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Mormons, As Global As They Can Be
With 12 millions adherents, with strange rules that sometimes produced rage inside other communities (polygamy), with a centralized organization and with missionaries all around the world, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (better known as the Mormons) go global these days. Read here about the current situation and some directions for the future (...)

A Strange Meaning of Epiphany
Stating Epiphany is in Western cultures a symbol of the three kings coming at the place where Jesus was born, a very Western newspaper makes a mistake, because epiphany means revelation. Although there are some reasons backing up this opinion (the early Church celebrated Christmas and Epiphany on January 6th, this meaning has become obsolete during the next centuries, when Christmas received its special celebration date, December 25. Nevertheless, some good information inside (...)

New Hollywood Trend
After the success experienced by "The Passion of Christ" and "The Nativity Story", producers at Hollywood are turning their heads towards the Christian public, who do not want to see sexual action or violence in their film. Find out here what's the name of today's Christian-like movie and what audience has to say about the battle between good and evil (...)

A New Alhambra?
Spanish bishops of Cordoba, Seville and Granada are alarmed by a plan to rebuild some of the ancient mosques of Andalusia, Spain. The project will be financed from abroad. This project raises some questions about the right of the Muslim community to pray in the ancient buildings. We have a suggestion: let's open Hagia Sophia to the Orthodox faithful, let's dig out the ruins of the Solomon Temple for the Jewish rite and force Russia to rebuild all the churches destroyed by the communists, let's... (...)

Anglican Rift Almost a Reality
The first sexual schism is almost ready to happen, at least this is the impression of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. In a desperate attempt to preserve his Church's unity at least until the summit in Africa next month, the Archbishop appeared in a documentary on ITV saying the hard questions must be asked in order to move on (...)

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