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Jerusalem church in row over bill
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem warns that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an Israeli water company.
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Suicide bomber kills 7 in Nigeria church
A suicide bombing killed seven people and wounded more than 100 others Sunday at a Catholic church in Nigeria, an emergency management official said.
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Suicide bomber kills five, wounds 98 in Nigeria church
KADUNA (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least five people, wounding nearly 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials…
Bomb attack hits northern Nigerian church
At least three people killed and several injured after a suicide bomber drives into a church in the city of Kaduna.
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Bomb attack hits Nigeria church
Several people have been killed or injured in an explosion during mass at a Catholic church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, officials say.
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Church bid to strip Savile honour
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has written to the Pope to ask if Jimmy Savile’s papal knighthood can be posthumously removed.
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Church service for missing April
A church service for the missing five-year-old April Jones is to take place in Machynlleth, the mid Wales town from where she vanished last week.
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Child killed in Kenya church attack
At least one child dies and three others wounded in capital Nairobi after hand grenade allegedly thrown into church.
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Church to choose new Archbishop
A Church of England committee prepare to choose the new Archbishop of Canterbury, following Rowan Williams’ decision to step down from the role.
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Suicide bomber strikes church in Nigeria
One dead, dozens wounded in blast at Catholic church in northern Bauchi as suspicion falls on Islamic group Boko Haram.
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Church services for shot officers
Three church services are to be held in Greater Manchester later to remember the two police officers who were killed on Tuesday.
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Australian Catholic Church admits child abuse
State of Victoria confirms that more than 600 children have been sexually abused by Catholic priests since the 1930s.
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Australian church admits abuse
The Roman Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria confirms that more than 600 children have been sexually abused by priests since the 1930s.
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South Korean church founder laid to rest
Tens of thousands pay their respects to controversial Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon who died on September 3.
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Unification Church founder Moon dies at 92
Church founded by the controversial South Korean in 1954 now claims three million followers worldwide.
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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His…
Cardinal lashes ‘tired’ Church
Top Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini says in an interview published the day after his death that the Catholic Church is “200 years behind” the times.
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Duke makes church appearance
The Duke of Edinburgh makes his first public appearance after being discharged from hospital on Monday.
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Duke makes church appearance
The Duke of Edinburgh makes his first public appearance after being discharged from hospital on Monday.
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Deadly church attack in central Nigeria
Gunmen shoot dead at least 19 people, including the pastor, in church in town near city of Okene, an army official says.
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