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Fatah and Hamas Spread Christmas Fear
After being held for extortion and confiscating property, two gunmen from Bethlehem were released to return to the place where Christ was born. They are guilty of entering the Church of Nativity and detaining hostages during religious services. They were part of a gang rulling on the streets of Bethlehem four years ago. Israeli authorities agreed to free them after a meeting with teir Palestinian counterparts (...)

Some Interesting Numbers
Who knows what are the numbers of Christians, Muslims and Jews in Israel? Who remembers what their family background is? We stumbled upon some figures that show Christians in Israel are only a small fraction of the population (2.1%), that almost all of them came from Russia and Ethiopia and that they share a common life with the other faithful. Read here more about a survey of Israeli population on the Eve of Christmas 2006 (...)

In Christmas Time, a Bible for All
In a project intended to reach to those in need of special help, but also aimed at those who want to have their Bible with them at all times, a new project is developing to answer these needs. James Caviezel is back in the role of Jesus, as is the old time John the Baptist from Franco Zefirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth", Michael York, now playing the narrator. A Bible worth waiting for (...)

Denmark Changes The Rules
After having problems with migration, the Danish Minister of Refugees chose to create a draft plan to tighten the rules of migration for foreign preachers. To this day, Denmark has 675 preachers, imams and missionaires, all affiliated to their respective communities. The draft requests good knowledge of Danish language and respect towards human rights, religious freedom and the right to change religion (...)

A New Page in Catholic-Orthodox Relations
After Pope Benedict XVI visited Turkey last month and met with His Beatitude Patriarh Bartholomew, another episode in the relations between the two Churches consumed on December 14, 2006. The Pope received His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of Athens and of all Greece,. Their meeting produced a document on the spiritual contributions of both Catholics and Orthodoxs. Read here their joint declaration (...)

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