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» No room at inns as Bethlehem sees upswing and seeks investors
22 December
Bethlehem (ENI). Unemployment has shrunk to 23 percent and hotel capacity is often around 100 percent these days, so things are looking up for Bethlehem says the head of the city's chamber of commerce and industry board.  Full article >>


» Christians debate putting UK petty offenders into 'shame jackets'
18 December
Canterbury, England (ENI). "Some of us are asking if Britain is beginning to turn its back on its Christian heritage," 87-year old Welsh-born Charles Preece, a leading member of the Probation Christian Fellowship, told Ecumenical News International.  Full article >>


» Breaking free of the consumer culture: Canadian author's tips
17 December
Toronto (ENI). At a time of year when people will fight with each other for the latest toy for their children, and after the trampling to death of a store worker in the United States by shoppers who had queued overnight for post-Thanksgiving holiday sales, parents need help to break free of the consumer culture, says the author of a new book.  Full article >>


» S. African anti-apartheid cleric Boesak joins ANC breakaway
16 December
Cape Town (ENI). The former head of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and prominent anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak, has joined the newly-launched Congress of the People, South Africa's newest political party.  Full article >>


» Humanists, agnostics, atheists blitz media for 'the holidays'
15 December
Oxford, Ohio (ENI). Hundreds of people showed up in Olympia, the capital of Washington state, for a two-hour rally to protest against Christmas with a "winter solstice" sign. The gathering was sponsored by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which calls religion a "myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds".  Full article >>


» Make Gulf of Mannar a sacred site, say conservationists
12 December
London (ENI). The Alliance of Religions and Conservation, known as ARC, is backing a call for the United Nations, the World Bank, non-governmental groups and conservation bodies to recognise the Gulf of Mannar - between India and Sri Lanka - as a World Heritage Sacred Site.  Full article >>


» Globalisation 'needs values' to succeed, says Blair at Yale
12 December
New Haven, Connecticut (ENI). Former British prime minister Tony Blair has completed his first semester as a visiting lecturer at Yale University, an experience he says has strengthened his belief that religious faith and economic and social globalisation are partners.  Full article >>


» African churches to pray for end of 'illegitimate' Zimbabwe rule
11 December
Maputo (ENI). Africa largest Christian grouping, the All Africa Conference of Churches, has pledged to "pray for an end to illegitimate rule in Zimbabwe" after debating and toning down a statement about the country on the doorstep of Mozambique, where they have been meeting.  Full article >>


» World Council of Churches seeks candidates for top job
11 December
Geneva (ENI). The World Council of Churches has announced plans to find a successor to the Rev. Samuel Kobia after the general secretary of the WCC had stated in February he did not wish, for personal reasons, to take on a second term of office.  Full article >>


» Medvedev, Putin join patriarchs for funeral of Russia's Alexei II
9 December
Moscow (ENI). Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I of Constantinople and Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia both served at the funeral of Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, a service also attended by President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Prime Minster Vladimir Putin.  Full article >>

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