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U.K.-wide relay of prayer baton to mirror journey of Olympic torch

-A 70-day U.K.-wide prayer relay that mirrors the journey of the Olympic Torch through more than a thousand communities is set to be launched with a blessing in a ceremony in Cornwall, according to a news release from faith organization More Than Gold.

News item date: 17th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

France will have new denomination with Protestant merger

After years of preparation, a new Christian denomination will be formed this week in France when two synods meet in the eastern town of Belfort, a location historically important in the growth of Protestantism.

News item date: 16th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Syrian Christians live in uneasy alliance with Bashar Assad

News item date: 15th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Indonesian authorities restrict places of worship after Muslim protests

Indonesian authorities have closed and sealed off 17 Christian places of worship in the Aceh Singkil district in the past two weeks after Muslim protests on 30 April.

News item date: 14th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Dutch criticize Mormon baptism-by-proxy of royals

There is public criticism in the Netherlands of the Mormon practice of baptism by proxy after a Dutch newspaper revealed 9 May that several members of the royal family were posthumously "baptized" into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colloquially known as the Mormon church.

News item date: 11th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Ugandan faith leaders urge transparency after oil discovery

In Uganda, faith leaders are joining citizens in demanding openness in the handling of recently-discovered crude oil, which is inspiring hope for a better future for the East African country.

News item date: 10th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Church leaders defend Philippines in dispute with China

Philippine church leaders have joined efforts aimed at defending their country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, which they say are under threat by an emerging power in Asia -- China

News item date: 9th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Occupy Faith members announce a new pilgrimage to Canterbury

A group of faith leaders announced on 8 May in London's St. Paul's Cathedral that a new pilgrimage to Canterbury is planned for this summer to protest unjust economic systems in the 21st century.

News item date: 8th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Orthodox patriarch calls Putin Russia's legitimate leader

Following Vladimir Putin's inauguration to a third term as President of Russia at the Kremlin on 7 May, Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church held a prayer service for his health and successful rule and praised him as Russia's legitimate leader.

News item date: 7th May 2012 at 01:00:00

 

Theologian sees links between Christianity and African traditional religion

When a missionary asked Africans in Zanzibar to tell him something about their God, they simply said, "God thunders!" The cleric had travelled across the seas in the 19th century to tell "the heathens without religion" or "people with a primitive religion" about God.

News item date: 4th May 2012 at 01:00:00