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November 13 2004 By virtueonline SOUTH AFRICA: Anglican Mainstream sends open letter to SA bishops

AMSA has been formed not out of a desire to create conflict or controversy, but as a necessary response to the state of confusion that exists in Anglicanism worldwide.

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November 13 2004 By virtueonline JERUSALEM: Vanunu released from custody, placed under house arrest

"Vanunu is suspected of passing classified information to unauthorized parties," police spokesman Gil Kleiman said at the time of the detention. "He is also suspected of violating the terms of his release."

He was later released and put under house arrest after police found Vanunu had not violated the law other than by giving interviews to the foreign media, security sources said. They said the detention was a warning to him to obey restrictions on contact with foreigners.

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November 12 2004 By virtueonline NEW HAMPSHIRE: Episcopalian ex-pastor suspended in Manchester

"We heard through the grapevine, in fact, some question of inappropriate behavior. The bishop was concerned. . .He initiated the preliminary investigation to get to the source," said Rich.

The inquiry followed canonical guidelines set down by the national church and included an interview with the alleged victim of the misconduct.

Afterwards, Robinson presented his findings to Stretch and the rector submitted to the voluntary discipline.

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November 12 2004 By virtueonline JERUSALEM: Israeli forces invade St. George's Cathedral and arrest Israeli

It is with tremendous grief and sadness that I inform you that
the Israeli special police force entered St George's Cathedral
Close today without permission and took Mordechai Vanunu into custody.

Approximately thirty officers, many with guns, entered the cathedral
gardens and interrupted breakfast in the Pilgrim Guest House. It was a traumatic event that terrorized many of our tourists, pilgrims, and staff.

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November 12 2004 By virtueonline WASHINGTON, DC: Episcopal Women's Ministries Head Should Resign

The liturgy is explicitly focused on addressing a pagan goddess and celebrating women’s bodies as divine. It elevates women’s sexuality, water, blood (specifically menstrual blood), and breasts to divine status. The rite uses imagery from the Gospel of Matthew of flowers blooming and fading, but places it within a context of female eroticism. The liturgy declares that the flowers’ shape “evokes in us the unfolding of our own sexuality.”

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November 12 2004 By virtueonline DENVER: Episcopal Church hires Muslim cleric

Ibrahim Kazerooni, a Shiite cleric, will direct the church's fledgling Abrahamic Initiative, a bridge-building effort among Christians, Jews and Muslims. He will continue to head the Islamic Center of Ahl Al-Beit in west Denver.

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November 11 2004 By virtueonline WASHINGTON, DC: Religious Left Denounces "Moral Values" Voters

“The leaders of the Religious Coalition are outraged at the underlying message of the election story—that religion and morals are the exclusive property of social conservatives,” exclaimed RCRC president Carlton Veazey. RCRC, founded 30 years ago, is a coalition of mostly mainline church agencies that lobby against all potential restrictions on abortion.

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November 11 2004 By virtueonline NEW HAMPSHIRE: Evangelical church growth vigorous, but hard to track

They range from home-based churches to full-scale complexes that draw more than 1,000 to Sunday services.

"My impression is the actual number is significantly larger," said David Lamarre-Vincent, executive director of the New Hampshire Council of Churches.

He estimates there could be anywhere from 300 to 700 evangelical Christian churches in New Hampshire, including independent and denominational congregations.

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November 10 2004 By virtueonline LONDON: On God and sex there is a moral divide between Britain and US

The main exception in Britain is over same-sex couples. Tory voters are even more opposed to same-sex marriage than Bush voters, let alone than Labour voters. This is distinct from legally recognised civil unions that were debated in the Commons yesterday.

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November 10 2004 By virtueonline China's Christians suffer for their faith

Mr Xu, 61, is not the only Chinese Christian to suffer for his faith. Both Catholics and Protestants have long complained of persecution by the Communist authorities, and human rights groups claim the problem is getting worse.

According to the Jubilee Campaign, an interdenominational lobby group, about 300 Christians are in detention in China at any one time, and that number is set to rise.

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