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• Rural Andean churches plagued by sacred art theft
• Catholic cardinal warns of possible violence in Hong Kong over democracy protest
• Christian valley sends SOS to Syrian army
• Grill explosion kills 1 at central Indiana church

Rural Andean churches plagued by sacred art theft Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:52 AM PDT The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18th-century ...

Catholic cardinal warns of possible violence in Hong Kong over democracy protest Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:21 AM PDT By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The most prominent Catholic in greater China warned on Tuesday of violence in Hong Kong next year as a planned campaign of civil disobedience demanding full democracy possibly sparks a backlash from the government after unnerving Beijing. Cardinal Joseph Zen said he would join the Occupy Central campaign targeting Hong Kong's financial district and would happily risk arrest, saying it was a "desperate last resort". ...

Christian valley sends SOS to Syrian army Posted: 26 Aug 2013 07:50 PM PDT In Wadi al-Nassara, a valley in western Syria dotted with Christian hamlets, residents have hung white silk ribbons to mourn war victims and pray the army will defeat its jihadist foes.

Grill explosion kills 1 at central Indiana church Posted: 26 Aug 2013 07:35 PM PDT NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A large gas grill exploded Monday outside a central Indiana church, killing a man operating the barbecue at the time, authorities said.

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