Red Cross says Gaza humanitarian situation ‘shocking’
JERUSALEM (AFP) — The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is “shocking”, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said after a ...
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Scotland’s first Romanian Orthodox Church to open in Glasgow
A church in the east end of Glasgow is to be consecrated as the first place of worship for the Romanian Orthodox Church in Scotland. Shettleston Old Parish Chur...
More Americans join Orthodox Christian churches
By Tom Breen, Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Greg Mencotti worried he would never find a spiritualhome.The Sunday school teacher grew up Roman Catho...
A Jew’s prayer for the children of Gaza
There will never be peace without prayers like this one being answered. Lord, have mercy.Lord who is the creator of all children, hear our prayer this accursed ...
Former guard on Guantanamo ‘torture’
A former guard at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay has spoken in his first television interview about the brutality he witnessed to inmates. Chris Aren...
Bush, Obama teams hold disaster drill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials in the Bush administration and members of President-elect Barack Obama’s staff teamed up at the White House Tuesday for...
Patriarch Daniel: Christmas brings us strength to vanquish life’s trials
BUCHAREST, Dec 25.(AGERPRES). Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel urges believers in the Christmas letter to vanquish life’s trials, namely ...
Woman slapped with fine for cursing in Romanian church
ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 13, 2009 BUCHAREST, Romanian — A woman who upset worshippers by swearing during a church service in Romania has been fined $126, abou...
Seat 33D
By Dennis J. Martinek Twenty years ago, Pan Am Flight 103, flying from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s JFK airport, was destroyed by a bomb,...
Dalai Lama Blames Financial Crisis on Spiritual Fall
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, blamed a lack of spirituality among people today for the global financial crisis. T...