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Company threatens to cancel car insurance over Jesus stickers

The insurance company Age U.K. has threatened to drop the policy of a Christian for displaying religious stickers on her car.The company told Wena Parry, 75, the large signs on the sides and hood proclaiming \"Christ Must Be Saviour\" and \"Christ for Mew\" were \"modifications\" that might ...

China's crackdown surprised some churches building 'grander' facilities

An urban planner of Chinese ancestry visited his homeland last spring just as reports began to appear worldwide on officials in Zhejiang Province south of Shanghai removing crosses from churches and in some cases demolishing entire buildings (about 426 churches so far).But he says, the government ...

Boko Haram trains child soldiers

Children too poor to own a store-bought toy are being given automatic rifles to train as child soldiers for Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist faction that operates primarily in northeastern Nigeria.The faction\'s media arm recently posted two photos of a child soldier training camp, with youngsters ...

President Obama pushes for religious freedom in India

President Obama encouraged India to foster the idea of religious freedom before leaving the country for Saudi Arabia. India has a history of strife between Hindus and religious minorities like Christians and Muslims, with a string of churches being vandalized in the past few months.

Catholic church wants 'due process' to include free annulments for all

In addition to raising the controversial questions about Communion for the divorced and remarried in the Roman Catholic Church, The Pope apparently hopes to see the Vatican\'s judicial court that oversees annulments (The Roma Rota) grant more of them and for free.The already centuries-long debate ...

Gorillas & chimps decimated by Ebola virus

The Ebola virus that has flared into multiple epidemics among humans since the first documented outbreak in 1976, also has had devastating effects on other primates, killing about a third of all gorillas and chimpanzees, according to a report in The Conversation, a digital outlet for academic and ...

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