Pope Francis has sued Friday in his Christmas message of peace in the Middle East. Right where Jesus came into the world as incarnate Son of God, go tensions and further violence, said the head of the Catholic Church in his speech from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
We must return to the basics of life. That message brought Pope Francis Thursday during the traditional Mass on Christmas Eve in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Christmas, according to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church the perfect time to 'discover who we are.'
And it continued Tuesday night for a long restless in Roquetas de Mar. The southern Spanish city, with 91,000 inhabitants slightly larger than Oss, was the winner of 'El Gordo', the Spanish Christmas lottery.
A large majority has voted Sunday in a referendum in Slovenia against gay marriage. Nearly two-thirds of voters rejected gay marriage, reported the authorities in the capital Ljubljana.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has visited an old church on the frontline in the capital Damascus, where the army is engaged in heavy fighting with rebels.
A pizza delivery in Canada has a church in the Canadian Windsor received a tip from the equivalent of 1100 euros. The church had decided in advance to put any pizza delivery in the limelight by way of good Christmas deed, according to Canadian media Friday.
The Brussels commune of Molenbeek has a plan ready that radicalization must counteract. The municipality came in the days after the attacks in Paris negatively in the news because some perpetrators the church had as a residence.
From outside it looks like the St. Barbara Church in the Spanish Llanera in the province of Asturias, a very normal church of a hundred years old. Only is there no prayers inside, but young and hip exercise their 'ollies' on brightly colored halfpipes.
Christmas this year is not the same in the German town of Greifswald. Jesus Christ was stolen from the manger in the nativity scene. 'We hope that it is a prank and that the perpetrators reduce the infant,' the church late Thursday.
A 29-year resident of Breda was arrested on suspicion of written threat from a member of that church.
The Vatican should be much tougher action against people who have committed financial crimes on behalf of the bank of the church, such as money laundering. This is contained in the report by Moneyval, part of the Council of Europe.
A million dollars would have backward Peter Miquelli pastor of his church community pressed to fund its SM- addiction. The pastor of the St. Frances de Chantal Church in the Bronx after the riot should resign. But that the stocking seems far off. The Catholic Church in the US must post adultery scandals pedo priests again deep in the dust.
An American priest has contributed with its spicy hobby for a lot of fuss. He was for many years have stolen money from parishes, so he SM relationship with his secret friend was maintained. In total he raised over $ 1 million (more than 909 000 euro) in its own bag.
Three-quarters of the Dutch experience in more or less disturbance of fireworks during the New Year. Especially the noise and the mess in the street bothers people. A general fireworks ban on individuals is supported by 49 percent of the people, as no majority. Support for taking a fireworks ban on individuals increased to 54 percent, if the church as goedmakertje ' professsionele organizing a fireworks show.
Photo site Flickr has launched an Android application that allows users 360 degree photos to view. The app is designed specifically for use with the gear VR glasses from Samsung.
The famous St. Peter's Basilica in Rome looks dangerously beautiful. Visitors marvel at huge projections on the basilica including a lion, tiger and wolf. It is a temporary art project to celebrate the beginning of the Holy Year in Italy.
Pope Francis has called Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. This is a special Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church began that lasts until November 20, 2016.
The authorities in Rome have strict security measures announced for the opening of the so-called Holy Year, which begins Tuesday. The airspace above the Italian capital is closed and there is a ban promulgated on making films that contain weapons, even if they are false.
The 91- year-old former president of the United States Jimmy Carter is free of cancer. He said this himself in an announcement on Sunday in Plains, Georgia, where he gave a lesson, US media reported.
A 59- year-old woman on Wednesday in a court in the US city of Utica announced that it has participated in the murder of her nineteen- year-old son Lucas in a church. A second son, the seventeen-year-old Christopher, was seriously injured.
In the southern French village of Saint- Lizier is a priest embezzled more than a quarter century money from the parish. He appropriated between 1987 and his retirement in 2013 an estimated 700,000 euros. French media reported Tuesday that the now retired octogenarian cleric must answer in January in Foix court. He has the facts are known.
The man who opened fire Friday in an abortion clinic in the US Colorado Springs, did not come beyond the waiting room of the building. That said director Vicki Cowart organization Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to The New York Times.
Mayors in France feel there is nothing more that a nativity scene is set up in their town halls, as is the tradition. The association of mayors enables Thursday that in the context of the separation of church and state the crib no longer belongs in the ' mairies. The recommendation is in response to the attacks of two weeks ago.
The woman Wednesday left a baby in a crib in New York, will not be prosecuted.
It looks like an early Christmas story. In the manger of a nativity scene in a church in New York on Monday found a newborn baby, as in the biblical story wrapped in cloth. The umbilical cord was still attached to the boy.
Germany takes under tight security Monday farewell to the deceased former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
Former mayor of Molenbeek Philippe Moureaux (PS) denies that its policy was too loose, but admits he has made mistakes. He should deal more with the young people in the disputed Brussels municipality, he said Sunday on Belgian television.
The police Wednesday after the police operation in Saint-Denis invaded a church. It is suspected that a terrorist is not inside, reports CNN.
The Vatican has the series of attacks in Paris Saturday described as " terrorist insanity."
Fewer and fewer Italians get a marriage certificate. The number of marriages has been in six years with a quarter shrunk from over 246 000 in 2008 to over 189,000 in 2014. The decline thus faster than in other European countries.
