Twelve leaders of a Southern California-based church have been arrested on charges of coercing dozens of mostly homeless people into forced labour, holding them captive and compelling them to panhandle.. Reuters India - Published
Lebanon's Byblos festival has cancelled a concert by the indie rock band Mashrou' Leila "to prevent bloodshed" after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and death threats on social.. Reuters India - Published
A dozen leaders of Imperial Valley Ministries, including a former pastor, are charged in an indictment unsealed with subjecting homeless people to forced labor.
A dozen leaders of the Imperial Valley Ministries in California is accused of preying on homeless people, forcing them to beg for money and then taking it from them.
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Church leaders in San Diego, El Centro, and Brownsville, Texas were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of subjecting homeless people to forced labor, according to U.S. Department of Justice officials.
Lebanon's Byblos festival has cancelled a Mashrou' Leila concert "to prevent bloodshed" after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and death..
Lebanon's Byblos festival has cancelled a concert by Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila which was set for next week after calls from church leaders who accused the group of blasphemy. Reuters India - Published
Lebanese church leaders have demanded the cancellation of a concert by Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila on the grounds its songs are blasphemous, leading the group to say it is the target of a campaign.. Reuters India - Published
*Brasilia:* Brazil's Supreme Court voted Thursday to criminalise homophobia, an important step for sexual minorities in one of the most dangerous countries for LGBT people in the world. The Supreme.. Mid-Day - Published
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis ended his conference on the sexual abuse of children by clergy on Sunday by calling for an "all-out battle" against a crime that.. Firstpost - Published
A nun and a woman journalist delivered the toughest criticism of Church leaders heard so far at Pope Francis' sexual abuse conference on Saturday, accusing them of hypocrisy and covering up horrendous.. Reuters India - Published
He has summoned bishops to Rome to help him chart a way forward after decades of abuse by priests and prelates and the systematic cover-ups of that by their superiors. The scandals have eroded.. IndiaTimes - Published
Christmas celebrations were replaced by sombre prayers, as church leaders called on Christians across Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, to pray for tsunami victims. Unlike other.. Firstpost - Published
Teams of police and state security officials in the southwestern city of Chengdu came to the homes of leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church late on Sunday and detained them, according.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
Pope Francis has ordered an investigation of an American bishop accused of sexual misconduct with adults and accepted his resignation, deepening a worldwide clerical abuse scandal. Reuters India - Published
Pope Francis is summoning the presidents of every bishops conference around the world for a February summit to discuss preventing clergy sex abuse and protecting children evidence that he realizes the.. DNA - Published
Pope Francis will meet leaders of the US Catholic Church on Thursday, the Vatican announced, after a high profile accusation that the pontiff covered up sexual abuse allegations against an American.. Firstpost - Published
Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with U.S. Catholic Church leaders who want to discuss the fallout from a scandal involving a former American cardinal and demands from an archbishop that the pontiff.. Reuters India - Published
(Reuters) - The Vatican knew of a cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania through secret archives that bishops in the state shared with church leaders in Rome, the state's.. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in the effort to root out abuse and cover-up. He blasted the clerical culture that has been blamed.. IndiaTimes - Published
Leaders of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday called on people to stop referring to the faith as Mormonism, although the church acknowledged one of its central texts.. Reuters India - Published
It was the half-naked girls running from room to room upon her arrival that made Filipina teenager Ruby fear the cyber cafe job she had been offered online might in fact be a sinister scam.
Ruby's.. DNA - Published
A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia's most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to provide guidance over the Easter weekend on how to emerge from the moral.. Rediff.com - Published Also reported by •Deccan Herald •Reuters India
Is it incumbent on an American company to turn over data to law enforcement agencies when demanded even if such data are stored overseas? This issue is at the core of a case involving Microsoft that.. Mid-Day - Published
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli tax policy and a proposed land expropriation law which they called a.. Reuters India - Published
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government is seeking to amend a law that led to shortened sentences for church leaders convicted of misusing millions of dollars, in a case that has gripped the.. Reuters India - Published
Pope Francis is wrapping up the most contested, violent trip of his papacy Sunday with a series of meetings with Peruvian church leaders and a final Mass at an air base in Peru's capital. IndiaTimes - Published
The Catholic Church, political leaders and family members of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by Islamic militants in Yemen last year, today thanked the governments of India and Oman for their efforts.. DNA - Published
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2017 : Both the Egyptian government and some church leaders are claiming that the Copts' situation has improved under President El-Sisi's leadership, despite the growing body of.. newKerala.com - Published
Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians have been told by church leaders to cancel all events and activities outside churches in July because of a security threat, church sources said on Thursday. DNA - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
"We, bishops of Cameroon, affirm that Monsignor Jean Marie Benoit Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally assassinated," the church leaders said in a statement obtained Wednesday by AFP. DNA - Published
BJP president Amit Shah said on Sunday that the CPI(M)'s violence against Sangh activists has only helped the BJP gain further inroads in Kerala.
"Whenever Left parties formed the government in the.. Deccan Herald - Published
By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, March 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C hurch leaders in eastern India are backing a campaign to overturn recent amendments to decades-old land laws, saying the.. DNA - Published
MANILA (Reuters) - A presidential intervention to provide free contraceptives in the predominantly Catholic Philippines looked set to face hurdles, with conservatives and church leaders preparing.. Reuters India - Published
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops have urged President-elect Donald Trump to adopt humane policies toward immigrants and refugees, as church leaders begin navigating what will likely be a complex.. Zee News - Published
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit South Sudan to preach peace in the country embroiled in inter-ethnic and political strife, religious leaders said after talks.. Reuters India - Published
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