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Scores of evangelical Christians gathered this week for their regular Wednesday night prayer service at the River of Life Christian Church’s sprawling complex in Santa Clara, closing their eyes and opening their palms skyward as they rocked back and forth to soaring hymns.
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Mumbai, India (LifeNews.com) — An Indian woman has killed herself following an abortion she obtained after pressure form her husband, who did not want children. Sarika Powar, reportedly committed suicide on Sunday by hanging herself in her Santa Cruz home after having the abortion she didn’t really want.
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Santa Paula, Calif., Jan 4, 2010 / 11:11 am (CNA).- The Dan Murphy Foundation of Los Angeles has approved a grant of $2 million to Thomas Aquinas College in honor of the school’s late president, Dr. Thomas E. Dillon, who was killed in an automobile accident last April.
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He believes if Christians in Santa Rosa County commit to one hour of prayer at www.714SantaRosa.com throughout the year, it will bring transformation not only for the individuals, but also the whole county. Nall said denomination doesn’t matter. All Christians should participate if capable.
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(AP) – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine judge convicted a former Roman Catholic archbishop Wednesday of sexually abusing a seminarian in 1992. Former Santa Fe Archbishop Edgardo Storni received a sentence of eight years, the minimum for aggravated sexual abuse, defense attorney Eduardo Jauchen said. Jauchen told LT10 radio that he has appealed, saying the case against his client…
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Historians believe that the remains of St. Nicholas, the man who inspired Father Christmas, are buried at Jerpoint Abbey in Ireland.
He was buried in the cathedral church in Myra, which became a pilgrimage site, but Irish historians claim the early crusaders brought his remains back to Ireland.
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AFP – This year Santa had to ditch his sleigh in Egypt and crawl through a smuggling tunnel to bring a little Christmas joy to the Gaza Strip.
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London, December 24 (ANI): Ever wondered how Santa Claus manages to take one full circle of the world in just one night? Well, a researcher feels that it can only be possible if Santa has mastered theories of astrophysics. Professor John Brown, tenth Astronomer Royal for Scotland, believes only quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, which distorts…
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BAGHDAD – Christmas is bumping into Shiite Islam’s most mournful ceremony this year, forcing Iraqi Christians to keep their celebrations under tighter wraps than usual. Midnight Mass will again be celebrated in daylight across Baghdad, and security around churches is heavier for a community that’s been threatened by sectarian violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. A bombing this week targeting a 1,200-year-old church in Mosul, killing two passers-by, underscored their concerns. But this year, Christians feeling an extra need for caution are toning down the Christmas glitz, and the plastic Santas aren’t selling as well as usual. At least one Catholic archbishop has discouraged Christmas…
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. – California’s Sonoma County has ordered officials to remove angels, stars and other religious symbols from Christmas trees in county buildings over concerns they violate the Constitution.
County Administrator Chris Thomas issued the order Monday to managers of all 26 county departments, saying it is not the government’s role to endorse religion.
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EAST SYRACUSE, NY, Dec. 22 /Christian Newswire/ – Liberty Counsel is pleased to announce that Christmas has returned to the Minoa School District. The District decided to incorporate both Christian and Jewish songs into the “Holiday” musical and permit teachers to welcome Santa into the classroom. The school also gave a recent assignment asking students to correct grammatical errors in the poem “Twas the Source: Liberty Counsel
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Given the decision-making power of Santa Claus on the matter of gifts, my children make sure they leave Mr. Claus some seriously good cookies on Christmas Eve. However, most children don’t know that there is much more to the real Saint Nick than toys and cookies. In addition to being generous, the jolly fellow could easily be considered the patron saint of purity.
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Zenit.org ).- Christmas is much more than the season of Santa Claus and sugar plums; it's God's answer to mankind's yearning for peace, says Benedict XVI.The Pope affirmed this today in a reflection o…
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Tubac, USA – The Divine Administration sprawls over 165 acres along the banks of the Santa Cruz River on a historic ranch next to the old Tumacacori Mission.
Here, a man known as Gabriel of Urantia oversees a religious order of about 100 men, women and children who believe that the apocalypse is imminent and that their leader is a prophet ordained to save them from doom and then rule the world.
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When an Anglican expert on St Nicholas tried to spread some Christmas cheer at a detention center where children are being held in the United Kingdom, security guards called in police to escort him off the premises.
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Satan. Santa. Anagrammatic coincidence? I DON’T THINK SO!
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Graz, Austria – A candle-lit procession makes a solemn passage through jolly, rosy-cheeked throngs standing at mulled wine and chestnut stands in the old quarter of Graz, Austria's second city.
The cause? To save Christkind, their Christmas gift giver, from the red and white menace of Santa Claus.
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Parents in New York and Oregon recently voiced their disagreement with school officials who banned Christmas trees and Santa Claus displays because the decorations supposedly promotion Christianity.
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Florida school teachers say they are being forced to hide in closets to pray after a controversial court ruling.
Under an order crafted by the ACLU, school employees in Santa Rosa School District must act in an “official capacity” whenever they are at a “school event” – including breaks, after-school events on or off campus and private events held on campus.
Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit law firm, alongside Christian Educators Association International, is seeking to overturn the court order, which has resulted in three school officials being charged with contempt.