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  • Moldovan Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

    Moldovan Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

    Orthodox Christians across Moldova celebrate Easter today. It is the biggest feast and holiday of the year. The believers mark the Resurrection of Jesus. Hundreds of thousands of Moldovans spent the night at church where a special solemn liturgical service...

  • Heterosexual Pride Day in Brazil: to be or not to be?

    Heterosexual Pride Day in Brazil: to be or not to be?

    Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- City council of the biggest town in South America, Sao Paulo, has approved a law creating a Heterosexual Pride Day to be celebrated on the third Sunday of each December. As the lawmakers say, the straight...

  • Pope Benedict: Jewish people not guilty for Jesus death

    Pope Benedict: Jewish people not guilty for Jesus death

    Pope Benedict has rejected the idea of collective Jewish guilt for Jesus Christ's death, in a new book to be published next week. Tackling an issue that has led to centuries of persecution, the Pope argues there is no basis in scripture for the Jewish...

  • Israel finds remains of Jesus-era home in Nazareth

    Israel finds remains of Jesus-era home in Nazareth

    Israel's antiquities authority says archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a home in Nazareth that dates back more than 2,000 years - to the time of Jesus. Archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre said Monday the discovery is the first find of its kind...

  • Flap emerges over Jesus flapjack

    A disabled Florida woman who makes a living selling items on the Internet auction site eBay says an outline of Jesus and Mary appeared to her on a pancake. Dana O'Kane of Port St. Lucie, who has dystonia, a movement disorder similar to Parkinson's...

  • 'Chocolate Jesus' bittersweet for some

    Plans to display "Chocolate Jesus," a life-size statue made of candy, in a New York art exhibit has left a bitter taste in some people's mouths. While the director of the gallery where the "Chocolate Saints … Sweet Jesus"...

  • Jesus has company on courtroom wall

    Jesus has company on a Louisiana courthouse wall -- perhaps heading off a lawsuit over a religious image in a government facility. Images of Confucius, Hammurabi and more than a dozen other historical figures have joined Jesus on the wall at Slidell...