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Russian Orthodox Church Ready to Open up New Ecumenical Relationship with WCC

In a meeting between the World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on 23rd June, the ecumenical relationship between the two parties...

70,000 Seats Ready for Billy Graham’s Last Crusade in New York Tonight

The last crusade of the veteran American evangelists Billy Graham will kick-off on Friday 24th June evening, the eyes of world’s Christians are turning to the stage in New York. Tens of thousands are also making their way to the city ...

Spain Same-Sex Marriage Law Delayed in Senate after Massive Catholic Rally

Spain's Senate has rejected on Wednesday a bill on same-sex marriage proposed by the liberal Socialist government. The upper house voted 131 to 119 to throw out the bill. The massive rally against...

Britain’s Religious Hatred Bill Moves On Despite Evangelical Opposition

The controversial Religious Hatred Bill in Britain is one step closer to entering the statute book as it has passed over another hurdle - the second reading in Parliament - on Tuesday 21st June. The result of the vote was 303 to 246...

Anglican Council Passes the Temporary Withdrawal of US & Canada Churches

On 22nd June, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting in Nottingham, England, passed an important resolution dealing with the Primates' Statement at Dromantine, Ireland in February...

G8 Foreign Ministers Gather in London as Tension Builds towards July Summit

Today in London, the G8 foreign ministers have gathered for crucial talks regarding. Jack Straw is leading the talks, which come less than a month before the summit of G8 leaders in Gleneagles, Scotland...

EU Requests Turkey Prove Religious Freedom before Entry

Since last December, when the European Union (EU) decided to begin accession talks with Turkey, religious freedom has been one of the urgent issues that Turkey must solve before entering...

Africa Church Leaders Rally to Fight AIDS as Clergy Confess to Having HIV

Four religious leaders publicly confessed their positive HIV status at a forum organised by the 'Kenya Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS', taking place in Nairobi...

TV’s EDGES to be Available to UK Christians on DVD from July

EDGES - one of the most popular Christian TV programmes in the UK, created and hosted by Australian preacher Mal Fletcher, and seen on TV’s in over 210 nations around the world will now be released on DVD in the UK from July...

Vietnam Prime Minister Signs Second Religious Freedom Pact

Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is visiting the U.S. this week and has met with President Bush on 21 June. The visit is the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister to the U.S. since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975...

Brussels Conference Gathers UN, EU and US to Rebuild Iraq

A conference with the aim of rebuilding Iraq commenced yesterday in Brussels to figure out the future for the war-torn nation. The meeting was hosted by the United Nations, the European Union and the United States...

Vietnam House Church Leaders Submit Testimony on Christian Persecution

Three Vietnamese house church leaders have submitted testimonies to the International Relation Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington D.C., as the Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai undertakes the first official visit to the US...