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Nativity Goes To Hollywood
The long-expected movie produced by New Line Cinema, depicting the story of Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem on the eve of the birth of Christ, will be screened in Hollywood for the first time next week. The film, with a budget of 35 million dollars, comes in a series of Christian/related movies, some of them very successful, as it was the case with "The Passion of Christ" (...)

Lebanese Christians: Their Life
The social, political and military shift in the past decades in Lebanon produced a series on crisis that reached even the smallest group of people. Christians in Lebanon are such a small group, but regardless of their political allegiance, they try to preserve what they value most> their peace. Read a equilibrated field work of New York Times' reporter Michael Slackman (...)

Yet Another Gay Marriage Debate
Two sides and two types of thinking are colliding again on the streets of Boston, as the Massachusetts legislators are deciding if they want a change in the constitutional text defining marriage or if they would transfer the decision to the people. Both sides have their arguments, ranging from liberty of choice and equity, to religious belief against gay marriage. It's another episode of this debate, after similar cases happened in other US states and in Europe (...)

The Regensburg Crisis
Picking up on the subject of inappropriate speech held by Pope Benedict XVI, National Catholic Reporter commentator John Allen Jr. states the pope could really use some strong advisers. This only comes to light now, when the entire church worked for the past two months to control the damages made by the speech. Who could do that? Find out here (...)

Two El Salvadoran Lutheran Pastors Killed
Married couple Francisco Carrillo and Jesus de Carrillo, both pastor of the Lutheran Church in El Salvador were shot to death on November 4th. LWF secretary, Ishmael Noko expressed the Church's deep distress when finding the news and declared those responsible must be brought before justice. This is an alarm sign for the increasing wave of violence in El Salvador (...)

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