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23 July 2008, 8:23 pm

23 July 2008, 6:03 pm

Marvin Sapp`s single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel.

23 July 2008, 5:29 pm

It was not the most joyous of starts for the Lambeth Conference, the once-every-10-year gathering of the bishops of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion in Canterbury, England. Speaking last Sunda...

23 July 2008, 4:57 pm

LONDON (AP) -- The darkness around Batman has deepened: While audiences were shattering weekend box-office records in the U.S., Christian Bale was in London, where his mother and sister reportedly lev...

23 July 2008, 4:49 pm

A 900-member church in Southern California began filming its first full-length movie this week with the goal of impacting the lives of at-risk teens.

23 July 2008, 4:20 pm

Zenit.org ).- Here is the address Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, gave at the Lambeth conference of the Anglican Communion. The meeting is under way ...

23 July 2008, 4:20 pm

Zenit.org ).- The Caritas network of Latin America and the Caribbean is reminding Europe that immigrants are not delinquents.A joint statement from representatives of the network responded to the &quo...

23 July 2008, 4:20 pm

Zenit.org ).- The civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers has now reached a point where opportunities for dialogue are basically nonexistent, says the archbishop ...

23 July 2008, 4:20 pm

Zenit.org ).- Although the relationship between bishops and movements at times can be difficult, with the collaboration of both, the Church will achieve unity and new apostolic impetus, says the direc...

23 July 2008, 4:20 pm

Zenit.org ).- Visitors to the Vatican can now make reservations for papal audiences by fax.A service provided by the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household enables pilgrims to make reservations weeks ...

23 July 2008, 3:12 pm

Federal prosecutors have decided not to seek criminal charges against the Rev. Al Sharpton over his chronic tax problems, his lawyers said Tuesday. The investigation was disbanded only after the government received a down payment Monday topping $1 million on a tax debt.

23 July 2008, 1:32 pm

Presbyterians grieved by the pro-gay actions of the highest governing body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) plan to converge next month to look for a way forward. The meeting will provide a forum and analysis for PC(USA) leaders as they lament votes by the denomination`s General Assembly in June.

23 July 2008, 12:10 pm

Democratic lawmakers are up in arms over a draft proposal by the Bush administration to uphold the rights of health care workers who refuse to dispense emergency contraception and birth control on moral or religious grounds.

23 July 2008, 11:59 am

Christian metalcore band Haste the Day has asked guitarist Jason Barnes to step down after months of spiritual searching by their close friend concluded with his loss of faith in God. The band acknowledged how the difference in belief had created a “tear” in their relationship with Barnes.

23 July 2008, 11:38 am

VATICAN CITY, 23 JUL 2008 (VIS) - In the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo on Friday 25 July, Benedict XVI is scheduled to receive in audience Nouri Al- Maliki, prime minister of Iraq.The Iraqi prime...

23 July 2008, 11:32 am

A woman who helped fake her husbands death in a canoeing accident was sentenced to sixandahalf years in prison on Wednesday for her part in a daring scam that deceived even the couples children

23 July 2008, 11:31 am

One Bank of England policymaker wanted to raise interest rates this month and another wanted a cut but the remaining seven chose to keep them steady as both inflation and economic growth prospects had worsened

23 July 2008, 11:31 am

Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence in the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be cleared of the charges of genocide relatives and associates of the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:30 am

A marine who survived after diving on a live grenade to shield his comrades while on a mission in Afghanistan is to receive Britains highest bravery award the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:27 am

The fiancee of England football player Emile Heskey was robbed at knifepoint after two men smashed their way into the strikers home in northern England the Premier League player said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:26 am

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga credited Gordon Brown on Wednesday with helping to start the process that resolved the east African countrys bloody crisis after its presidential election last December

23 July 2008, 11:25 am

The main militant group in Nigerias oilproducing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end its campaign

23 July 2008, 11:23 am

Five men who were jailed for life for plotting al Qaedainspired bomb attacks lost appeals against their convictions on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:21 am

