October 1, 2007 EU harms farmers: bishop

A Polish bishop is urging the country’s farmers not to sell land to foreigners in order to prevent the European Union imposing injustices upon those who till the soil for living.

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October 1, 2007 Mother Teresa recalled

People from different walks of life and faiths joined a colourful peace procession to the tomb of Mother Teresa to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her death.

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October 1, 2007 Share in eucharist

Germany’s top Protestant bishop has urged a stepping up of efforts to allow Christians of all denominations to share in the eucharist together.

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October 1, 2007 Book depicts some of Canada’s finest churches

The rather dry title Canadian Churches: an architectural history only hints at the riches within this enormous, comprehensive, stunningly beautiful survey of Christian houses of worship in this huge northern country.The oversized...

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October 1, 2007 Complex rebel puts her faith in music

When I heard that the pop musician Sinéad O’Connor had released an album called Theology, it took me right back to my university days, when I used to comb through the lyrics of my rock records, searching for signs that at least a...

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October 1, 2007 God on the ballot: faith and politics in America

Both read the Bible day and night, But thou read’st black where I read white.’ (William Blake, c. 1818) The trouble with invoking religion in the political arena is that it is too often done by those who are certain God is on...

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October 1, 2007 ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those ... ’

In the film Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time, director Johanna Lunn takes on the subject of, yes, forgiveness. Timely indeed, as the world struggles with an impossible war that was meant to avenge 9/11, a terrorist attack of...

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