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• Palestinians hail UN nod for Nativity Church as victory in bid for global recognition
• Ky. looks at other Christian health care groups
• UNESCO places Nativity Church on endangered site
• Mormon group plans mass weekend resignation from church
• Pope Benedict graceful in defeat
• UNESCO makes Nativity church endangered site
• 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
• Singapore church defends pastor, officers over fraud

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 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 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 KAMPALA (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-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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