Shopkeepers who sell knives to children under 16 are being handed pitiful fines rather prison terms the Liberal Democrats said on Wednesday as it emerged no one was jailed for the offence in the five years to 2006

23 July 2008, 11:20 am

Mortgage approvals for house purchases dived by more than two thirds in June from a year ago to hit a fresh record low of 21118 the British Bankers Association said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:20 am

A Greek prosecutor has charged a 20yearold British woman with strangling her newborn baby after giving birth in a hotel room on the Mediterranean island of Crete a court official said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 11:18 am

The European Commission issued a scathing indictment of corruption in Bulgaria on Wednesday suspending aid worth hundreds of millions of euros dollars and barring two key payments agencies from receiving EU funds

23 July 2008, 10:45 am

One of John McCains most prominent supporters on Tuesday praised an evangelical leader whom the Republican presidential candidate repudiated after a string of controversial remarks were made public

23 July 2008, 10:21 am

Hope for Cambridge is set to become a registered charity laying the foundation for Hope 08 to serve the city in word and action mission well into 2009 and beyond

23 July 2008, 10:15 am

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Papal envoy Cardinal Ivan Dias invoked the virtues of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as "the star of the new evangelization" and called upon bishops to be "proactive, ...

23 July 2008, 10:03 am

A servanthearted teenager from Harpurhey Manchester was named the first ever Urban Hero of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony at Manchester Uniteds Old Trafford home last Friday

23 July 2008, 9:48 am

A humanitarian disaster affecting 15 million people in the Horn of Africa is imminent unless funds are provided for supplies, an the World Food Program alerted Tuesday.

23 July 2008, 9:20 am

The head of the Anglican church in Sudan said on Tuesday that unity could be restored to the troubled Anglican Communion only when the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson resigns or confesses he has "made a mistake" in embracing homosexuality.

23 July 2008, 8:39 am

To help churches raise the next generation of pastors and leaders, the Fund for Theological Education has announced that it will be giving away grants to congregations that motivate young Christians to enter into ordained ministry.

23 July 2008, 7:46 am

Two preteen Christian girls, Saba Younis and Aneela Younis, were kidnapped by Muslims while on their way to visit their uncle in the town of Chowk Munda in the state of Punjab on June 26.... read more.

23 July 2008, 7:45 am

Yesterday, a grand jury in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, issued an indictment against abortionist Rapin Osathanondh in the death of Laura Smith.... read more.

23 July 2008, 7:45 am

The world`s leading Internet evangelist, Bill Keller - founder of Liveprayer.com and the host of the Liveprayer TV program - has launched the Jonah Project to call the United States to repent, or face the judgment of God....   more ...

23 July 2008, 7:45 am

Cities across America are applying to participate in the fall 2008 nationally coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign - a focused initiative that promises to be the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history...more ...

23 July 2008, 7:45 am

Steven W. Mosher, well-known China expert, calls for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, saying that the games will only serve to legitimize a one-party dictatorship that has a deplorable human rights record....more ...

23 July 2008, 7:31 am

Catholic churches in Beijing will hire foreign priests to conduct masses to meet the demands of Games visitors from overseas state media reported on Tuesday citing church officials

23 July 2008, 7:11 am

Christian Bale was arrested today by detectives investigating claims he assaulted two family members. He is alleged to have lashed out at his mother and sister in his suite at Park Lane's Dorchester H...

23 July 2008, 6:53 am

MANILA, Jul 23 (IPS) - As World Population Day was being marked on Jul. 11, Tess and Andy were attending a family planning seminar as a requirement for their forthcoming wedding. It turned out to be w...

23 July 2008, 6:00 am

BOSTON (AP) -- A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation.

23 July 2008, 5:43 am

The Batman star Christian Bale was released on police bail yesterday after being questioned over an alleged assault on his mother and sister. Scotland Yard said the Hollywood actor, 34, had volu...

