Sermon urges unity for island
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&quot;BE not dismayed,&quot; sang the Pitcairn Islanders, all wearing their best clothes, in a white, wooden church high above Bounty Bay.
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This tropical island nation that has long been an ethnic cauldron of disagreement and violence remains one today, even in the face of a national tragedy that&#39;s seen 12,500 people perish in monster tidal waves.
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The island nation's government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
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The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a &quot;big prison&quot; by the separation fence, the heads of churches in the Holy Land said in a pre-Christmas message yesterday.
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By Carrie A. Moore Deseret Morning News  Pastors representing more than 40 evangelical Christian churches and 16 different denominations in Utah gathered for a press conference Tuesday to literally display a new sign of unity among them despite their doctrinal differences.
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Pope Benedict and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians held a solemn prayer service together on Thursday and re-committed their Churches to the quest for unity to patch up a nearly 1,000-year-old schism.
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Â· Dozens turned down by local Catholic primaries Â· Councillor warns of mini apartheid in seaside town
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Â· Minister turns to sporting youth to pack pews  Â· Plywood ramp replaces pulpit as focal point
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Patriarch Filaret of Kiev, the leader of one of three separate groups competing for the allegiance of the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine, has called for unification of the nation's Orthodox churches.
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Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for harmony in the diverse and sometimes fractious Roman Catholic Church, comparing it to a church organ in need of tuning.
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By Katharine Dale, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 17--The message was clear. Many 20- and 30-somethings across Charlotte feel disconnected from their churches. Even more aren't tapped into a local faith community, but are searching.
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A small church community celebrated its heritage on Sunday. Parishioners at Holy Cross Lithuanian Church in Schenectady commemorated Lithuania's independence.
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An earthquake and a plane crash add to the woes of an island nation where earthquakes are inevitable - and so is traveling by plane
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called yesterday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatens to fracture the church.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - The subject of Sunday's sermon at St. Stephen's Anglican Church was repentance, and the preacher found an obvious example of the sinfulness of contemporary culture within the branch of his own denomination an ocean away in the United States.
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Scotland's faith communities will gather to pray for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Reverend Andrew Dotchin lights five candles during a service at St Mary and St Botolph church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Thursday, Dec.Comment