They broke into the priest’s home as he slept, busted his ribs and gave him a black eye.
The Rev. Daniel Mallette, preparing for the next life, confessed his sins aloud. The two masked intruders told the 80-year-old priest to shut up and beat him some more.
They forced him to open a safe and stole $500 meant for the poor. And when they were done, one asked him to pray for his soul.
Read the article...A German court ruled on Wednesday that a Muslim student in Berlin cannot pray in the corridor of his high school even outside lesson time as it would disrupt the school. Germany’s Federal Administrative Court said in a statement its ruling applied only to this particular instance and took into account special circumstances at the school.
Read the article...Controversy over Wanganui District council’s prayer has flared again, with one councillor facing possible suspension after a complaint was laid against him by a colleague.
Councillor Clive Solomon has laid a Code of Conduct complaint against Councillor Rob Vinsen, alleging a number of breaches of the “understanding and expectations” requirements of the code.
The complaint relates to comments made by Mr Vinsen in emails regarding the council’s prayer.
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Christian groups in England have vowed to protect the Occupy London tent-city in front of St Paul’s Cathedral by surrounding it with a “circle of prayer”. The plan has been hatched in the event that the Cathedral attempts to evict the protesters. Christian activists say that in the absence of support from St Paul’s they Read more
When Les Bleus were crushed by the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup’s pool stages, churchgoers in France’s rugby heartland got out their heavy artillery. They prayed to St Jude, the patron saint of lost causes. When things got worse after the rout by Tonga, the faithful took out their weapon of last resort: Read more
In an interview with the Catholic Herald, Ania Golędzinowska, a model and tv presenter and the girlfriend of Paolo Enrico Beretta, the nephew of the Italian prime minister, reveals why she has moved to Medjugorje to lead a prayerful life. She explained that she had been invited there by a friend who had paid for Read more
The Week of Prayer for World Peace is an opportunity for people of all faiths to pray in their own gatherings or with people of other faiths for world peace.
The Week will be observed in New Zealand from 16-23 October. A leaflet has been produced by the New Zealand organising committee with prayers, readings and affirmations from many faiths to use each day.
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A multi-faith prayer service will be held in all of New Zealand’s Catholic dioceses to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Assisi Peace Meeting. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Committee for Interfaith Relations is organising the events, which will take place on or around the 27 October 2011. The St Francis of Assisi Day of Read more
To mark the 25th anniversary of Assisi meeting with religious leaders, called by Blessed John Paul II in 1986, Pope Benedict XVI has convoked a new gathering in the Italian town Oct. 27. Benedict and representatives of the world’s major religions will make speeches and sign a common commitment to peace when they meet in Assisi Read more
The Christian prayer read in Parliament each day is out of date and should go, retiring Green Party MP Keith Locke says.
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