Proud Jamaicans celebrated the success of their Olympians Sunday as dozens of pastors referenced the gold medal wins in their sermons. "God wants to use us for His praise, but it is for us to allow Him to do so," preached the Rev. Douglas Robb.
1Dissatisfaction with the European Union’s attitude towards Christianity may be behind waning support among Christians for the union, according to the Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
8With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement — coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech.
0The Beijing bishop appointed by China's state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict XVI will visit his country and that relations with the Vatican are improving.
1When Georgian rockets began falling on this sleepy capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Zemfira Tibilova and her neighbors ran to a century-old brick synagogue.
0An American Baptist leader joined the international community in expressing his sadness at the death of Zambia president Levy Mwanawasa, whom he calls a man of faith and a friend.
1A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese customs officials said they got them back when they returned to the airport Wednesday to leave the country.
1Leftist ex-bishop Fernando Lugo became Paraguay's president on Friday, ending six decades of one-party rule in a key step in the poor South American nation's democratic transformation.
0Churches and Christian agencies are providing shelter and humanitarian aid to refugees from the crisis in Georgia. Many people are escaping the violence with literally only the clothes on their backs and are in need of food and shelter.
2Three evangelical churches in the capital of South Ossetia have been damaged by the conflict between Russia and Georgia, according to a report, released Tuesday.
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