Unholy dust-up at Nativity church
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Members of rival Christian orders trade blows at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
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A nativity scene in an Italian city that includes a porn star fleeing death and the new prime minister on a bicycle has outraged Catholic parties.Comment
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The Christmas tree decorations were being rehung at Pasco County buildings Friday after the reversal of a county attorney's finding that the trees were unacceptable religious symbols.
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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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The silicon factories where a speck of dust is a big problem
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Parishioners walked over the splintered remains of the Lady Lake Church of God on Friday, rescuing torn Bibles from the jumble of broken pews, altar and glass left behind by a tornado.
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By Brittany Davis brittany.davis@roanoke.com 381-1679  BLACKSBURG -- As Beth Yost kneeled on a stool and sawed at a small mint-green stone, a mist of white dust hung in the air.
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A vigil at a Natick church has ended this afternoon after police told parishioners to leave the church where two people were arrested after refusing to leave the church Christmas Eve.
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By Anita Hassan, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 17--A fire that heavily damaged a 47-year-old northeast Harris County church Thursday night was intentionally set, authorities said today.
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THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious
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PENSACOLA (Florida) - People in this Gulf Coast town emerged from bolt holes and hiding places on Thursday to find their city battered, splintered and tossed about like so much toy furniture in the hands of a furious child.
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Senior churchmen reacted angrily last night to a Madame Tussaudâs nativity tableau depicting Victoria and David Beckham as Mary and Joseph, calling it âa nativity stunt too farâ.
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By Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 19--WEST ALLIS -- This is the way the church closed, not with a bang but with a quiet procession of dozens of current and former members to the front of St. Mary Help of Christians Church, where they reverently kissed the altar.
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After years of legal assaults on municipal displays of Nativity scenes and observances in public schools, Christian groups are mounting court challenges in the other direction.
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CHICAGO - Dozens of people looking for Jesus can find him at a church on Chicago's South Side. Thirty-two plastic baby Jesus dolls were stolen last week from nativity scenes in people's front yards.
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By GREG BLUESTEIN  ATLANTA - The tattered cloth scraps started arriving at St. John's Lutheran Church shortly after the Rev. Bradley Schmeling took his stand against the church hierarchy, each with an embroidered or drawn message of support. "God is with you.
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The pastor at Anchorage First Free Methodist Church was mystified. Why was the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals chastising him? No animals are harmed in the church's holiday nativity display. In fact, animals aren't used at all.