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missionary stories: 6 news summaries

 Pope Canonizes Father Damien 

Belgian missionary, four others elevated to sainthood

Oct 11, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Father Damien, the Belgian missionary who ministered to leprosy victims on the Hawaiian island of Molokai before contracting and dying of the disease, was canonized today. The 19th-century priest, the founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and three others were elevated to sainthood in a ceremony that drew... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • religion • saint • Hawaii • missionary • sainthood • Roman Catholic Church • leprosy • Father Damien • canonization • Molokai • Hansen's disease

Christians Secretly Target Converts in North Africa

Islamic leaders oppose 'unethical' tactics

Dec 15, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Islamic leaders in north Africa say they are incensed by the tactics of Christians bent on secretly converting their followers, Reuters reports. Religious authorities gripe that missionaries in Morocco and Algeria are using “unethical” methods, such as spreading false information and preying on the weak. “People respond positively... More »

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Christianity • Algeria • Morocco • worshippers • missionary • Christians • convert • conversion

Dog-Clone Woman 'Abducted Mormon Sex Slave'

McKinney went on the lam after 'manacled Mormon' case

Aug 8, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman in the headlines this week for cloning her pit bull first caught media attention for kidnapping a Mormon missionary to be her sex slave, the Guardian reports. Bernann McKinney—then known as Joyce—tracked her ex-lover to Britain in 1977, abducted him with the help of a friend,... More »

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kidnapping • sexual abuse • Mormon • missionary • cloned pets

Deal Reached on Hostages

Taliban, Seoul agree on terms, including withdrawal of troops

Aug 28, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talks between the Taliban and the South Korean government have resulted in the outline of a deal to release the remaining 19 hostages held in Afghanistan for over a month. The agreement involves withdrawal of Korea's 200 noncombat troops and an end to missionary activity, CNN reports, but not payment... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • missionary • Korean hostages • hostage

Mission Church Does Some Seoul Searching

Hostage crisis has Korean Christians pondering direction

Aug 15, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As 19 South Korean aid workers wallow in a Taliban prison camp, many in the world community are openly wondering why they were in Afghanistan in the first place. Even as they pray for the release of their fellow parishioners, members of a suburban Seoul church are dodging critics who... More »

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South Korea • Seoul • church • charity • missionary • Korean hostages • Christian missionaries • Christians • hostage

Faith, Family, Tragedy Shaped Young Romney

A Mormon in the '60s, his was a world of privilege, not comfort

Jun 25, 07 8:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney, once liberal Massachusetts governor and now conservative presidential candidate, grew up in a family of privilege. But it was a family always conscious that mainstream acceptance of the Mormon faith was fragile. The leave-it-to-beaver Romney was confused by sixties strife he saw at Stanford, the Boston Globe reports,... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • presidential campaign • family • Mormon • Brigham Young • missionary • Goldwater

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