abuse involving the Catholic Church did a “service.” “Sometimes we have not communicated well,” said Cardinal Juan Jose Omella, Archbishop […]
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Police interrogations were a ‘privilege’, says Finnish MP facing trial for sexuality comments
A Christian MP in Finland who will stand trial later this month for publicly expressing her beliefs on marriage and sexuality has called it a "privilege" to be interrogated by the police.
