Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, has described an attack on the city’s Catholic cathedral as “an act of terrorism”. Witnesses say a hooded man entered the Chapel of the Blood of Christ on Friday and threw a Molotov cocktail. The petrol bomb started a fire that engulfed a 400-year-old crucifix housed in the …
Courtesy: CNN 10 hockey players 5 others dead as a result of fatal bus crash police say. More details about the victims of a deadly bus crash in Canada’s Saskatchewan province emerged Sunday, days after the tragic accident rocked their small community and the larger hockey world. The bus was carrying a junior hockey team …
Courtesy: CBC News A Christian group in Regina has been praying for Muslims. According to the Canadian Network of Ministries to Muslims’ website, these prayers are with “faith, hope and love for the Muslim world.” “Through prayer we can engage in an active love for the Muslim world, sharing their burdens, and understanding their concerns,” …
Courtesy: REGINA LEADER-POST On Monday, city council unanimously approved a prayer hall in a strip mall on Assiniboine Avenue East and Boyle Street, a decision that disappointed Stacey Ferguson. The area resident presented a petition by 96 residents who are “gravely concerned” by the opening of the prayer hall. She said the institution, with its …
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Courtesy: CBC News There’s already been a lot of hype about it being used to get exercise and boost business. But many in Regina are finding it can be used creatively for everything from getting people to church to donating to charities. Sue Breisch is an avid Pokemon Go player. She’s also a minister at …
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Courtesy: CBC News For more than two decades, Matt Schaefer has been a member of the congregation of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the city of Warman, Sask. “We got up for communion like I had done for a long time. We all lined up and I got passed over for the biscuit,” Schaefer …
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Courtesy: CBC A group of people gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature Sunday to deliver a petition asking politicians to stop praying before the start of daily business in the assembly. About 20 people held a short demonstration, with a few signs, before handing their petition to a security guard for delivery to the premier’s office …
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Courtesy: CBC news Cuts to the spiritual care programs at Saskatchewan hospitals will take effect this Friday, which has faith-based groups hurrying to put a plan in place to serve those in need. Staff will no longer be employed through the Spiritual Care Program at any Saskatchewan hospitals. Patients, in many cases, will be responsible …
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