16 churches for sale worth $28m
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The 16 churches the Archdiocese of Boston put up for sale this week are worth about $28 million, according to local tax assessors.
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The Boston Archdiocese has announced that its largest fundraiser, the Annual Catholic Appeal, raised $13.8 million last year, a 15 percent increase over 2005.  The collection topped its goal by $800,000.
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Former Boston businessman Frank H. McCourt Jr. has sold the last valuable pieces of his South Boston Waterfront land, two restaurant buildings on the water's edge, for a little more than $4 million.
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Randall W. Harding sang in the choir at Crossroads Christian Church in Corona, Calif., and donated part of his conspicuous wealth to its ministries. In his business dealings, he underscored his faith by naming his investment firm JTL, or "Just the Lord." Pastors and churchgoers alike entrusted their money to him.
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After selling houses in this Mormon college town for two decades, Ted Whyte knows what some of his customers want: a home near the new Mormon temple. If only he could use that in his ads.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. Half of a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has sold on eBay for 28-thousand dollars.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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For a mere $138 million, you can own a cozy 103-room English country home, with a panic room, marble driveways and helipads -- a property that tops the 2007 Forbes annual list of the world's priciest homes for sale.
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Mobile phone owners are blessed with more than just free weekend minutes, as religious institutions and telcos roll out new services to help the observant practice their faith. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.
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An official charity calendar featuring Pope Benedict XVI goes on sale in the shops - a first for the Vatican.
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A 13th century Koran was sold for 1.14 million pounds ($2.33 million) on Tuesday, setting two world auction records, auctioneers Christie's said.
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As a wave of contemporary art installations is being unveiled in cathedrals, churches and chapels across Europe, religious spaces are once again becoming showcases for many artists.
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Boston Properties Inc., the real estate investment trust run by billionaire Mortimer Zuckerman, agreed to sell 5 Times Square for about $1.28 billion, a record price for a New York City office tower.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will sell its 90-year-old headquarters for $65 million to free up money after paying millions of dollars in settlements linked to a 2002 scandal over pedophile priests.
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A small city of churches, festivals and big-time patent cases.
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A new church building in Houston has become the focal point of what some architects are calling a revival of traditional religious architecture in the United States.
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GROVE, Okla. - A pastor handed out $14,000 to congregation members to invest for seven weeks, after which they are to bring the money and profits back to the church to be used in missionary work.