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Christians stories: 31 news summaries

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 150 Animals to
 Star in Massive
 'Ark' Musical 

Where? Where but Branson, Missouri?

May 24, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hold on to your camels, folks: A full-blown Biblical gala is opening tonight in Branson, Mo., in the form of Noah—the Musical. The show will feature more than 40 actors and 150 animals, half live, half animatronic, the Economist reports. More »

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theater • Christianity • Noah's Ark • Missouri • musical theater • Christians • musical • Branson, Missouri

Pope Prays for Healing After Abuse Scandal

Reassures clergy
of his "spiritual closeness" in NYC

Apr 19, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI spent the third anniversary of his election to the papacy trying to comfort clergy still weathering the fallout from the priest sex abuse scandal, the AP reports. “I simply wish to assure you of my spiritual closeness,” Benedict said. The pontiff, addressing 3,000 people... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • New York • Vatican • Christians • priest sex abuse • Roman Catholicism • Pope Benedict's US visit

 Pope Hails Easter Conversions 

Benedict XVI demands end to conflicts in Tibet, Middle East

Mar 23, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Mass today, hailing the miracle of conversion, "which renews itself even today" before a rain-soaked crowd in St. Peter's Square and calling for an end to hostilities in "Darfur and Somalia, the tormented Middle East, especially the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon, and Tibet.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Rome • Easter • Mass • Tibet • Christians • St. Peter's Square • Jesus Christ • Magdi Allam • Corriere della Sera • urbi et orbi • Holy Land

Evangelicals Turn Back
to Ritual

Some adopt previously shunned  confession, communion, Lent

Mar 8, 08 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Christians are increasingly turning to long-shunned traditions as a means of practicing their faith, reports the Washington Post. In a trend some call “worship renewal,” some are reviving Catholic customs such as fasting for Lent, going to confession, and weekly communion. “Evangelicalism is coming to point... More »

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Christianity • Catholicism • Christians • monasteries • evangelicals • communion • Catholics • Lent • ancient customs • rituals • traditions • confession

Gaza's Few Christians
Are Fleeing

After murder, religious minority fearful under Hamas rule

Dec 24, 07 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - It's a grim Christmas for Gaza's tiny Christian population of about 3,000, with celebrations muted in the Hamas-controlled territory, the AP says. Instead of decorating trees, many of the faithful are packing to leave the strip for good. After the murder of a prominent Baptist activist, many Christians say... More »

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Hamas • Muslims • West Bank • Christians • Rami Ayyad • religious persecution • Baptists

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school  where he killed 2

Dec 10, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the... More »

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church • Christians • Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • gunman • church shootings

God to Roberts: You're Fired! 

Ex-boss of Oral Roberts U: 'He' told me to quit, but vowed 'something supernatural'

Nov 29, 07 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts told the school's student body yesterday that he didn't want to resign, but God insisted on it. Roberts, son of school founder Oral Roberts, faces a lawsuit accusing him of spending extravagantly while the school was in financial straits. He said God spoke to... More »

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Christians • Oral Roberts University • Richard Roberts • Lindsay Roberts • Oral Roberts • scandal

Christian Sues Springer Musical for Blasphemy

Pole-dancing Eve doesn't wash with critic

Nov 21, 07 6:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A Christian activist in Britain is battling in court to sue the men behind hit musical "Jerry Springer—The Opera" for blasphemy. The play, which depicts Eve as a pole dancer and Jesus as a diaper-wearing deviant, is a "spiteful, willful denigration of Christian belief," his attorney... More »

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opera • musical theater • Christians • court cases

(Newser) - Richard Roberts, the Oral Roberts University president who is accused of misuse of university funds and illegal involvement in a political campaign, requested and received an indefinite leave of absence from the university's Board of Regents today. The board said a senior pastor will temporarily take over the president's duties,... More »

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Christians • Oral Roberts University • Richard Roberts • Lindsay Roberts • Oral Roberts • scandal

Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

She's flamed again, this time for calling 'dream' nation Christian

Oct 12, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - After drawing fire last week for wishing women weren't allowed to vote, conservative provocateur Ann Coulter has struck a new nerve, saying that the nation should be Christian and Jews need to be "perfected." She made the comments on CNBC's "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch, who... More »

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Ann Coulter • Republican • Christianity • Jews • CNBC • Judaism • Christians • Bill Maher • Donny Deutsch • The Big Idea

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

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