2012年6月29日星期五

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Palestinians hail UN nod for Nativity Church as victory in bid for global recognition

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:40 PM PDT

the place where Christians believe Jesus was born — as an endangered World Heritage site despite misgivings by churches in charge of the basilica.

Ky. looks at other Christian health care groups

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Kentucky regulators are taking a closer look at a handful of Christians-only health coverage plans that bill themselves as alternatives to traditional insurance.

UNESCO places Nativity Church on endangered site

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:55 AM PDT

FILE - This circa 1947 file photo shows the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine, occupied by British soldiers and mechanized units and fortified with sandbags and trucks. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/James Mills)UNESCO's World Heritage committee on Friday approved a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger — a move seen by some nations as dangerously mixing politics and culture.


Mormon group plans mass weekend resignation from church

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:18 AM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Troubled by issues ranging from polygamy to gay marriage, several dozen Mormons plan to resign this weekend from the church en masse in an unusual public show of defiance in Salt Lake City. Organizers say participants in Saturday's mass resignation will gather in a public park to sign a "Declaration of Independence from Mormonism," followed by a hike up Ensign Peak, scaled in 1847 by then-church President Brigham Young to survey the spot where his Latter-day Saints would build a city. ...

Pope Benedict graceful in defeat

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:03 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI set aside the disappointment of his native Germany losing to Italy in the Euro 2012 semi-final and congratulated Italian president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday, his spokesperson said.


UNESCO makes Nativity church endangered site

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:23 AM PDT

UNESCO's World Heritage committee has voted to approve a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger.

UNESCO votes to put Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on World Heritage list of sites in danger

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:03 AM PDT

UNESCO votes to put Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on World Heritage list of sites in danger.

Uganda anti-gay bill draws church, donor battle lines

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:24 AM PDT

Members of Uganda's gay community lead a choir during a memorial service for David Kato on his first death anniversary in KampalaKAMPALA (Reuters) - Peter, 23, used to enjoy hitting Kampala's bars with his boyfriend until a draft bill dubbed "kill the gays" forced him into hiding. "I'm so, so afraid. I just live indoors," he says, sitting in the semi-darkness of the cramped two-room dwelling where he has lived since his family and friends turned on him after the bill was introduced in 2009. In this conservative east African country, the bill that initially proposed hanging gays has pitted veteran President Yoweri Museveni's government against two influential but opposing forces: the evangelical church and western ...


Singapore church defends pastor, officers over fraud

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:05 AM PDT

A Singapore church has stood by its founder Pastor Kong Hee (R in white shirt) over a major fraud scandalA Singapore-based Christian church rocked by a massive financial scandal has stood by its founder and four aides who could face life imprisonment for allegedly misusing the congregation's funds.


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