Swiss exonerate Europe’s last executed witch
BERN, Switzerland (Aug 28, 2008) — The last person to be executed as a
witch in Europe has been exo...
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Man donates $3-million lottery ticket to his church in New York
PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. (Aug 28, 2008) — A New York pastor says one of his
congregants donated a winni...
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Bishop withheld papers from OPP investigators
CORNWALL, ONT. (Aug 28, 2008) -- A former eastern Ontario bishop withheld documents from police that...
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Priest backs away from staging beauty pageant for nuns
ROME (Aug 27, 2008) — An Italian priest is backtracking from his idea
to organize an online beauty ...
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Indian security forces arrest top separatist leaders in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Aug 27, 2008) — Indian authorities arrested top
separatist leaders in Kashmir on M...
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South Korea’s Buddhists march against president alleging Christian bias
SEOUL, South Korea (Aug 27, 2008) — Tens of thousands of South Korean
Buddhists took to the streets...
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Mennonite Central Committee pledges $1.1M in cyclone aid
WATERLOO REGION (Aug 26, 2008) -- When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar in May, it killed almost 100,00...
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Bill would toughen penalties for harming pregnant women
OTTAWA (Aug 26, 2008) -- The federal Conservatives have promised more severe punishments for crimes ...
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Prayer for Mother Teresa
CALCUTTA, India (Aug 26, 2008) — Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity pray during a special mass on T...
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Abandoned synagogue shelters dozens in South Ossetian war
TSKHINVALI, Georgia (Aug 25, 2008) — When Georgian rockets began
falling on this sleepy capital of ...
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Cambridge cathedral is small and Anglican
(Aug 23, 2008) -- Nestled on a side street in Cambridge is a tiny church with a grand title.
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Expansion of Pentecostal church in Cambridge continues
Construction work continues at Calvary Pentecostal Assembly on Hespeler
Road in Cambridge as a $4.7...
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Miniskirt warning sparks outrage
MEXICO CITY (Aug 23, 2008) -- Miniskirts are making some Mexicans ruddy with indignation.
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Prayer, not protest, seen as best route to positive change
WATERLOO REGION (Aug 16, 2008) -- Flaring tempers and passionate protests were dogging the Chinese g...
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Blindfold games in Cambridge
Sarah Boudreau, 16, wears a blindfold under her sunglasses while playing a game with
about two...
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Jury rejects assault suit against pastor Victoria Osteen
HOUSTON (Aug 15, 2008) — Victoria Osteen, the wife of megachurch pastor
Joel Osteen, says her faith...
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Cambodia and Thailand to remove troops from Buddhist temple
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Aug 15, 2008) — Cambodia and Thailand have agreed
to a gradual redeployment o...
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Praying at the pumps
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug 14 2008) — Rocky Twyman, in purple,
and eight others held hands and prayed...
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1,000 attend Lutheran Youth Gathering
WHITEHORSE (Aug 16, 2008) -- Thinking about how they can lift the burden that unsustainable lifestyl...
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Don't kiss or tickle children, priests told
CINCINNATI (Aug 16, 2008) -- The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has issued a detailed list of inappropria...
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Be firm with China, Dalai Lama says
PARIS (Aug 14, 2008) -- The Dalai Lama said yesterday that the world should be firm with China on hu...
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Italian activits petition Pope to forsake fur
ROME (Aug 13, 2008) — A group opposed to wearing fur has asked Pope
Benedict to give up his ermine-...
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Youth at Lutheran gathering in Whitehorse focus on environment
WHITEHORSE, Yukon (Aug 13, 2008) — Thinking about how they can lift the
burden that unsustainable l...
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Slaughterhouse's alleged abuse fuels kosher justice movement
NEW YORK (Aug 13, 2008) — Very little goes unexamined in the kosher world. From meat and poultry to ...
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Uproar over loud prayer calls in Muslim Morocco
RABAT, Morocco (Aug 12, 2008) — The muezzins’ calls echo well before
daybreak, summoning the Muslim...
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Dalai Lama in France
VENEUX LES SABLONS, France (Aug 12, 2008) - The Dalai Lama who is on a
12-day visit in France, care...
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Bush praises the joy of worshipping in Beijing church
BEIJING (Aug 11, 2008) — As President George W. Bush worshipped with
his family in Kuanjie Protesta...
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Planned protest at funeral fails to materialize
WINNIPEG, Man. (Aug 10,2008) — People line the street at the funeral for Tim McLean at Westwood
Com...
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