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Rick Warren Reignites Peace Coalition

Rick Warren, the author of Purpose Driven Life, at a conference last week, invited 1,700 evangelical pastors to join his PEACE coalition, which was created to turn at least half of the world's tens of millions of Christian churches into a giant "network of networks" dedicated to relieving the poverty and misery of the developing world.

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Vietnam Eases Restrictions on Catholics

Vietnam's communist rulers are easing restrictions on Catholics after a history of church-state land disputes, reports the Reuters News agency.

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Teaching Tolerance in High School Religion Class

Modesto, Calif. is the only public school district in the U.S. that requires students to learn about the major religions. It is a model that may benefit Americans of all faiths.

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Saudi King Calls for Unity, Reconciliation at Interfaith Conference

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sponsored an interfaith conference that kicked off in Madrid yesterday in an effort to bring Muslims, Christians, and Jews closer together.

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Church Building Destroyed but Congregation is Resurrected With New Purpose

Last spring, the Peace Baptist Church, a massive Classic Revival building, was consumed by fire, but soon members will break ground on a new building in Philadephia and begin with earnest to live the Easter message.

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Vatican to Build Europe's Largest Solar Power Plant

The Vatican recently announced that it intends to spend 660 million dollars to create what will effectively be Europe's largest solar power plant. This massive 100 megawatt photovoltaic installation will provide enough energy to power all of its 40,000 households.

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Priest Becomes Savior in Foreclosure Crisis

In a working class Southern California neighborhood where one out every nine homes is facing foreclosure, Father John Lasseigne is bringing together families and mortgage bankers. His goal is to help the local residents keep their homes and better understand the terms of the loans they receive.

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Russians Ring in 'Bell Week' From Towers Throughout the Land (Video)

It's 'Bell Week' in Russia which means that churches throughout the land will put on bell-ringing concerts. Trained bell-ringers use their hands to coordinate a series of bells of different sizes from high in the church towers.