23 July 2008, 4:55 am

The Bishop of Harare spoke of his hope for Zimbabwes future after hearing that President Robert Mugabe and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai are to enter talks

23 July 2008, 4:36 am

Doctors will have to show they are fit to practice once every five years under plans to be published by Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:35 am

One Bank of England policymaker wanted to hike rates this month another wanted a cut but the remaining seven chose to keep borrowing costs steady as both the inflation and growth outlook had worsened

23 July 2008, 4:34 am

Doctors should slash the number of times they prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections because the drugs rarely help the countrys drug cost watchdog said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:34 am

A British soldier was killed and two others were wounded when their patrol came under attack in southern Afghanistan Britains Defence Ministry said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:33 am

Drugcoated stents used to prop open clogged coronary arteries can continue to be used on Britains state health service but only for certain highrisk patients the countrys health costeffectiveness watchdog said

23 July 2008, 4:32 am

Actor Christian Bale star of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight on Tuesday denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister after he was questioned by London police

23 July 2008, 4:23 am

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged staunch support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem on Wednesday and said if elected he would work to invigorate the Middle East peace process

23 July 2008, 4:22 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will push North Koreas foreign minister hard in their first ever meeting on Wednesday to prove the Norths disarmament efforts are serious US officials said

23 July 2008, 4:22 am

Iran will not retreat one iota over its disputed nuclear programme President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:21 am

Chinas earthquakehit Sichuan province hopes to build its first nuclear power plant within as little as five years but has chosen a site it says is geologically sound state media said on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:21 am

China has finished evacuating the last town to be submerged by the giant Three Gorges Dam making way for water levels in the reservoir to rise to their final height of 175 metres above sea level state media said

23 July 2008, 4:20 am

When Fabio Calderaro was a 23yearold cadet at Brazils military academy in 2000 he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the stock market

23 July 2008, 4:13 am

Dolly became a hurricane on Tuesday and bore down on southern Texas but forecasters dont expect it to pack too much of a punch when it comes ashore near the Mexican border on Wednesday

23 July 2008, 4:13 am

WSI Corp increased its forecast for the number of named storms and hurricanes for the 2008 hurricane season due to warming in the Atlantic basin the private forecaster said on Tuesday

23 July 2008, 4:01 am

A longrunning row over bananas that threatens to derail talks on a new global trade pact simmered on Tuesday with no immediate solution in sight

23 July 2008, 3:01 am

Washington, July 23 : Actor Christian Bale has denied the allegations of assaulting his mother and sister.

23 July 2008, 3:01 am

Washington, July 23 : Actor Christian Bale was arrested and released following assault allegations made by his own mother and sister.

23 July 2008, 3:00 am

British actor Christian Bale, who attended the premiere of 'The Dark Knight' with the shadow of arrest and an allegedly violent family row hanging over him, voluntarily went to a London police station after the event.

23 July 2008, 2:59 am

Italy's policy towards immigrants -- notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma -- has come under intense scrutiny since Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said last month that security forces would fi...

23 July 2008, 2:19 am

BOSTON (AP) _ A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation.T...

23 July 2008, 2:17 am

A New York priest hours away from going to trial in Boston for child rape changed his plea to guilty yesterday, to the relief of three victims who were ready to tell their tortured stories, prosecutor...

23 July 2008, 1:57 am

Milwaukee slugger Bill Hall rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off St. Louis relief pitcher Ryan Franklin in the 10th inning. After the Brewers lead for most of the game, the Cardinals wer...

23 July 2008, 1:31 am

Christian Vandevelde of the U.S. waits for a mecanic to hand him his bicycle prior to the start of the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Cuneo, northern Italy, and Jausiers, French...

23 July 2008, 1:26 am

Batman star Christian Bale was arrested and questioned by police Tuesday over allegations of assault, police said.The 34-year-old actor spent four hours at a London police station before being release...

22 July 2008, 11:48 pm

, the primate of Australia and principal spokesman for the bishops, acknowledged at a news briefing that "there is a shortfall" in the conference budget, but said "I don't know how much." A final acco...