Ethnic minorities shore up England's church congregations
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A long-term decline in church attendance in England in recent years is &quot;pulling out of the nosedive&quot;, mainly due to ethnic minories and in particular black people.
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The Church of England has published a series of prayers aimed at helping Britons cope with the post-holiday Monday blues as they trudge back into work following the long break.
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WENZHOU, China -- A new breed of churches in this region of China has demonstrated a boldness and independence unmatched elsewhere in the country, despite strict government guidelines for places of worship.
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Black and Asian clergy members are unlikely to reach high office in the Church of England and minorities are sometimes marginalized in parish churches, an internal review will show, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair's conversion to Catholicism means he is now a member of the most popular Christian denomination in Britain, according to religious research published on Sunday.
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Britain's Muslims are more than twice as likely to be unemployed than followers of other faiths and up to five times as likely to live in overcrowded housing, a major survey has revealed.
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Â· Archbishops to draw up historic covenantÂ· Conservatives see chance to crack down on dissent
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They had diverse backgrounds, coming from countries around the globe, but all shared youth and worked in medicine. They also had a common goal, authorities suspect: to bring havoc and death to the heart of Britain.
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AMMAN, Jordan (RNS)--Iraqi Christians flocked to the Latin Catholic church in the Hashmi district of the Jordanian capital, a drab working-class area, where they celebrated Mass in the ancient Chaldean language.
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Returning families bring signs of revival to the ancient heartland of the Syriac Orthodox church in Turkey, reports Sarah Rainsford.
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Members of one of Iraq's minority faiths face new repressions and discrimination after the fall of Saddam's regime
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Comment is free: Darra Singh: Britain continues to grow more diverse. So cohesion is everyone's business.
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A series of special prayer services are being held across the UK on Sunday for the Asia earthquake victims.
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Officials at the spiritual home of the Church of England launched a worldwide fundraising campaign to save the place of worship from the ravages of time, weather and pollution.
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The Welsh co-creator of an internet church experiment celebrates pulling in the UK's biggest congregation.
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Churches are increasingly having to deal with social problems posed by an influx of poor immigrants, a study has said, with the phenomenon likely to be repeated in all faiths across Europe.
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When members of the First United Methodist Church choirs embarked on a recent singing and ringing tour of England, little did they know they would see a second spiritual reformation in the island country.