Congregation Prays for Vandals That Ravaged Church
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By Jeff Hansel, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 4--FOUNTAIN -- To the vandals who ravaged the Root Prairie Lutheran Church, the parishioners have a message for you.   They want you to know that they'll forgive you.  "You can break into a church.
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Pope John Paul II today said he was praying for the Iraqi people after militants bombed two churches in Mosul, the latest anti-Christian violence in the country.
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THEY had been urged to pray for a last-minute miracle as Hurricane Ivan, one of the most ferocious storms in Caribbean history, tore towards their vulnerable island.
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The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.
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Anger, hope, and sadness pervaded at Boston-area Catholic churches yesterday, where parishioners staged more sit-ins at closing churches, prayed to
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Blood swirled in knee-deep floodwaters as workers stacked bodies outside the hospital morgue Tuesday. Carcasses of pigs, goats and dogs and pieces of smashed furniture floated in muddy streams that once were the streets of this battered city. Desperate people swarmed a truck delivering water.
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GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 26, 2004 - Haitians surrounded by the destruction of Tropical Storm Jeanne prayed for the 1,500 dead during church services Sunday and gave thanks their lives were spared, while the
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Many houses of worship are under threat, crumbling from years of neglect, or becoming targets for acquisition by developers in neighborhoods where choice real estate is scarce.
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GONAIVES, Haiti -- Haitians surrounded by the destruction of Hurricane Jeanne prayed for the 1,500 dead during church services yesterday and gave thanks that their lives were spared, while the United Nations rushed more peacekeepers in to stem looting in the ravaged city of Gonaives.
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JARAMANA, Syria  - Attacks on purveyors of alcohol  and music had already rattled Iraq's tiny Christian community,  but last month's bombing of churches shattered the hope some  still had of staying to help rebuild their country.
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The people of Heuersdorf have lost their village but saved their church.
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Shaken by tragedy, people packed Kentucky churches on Sunday, a week after the crash of Comair Flight 5191 killed 49 people in Lexington.
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Members of a Roman Catholic parish are angry that a priest known to have indecently assaulted a boy was moved there.
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Edward Krivacic will go to Mass next Sunday because it's time to remember. Time to remember the day his neighborhood exploded.
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By Deidre Williams, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Dec. 9--Thieves broke through a basement window of a landmark church on the East Side this week, ransacking the building and leaving behind a big mess.
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A church in central Jerusalem was set on fire before dawn Wednesday and suffered extensive damage, police said.
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In storm-battered Florida, Rev. Russell Levenson of Christ Episcopal Church gave his congregation &quot;permission slips&quot; Sunday to grieve for their lost possessions.