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Theophiles |
5:41pm PDT |
Six Arkansas Nuns Excommunicated for Heresy |
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Summary: Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced. |
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ChristianToday |
11:41am PDT |
Bishop says Stop Blaming Government for Increasing Gang Violence |
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Summary: The Bishop of Derby the Rt Rev Alastair Redfern has issued a sharp warning to stop blaming the Government for gang warfare |
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ChristianToday |
11:37am PDT |
Taliban free 4 kidnapped Red Cross staff |
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Summary: Taliban insurgents on Saturday freed four staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC they had kidnapped in Afghanistan three days ago an ICRC statement said |
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ChristianToday |
11:28am PDT |
North Korea nuclear talks aim for statement |
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Summary: No big differences divide negotiators seeking to end North Koreas nuclear weapons ambitions the US envoy said on Saturday adding a statement pointing the way forward was a real prospect |
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ChristianToday |
11:22am PDT |
Palestinians committed to peace meeting |
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Summary: President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday the Palestinian Authority was fully committed to a planned UShosted Middle East peace conference and he saw no obstacle to holding it |
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ChristianToday |
11:21am PDT |
Brown requests compensation review for UK farmers |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked Environment Secretary Hilary Benn on Saturday to examine whether farmers should be compensated for two outbreaks of cattle diseases to hit Britain this year |
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ChristianToday |
11:21am PDT |
Bush draws fire at US climate change talks |
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Summary: Some of the worlds biggest greenhouse polluters took aim at President George W Bush on Friday calling him isolated and questioning his leadership on the problem of global warming |
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ChristianToday |
11:13am PDT |
China blasts Taiwans UN bid as danger to peace |
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Summary: Taiwans campaign to gain United Nations membership and a referendum on the islands UN application pose grave dangers to AsiaPacific security Chinas foreign minister said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:12am PDT |
UN envoy flies into Myanmar maelstrom |
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Summary: A UN envoy flew to Myanmar on Saturday to persuade its ruling generals to use talks instead of guns to end mass protests but the US expressed concern that Ibrahim Gambari had been moved away from troubled Yangon |
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ChristianToday |
10:59am PDT |
Conservative US Episcopalians plot separate church |
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Summary: Conservative bishops upset with US Episcopal Church stands on gay issues said on Friday they will call a constitutional convention to form a new Anglican union in North America |
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ChristianToday |
10:58am PDT |
World powers delay action on Iran sanctions |
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Summary: The worlds major powers agreed on Friday to delay a vote on tougher sanctions on Iran until late November at the earliest depending on reports by the UN nuclear watchdog and a European Union negotiator |
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ChristianToday |
10:54am PDT |
German politician says Mosques must not dwarf churches |
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Summary: Bavarias conservative leader Edmund Stoiber won thunderous applause in his farewell speech on Friday for saying mosques were getting too big |
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ChristianToday |
10:52am PDT |
Police smash Balkan human trafficking ring |
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Summary: Bosnian and Croatian police have arrested four people on suspicion of running a human trafficking ring taking individuals from the Balkans into the European Union Bosnian border police said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
10:50am PDT |
11000 fled Mogadishu fighting in September |
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Summary: Eleven thousand people have fled Mogadishu this month because of intensified violence and the northern part of the Somali capital is becoming increasingly deserted the UN refugee agency said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
10:48am PDT |
Myanmar food relief hit by protest crackdown |
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Summary: Armyruled Myanmar has stopped or restricted the delivery of UN food relief to 500000 people many of them children as it cracks down on mass protests against the generals the World Food Programme WFP said on Saturday |
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ChristianToday |
10:48am PDT |
Rwanda to urge male circumcision in AIDS fight |
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Summary: Rwanda plans to encourage male circumcision to help the tiny African nation curb HIVAIDS rates a senior official told Reuters on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
9:50am PDT |
France fighting blue tongue outbreak |
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Summary: France is fighting an outbreak of the livestock virus bluetongue disease and there have been 2246 cases the French Agriculture Ministry said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
9:44am PDT |
Bush authorizes 25 million energy aid for NKorea |
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Summary: President George W Bush on Friday authorized 25 million in energy aid for North Korea as a reward for Pyongyangs movement toward dismantling its nuclear weapons program |
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ChristianToday |
9:33am PDT |
EUs Solana confident about building Chad force |
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Summary: The European Union will assemble enough troops to help protect civilians in Chad and Central African Republic from violence in neighbouring Darfur EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Saturday |
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ChristianPost |
7:48am PDT |
Giuliani: I Pray to Jesus for Guidance |
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Summary: Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani says God is a very important part of his ... |
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ChristianPost |
7:07am PDT |
What Is Normal? |
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Summary: Recently, while wandering through my local grocery, I turned the corner, heading up the cereal aisle. I had no more walked ten feet when I caught the attention of a stranger – a young man in his mid-twenties – walking toward me. Upon seeing me, his face l |
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ChristianPost |
5:55am PDT |
Conservatives Take First Step Toward New Anglican Structure |
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Summary: Anglican bishops discontent with The Episcopal Church announced Friday they have taken the first step in forming a "separate ecclesiastical structure" in North America in attempts to remain faithful to the global Anglican ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:52am PDT |
Billy Graham Library Wowing Visitors |
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Summary: Nearly four months since its opening, visitors from across the country have stepped through a cross entrance to experience the life journey of evangelist Billy Graham and his impact on ... |
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ChristianToday |
5:08am PDT |
African regional church grouping warns of rise in Burundi conflict |
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Summary: An African regional Christian grouping has warned that Burundi could slide into renewed fighting as a result of tensions within the ruling party and the presence of the rebel Forces for National Liberation which itself is divided and has refused to sign a |
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ChristianToday |
5:06am PDT |
Church group examines waterthirsty industries |
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Summary: A church lobby group that seeks to influence corporate business behaviour in Britain and Ireland is turning its attention to the issue of water which the group says now affects regions once thought to have plentiful supplies |
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ChristianToday |
4:16am PDT |
Martin Smith Deliriouss Asian Summer 2007 |
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Summary: It was the summer of 2007 and again we Delirious members found ourselves at the airport We had been asked to play at several events throughout Asia so we thought wed combine work with our summer holiday a great idea until we realized the monumental task o |
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ChristianToday |
4:10am PDT |
CHASTE tour to highlight Loves not for sale |
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Summary: The Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking across Europe Not for Sale UK campaign which is seeking to change the mood music in the United Kingdom on the issue of customer demand is coming on tour in November to Cambridge Edinburgh Birmingham and Leeds |
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OneNewsNowPress |
4:10am PDT |
Perspectives: Misplaced passion |
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Summary: As I watched college and pro football this past weekend, I noticed for the millionth time the passion which consumed the players, the coaches, the announcers, the fans. It's part of the game, of course. As an avid Ole Miss... |
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OneNewsNowPress |
4:10am PDT |
Ford future may be determined by its ethics |
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Summary: The question of what it means to be a good, responsible, involved corporate American -- and the view of societal ethics that defines responsibility -- may well determine what the future of automaker Ford will be, as it continues to... |
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OneNewsNowPress |
4:10am PDT |
Crown's new CEO sees worldwide need for biblical financial stewardship |
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Summary: The 30-year old financial ministry that helped bring a change in Christian financial stewardship is entering its second month under a new leader. Chief executive officer Chuck Bentley, who took the reigns from co-founder Howard Dayton on September 1, says |
