AMERICA WATCH: US Catholics To Close America’s Largest Hungarian Church

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By BosNewsLife News Center st-emeric-church-july-20071BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- The Catholic Church of the United States wants to sell the largest church of the ethnic Hungarian community in America as part of an apparent effort to raise money for victims of child abuse by priests, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, December 8.

AMERICA WATCH: U.S. School Workers “Forced to Pray In Closet”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife praying_hands_bible1WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian school employees in Santa Rosa County of the U.S. state of Florida are forced to “hide in closets” to pray under a controversial court order, according to a non-profit public interest law firm.

Millions Pray For Persecuted Church

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife 3881BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Millions of Christians from Vancouver to Vladivostok were praying Sunday, November 8, for persecuted Christians, amid reports of increased repression in several countries around the world.

Mexico Court Releases Evangelical “Massacre Suspects”

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service 8802MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (BosNewsLife)-- Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine mainly evangelical prisoners who were convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, but over 20 others remain behind bars.

Colombia Court Allows Christians To Opt Out Of Military

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service imagen-3608077-21BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BosNewsLife)-- An international Christian rights group has welcomed the Colombian Supreme Court’s decision allowing Colombians, including Christians, to opt out of obligatory military service because of religious, moral, or philosophical objections.

Two Cuban Pastors Released, But Crackdown Continues, Christians Say

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By Stefan J. Bos Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife raoul-castro-cuba1HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Baptist leaders who were detained in eastern Cuba while distributing humanitarian aid from American Christians were free Tuesday, October 27, after two weeks imprisonment Christians said.

NEWS ALERT: U.S. Churches Must Prepare For Swine Flu Outbreak, Group Says

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife swine-flu11WASHINGTON D.C. USA (BosNewsLife)-- The influential Christian Emergency Network (CEN), told churches Saturday, October 24, they might have to offer alternative Sunday worship services, just hours after U.S. President Barack Obama declared the spreading H1N1 swine flu virus "a national emergency."

NEWS WATCH: US VP Warns Europe of Missile Threats

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest bideneurope11BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called on America's European allies to step-up their defense efforts, saying they the face growing security threats from outside Europe. Biden made the comments in Bucharest, Romania Thursday, October 22, before ending his Central and Eastern European tour in the Czech Republic.

NEWS ALERT: Cuban Pastors Detained After Distributing American Aid

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By BosNewsLife News Center HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Cuban Baptist leaders are detained in Cuba on charges of “illicit financial activity,” after distributing financial aid from American Christians to needy churches in the island's Guantanamo province, an international advocacy group said Monday, October 19.

NEWS ALERT: Colombia Rebels Assassinate Evangelical Pastor

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By BosNewsLife News Center colombia_farc-rebels-march-in-la-macarenapreview1BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor has been shot and killed by leftist rebels in central Colombia, Christians said Wednesday, October 14.