head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, has died in Belgrade, the Church has announced.The 95-year-old patriarch, who became leader of the Church in 1990, was admitted to the city's military hospital two years ago.He died on Sunday morning. Though he reportedly suffered from heart and lung conditions, the Church did not specify the cause of death.Pavle was a respected theologian and linguist,...
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Solar powered St Joseph's in Cwmaman is now selling its surplus electricity back to the National Grid.When Father David Way became vicar of St Joseph's church in Cwmaman in 2002 the church had fallen into such disrepair he feared it might close.The congregation was determined to raise funds to renovate the church in an eco-friendly way.The church already ran an annual heritage festival and it had a...
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Sleepy Hollow church: No Halloween-themed weddings < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateA church made famous by Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," has rejected a couple's request to hold a Halloween-themed wedding.Lisa Panensky and Jim Nieves signed a contract 13 months ago to get married on Halloween at the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.Church officials balked at the...
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head of the Church of England has personally confronted the Pope over attempts by the Catholic Church to convert disillusioned Anglicans.Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, voiced his protest at a meeting at the Vatican Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI following the Pope's offer last month to arrange a mass conversion of Church of England followers.The meeting, which lasted barely 20 minutes,...
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Archbishop of Canterbury has mounted a direct challenge to the Roman Catholic Church's stance against the ordination of women priests.In a speech in Rome today, he made clear there could be no turning back of the clock on women priests to appease the Pope, the Catholic Church or malcontents in the Church of England.He dismissed the Pope's plan to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic Church...
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Senior Scientologist Eric Roux arrives at court in Paris in May for the trial of the Church of Scientology.French court convicts, fines Church of Scientology and six members of organized fraudTwo plaintiffs said they were defrauded by organization, classified as sect in FrancePlaintiffs complained at use of device that Scientologists say measures spiritual well-beingJudge at Correctional Court in Paris...
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Less than 12 months after resigning from the Church of England to head for Rome in 1994, the Rev Peter Bolton, 51, was back in the Anglican fold complaining of isolation and loneliness.Father Bolton, who was at a church in Royton, Greater Manchester, and who now ministers in Weston-super-Mare, warned Anglicans of the pitfalls of moving.“I never really felt part of the Catholic Church,” he said. “I...
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a landmark order, the Maharashtra charity commissioner has ruled that church properties belong to the government and cannot be sold by those in possession of them. The institutions running the churches are merely custodians of the land and buildings.An order passed by joint charity commissioner NV Deshmukh says that church properties can be used only for religious and educational purposes.Deshmukh...
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Reverend John Cairns Christie has been named as the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.Mr Christie, 62, is currently interim minister at St Andrew's Parish Church in West Kilbride, and in the Scots Kirk in Lausanne, Switzerland.He will replace The Reverend William Hewitt at the next general assembly of the church in May.Mr Christie was ordained and inducted into Hyndland...
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Alleging that Church authorities in India have not done justice to marginalised Christians, the Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) today said several church organisations will held a demonstration in this regard at Jantar Mantar here on November 19.PCLM president R L Francis said several Dalits embraced Christianity for better and equal treatment but despite conversion their condition has not...
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