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Venezuela stops cardinal from leaving country

BY  :  Staff  Writer Christian Today   The Venezuelan government has prevented the former Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, from leaving the country and has had his passport cancelled. The cardinal was set to fly to Bogotá, Colombia, on 10 December and […]

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Greg Locke threatens lawsuit after former pastors allege ‘spiritual abuse,’ lack of accountability

BY    :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter    Outspoken Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke has mentioned the possibility of taking legal action as he faces allegations from former pastors of the Lebanon-based Global Vision Bible Church that he inflicted “spiritual abuse” on church employees and […]

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Missionary pilot remains missing 2 months after kidnapping in Niger

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter    Nearly two months since American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Château 1 neighborhood of Niamey in the capital of Niger in West Africa, local Christians say they are worried about […]

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Missing Christian pilgrim found safe in Syria

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BY   :  Anugrah Kumar   Christian Today   (CP) Described as a “Christmas miracle” by his family, American citizen Travis Timmerman has been found in Syria after being unexpectedly detained for seven months while making a pilgrimage in an effort to deepen his Christian faith. Timmerman, […]

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Student and teacher killed in shooting at Christian school

BY   :  Staff writer   Christian Today   A teacher and teenaged student have been shot and killed at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin. At least six others were injured in the attack at Abundant Life Christian School in the city […]

Religion
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Sorry, bishop, the TV challenge is bigger than that …

BY  :  Peter Crumpler    Christian Today   One of the Church of England’s most senior bishops has lamented that families will not be watching TV together this Christmas. But there’s a greater risk that millions of TV viewers might lose out on some of their […]

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The little-known history of the Nativity play

BY  : Neil Rees   Christian Today   In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays. This custom, however, is a surprisingly modern tradition. Here is its story. Nativity plays A Nativity play is a production that tells the […]

Religion
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Vatican removes Palestinian keffiyeh Nativity scene amid backlash

BY  : Samantha Kamman   Christian Today   After the display raised a few eyebrows, the Vatican appears to have removed a Nativity scene that showed baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used as a national symbol by Palestinians that anti-Israel activists have […]

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Picturing Christ: how has Jesus been depicted over the last 2,000 years?

BY   :  Martin Davie    Christian Today   The writer of the Letter to the Hebrews reminds Christians that they are surrounded by a great “cloud of witnesses” (NRSV). That “cloud” has continued to grow in size since then. In this monthly column we will be […]

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Bishop tells Islamic rebels Christians must not be ‘second-class citizens’ in Syria

BY  :  Samantha Kamman    Christian Today   Leaders of churches and ecclesial communities in Syria met with representatives of the armed Islamic-led rebel groups that seized control of the country amid fears that Christians could face persecution or strict regulations that could disrupt their faith […]

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Oldest Christian artefact north of the Alps unearthed in Germany

BY  :  Duncan Williams  Christian Today   Archaeologists in Germany have confirmed the discovery of a 1,750-year-old amulet containing a silver scroll, now recognised as the oldest physical evidence of Christianity north of the Alps. The extraordinary artefact was first uncovered in 2018 during excavations of […]

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What next for Syria – and the wider Middle East region?

BY   :  George Makeen   Christian Today   This has been an extraordinarily heartbreaking year for the peoples of the Middle East. No one could have predicted the bloodshed across the Holy Land that has lasted for more than a year, or the current dramatic events […]

Religion
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Gifts that aren’t things: presents for your loved ones that won’t end up at the back of a cupboard

BY    :  Heather Tomlinson   Christian Today   It might be a heartwarming sight to see a pile of colourfully wrapped presents sitting snug under a twinkling Christmas tree. But post-celebrations, the resulting pile of goods can also sometimes leave us a little bit guilty, […]

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