Topic: Christianity
South African President Jacob Zuma was Wednesday at the centre of a row over his comments that Christianity had brought in orphans and retirement homes.South Africa's Times newspaper Wednesday quoted Zuma, a Christian, as saying: "Long before the arrival of religion and ...
A major US study released Monday put the total number of Christians worldwide at 2.18 billion -- almost a third -- of the estimated global population of 6.9 billion.Christians make up as big a proportion of the world's population as they did ...
For 700 years Catholic faithful expressed their devotion to the Virgin Mary by creating an elaborate wardrobe for the mother and child, on display in a new exhibit in the French city of Lyon.Playfully entitled "Fashion Icon", the show explores how from ...
Egyptian Copts, the Middle East's biggest Christian community, headed to mass on Sunday fearful of what an Islamist landslide in the country's election will mean for their community.In churches across the capital, the community gathered for its first Sunday service since the ...
An ad attacking Newt Gingrich for his marital infidelity was launched by a conservative Christian group on FridayAn ad attacking Newt Gingrich for his marital infidelity was launched by a conservative Christian group on Friday. The ad arrives just as Gingrich has ...
A new series of reports into Irish Catholic dioceses on Wednesday revealed horrific child sex abuse by priests and mistakes by Roman Catholic Church authorities in dealing with them.Some of the cases detailed by the Church's own child protection watchdog occurred as ...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Catholics across the United States celebrated a new translation of Mass on Sunday that church leaders said would provide a deeper understanding of the faith, but which critics complained was unnecessary and confusing.A third edition of the Roman ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge said on Friday she would interview retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua to determine if he was competent to testify as a witness in a church sex abuse trial.Bevilacqua, 88, is not a defendant in the rape cases ...
A Chilean judge ruled that a prominent Roman Catholic priest, Fernando Karadima, had engaged in sexual abuse of three minors in the past but could not be tried because the statute of limitations had run out.Four men charged in criminal complaints that ...
Filipinos making their traditional All Saints' Day visits to cemeteries should watch out for fake priests offering to bless the dead for money, a senior bishop warned Tuesday.Security guards at cemeteries and people approached by these priests were advised to check their ...
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