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Cartoons and comic books used to tell Christmas story

The Diocese of London is using animated cartoons and comic books to explain the significance of Christmas to school children throughout Advent (original story)

Night Church A church without walls

Gordon Crowther and his team at Night Church in StokeonTrent are learning that if they open the doors the people will come (original story)

Sephardic Ancestry Common Among Spaniards, Study Says

Some 20 percent of people in the Iberian peninsula has Sephardic Jewish ancestry and 11 percent bear Moorish DNA signatures, a team of geneticists reports. (original story)

Religious aid groups seek to dispel myths of interfaith work

Faithbased aid agencies must find effective ways of working together and with people of different faiths if they are to eradicate world poverty say Christian Aid Islamic Relief and World Jewish Relief (original story)

Church groups alarmed at rate of detention among black people

Church groups have voiced concerns over the findings in the fourth national census of the ethnicity of all patients in the NHS psyciatric hospitals (original story)

The Pope's Christmas Gift - Not

posted by michaelinnorfolkOne would think that the spirit of Christmas and the concepts of love and forgiveness might even be ale to infiltrate the cold marble halls of the Vatican at this time of the year, but that would be expecting too much from the Panzercardinal/Nazi Pope and the bitter old que... (original story)

Christian group welcomes Pakistani Minister for Minorities

Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW welcomes the recent appointment of Shahbaz Bhatti as Pakistans Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs and the decision to make him a member of the Cabinet (original story)

Christian groups respond to deadly flood in Brazil

Christian relief groups are on the ground helping victims of a flood being labelled the worst environmental calamity in the history of Brazils Santa Catarina state (original story)

Geraldine Latty announces 2009 UK tour

One of the UKs most loved worship leaders Geraldine Latty announces dates for her debut UK tour (original story)

Mercy Ships celebrates success in Liberia

More than 1200 volunteers who have served on board the worlds largest charity hospital ship in Liberia this year are being recognised on Friday as part of International Volunteer Day (original story)

Archbishop welcomes Government bingedrinking controls

The Archbishop of Wales has welcomed new Government measures to tackle binge drinking and alcoholfuelled violence and disorder (original story)

Church wants to help mother of baby abandoned in manger

The church in Germany where a newborn baby boy was found in the manger of its nativity scene has said it wants to try and help the mother and child (original story)

God at Work

Whenever I drive north towards Louisville, I inevitably get caught up in the road construction on I-65 that is being conducted right as you cross over into Kentucky. All over the place, you see signs that say, “Men at work.” That sign lets me know that the going might get rough for a time. We... (original story)

Young people believe volunteering can help make poverty history

One in three young people believe volunteering is one of the most effective ways for individuals to reduce poverty in poor countries according to a survey by the Department for International Development DFID (original story)

Church ad banned for being offensive to homosexuals

An advertising watchdog has banned a newspaper advert run by a Belfast church condemning homosexuality The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the advert was offensive and indecent (original story)





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