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How fighting affordable housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns
3 weeks ago

How fighting affordable housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns

LA Times  

On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, about a dozen neighbors held a meeting with Craig Hughes, who was then the mayor of Portola Valley. If Hughes and other town leaders produced a state-mandated affordable housing plan that wasn’t to the residents’ liking, they should expect a battery of litigation that could lead to Portola Valley’s bankruptcy. But Portola …

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'Nuisance': Far-right Texas A.G. seeks to shut down homeless ministry on Thanksgiving
1 month, 1 week ago

'Nuisance': Far-right Texas A.G. seeks to shut down homeless ministry on Thanksgiving

Raw Story  

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been a highly divisive figure in Lone Star State politics, often drawing vehement criticism not only from Democrats, but also from fellow Republicans. Killelea reports that on Tuesday, November 26, Paxton announced a lawsuit against Austin's Sunrise Community Church in response to their activities on behalf of the city's homeless. According to the …

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Steps of Mount Mary’s Church to bustle with art, music and dance in festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Steps of Mount Mary’s Church to bustle with art, music and dance in festival

Hindustan Times  

Come December 16, the steps leading up to Mount Mary’s church in Bandra, will come alive with art works, music performances and stand-ups acts for the fifth year in a row. Steps of Mount Mary’s Church to bustle with art, music and dance in festival Formally known as the St. Stephen’s Steps, the space was used as a garbage dump …

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How world’s oldest Christian community in Gaza is on brink of extinction
1 year, 1 month ago

How world’s oldest Christian community in Gaza is on brink of extinction

Firstpost  

Palestine’s Gaza and the West Bank are home to the oldest Christian community in the world. When Israeli bombs started falling on Gaza City’s once-active streets, hundreds of people from the Christian community took refuge in churches. While the majority of Christians in Gaza practise Greek Orthodox Christianity, a few per cent also attend Gaza Baptist Church and Holy Family …

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Gaza’s Christians fear ‘threat of extinction’ amid Israel war
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza’s Christians fear ‘threat of extinction’ amid Israel war

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s assault on Gaza could spell the end of the Christian community’s long history in the enclave. “I will not leave the church except to the grave.” ‘Threat of extinction’ At least 10,569 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. On January 26, a mob of Israeli settlers attacked an Armenian bar in the Christian …

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A NJ pastor-politician is gunned down, and a community reels
1 year, 8 months ago

A NJ pastor-politician is gunned down, and a community reels

Associated Press  

SAYREVILLE, N.J. — Nicole Teliano used to play games on her phone in the mayor’s office at Sayreville Borough Hall while her mother tended to the tedious, often acrimonious task of serving in local government. “It’s just not common for somebody to come home from work and be ambushed in her parking lot.” Dwumfour’s parents and new husband Peter Ezechukwu …

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‘Death to Christians’: Violence steps up under new Israeli gov’t
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Death to Christians’: Violence steps up under new Israeli gov’t

Al Jazeera  

Christian leaders in Jerusalem say never have Israeli attackers felt more emboldened than under the far-right ruling coalition. The Armenian owner of Taboon and Wine Bar in the Old City of Jerusalem was not surprised to receive a call the night of January 26 that a mob of Israeli settlers was attacking his bar in the Christian Quarter and shouting …

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A simmering mistrust that should not boil over
3 years, 3 months ago

A simmering mistrust that should not boil over

The Hindu  

In the 1990s and early 2000s, it was a common sight to see churches being dismantled to be replaced with brand new structures in Kerala. By 2016, as the Islamic State gained prominence, 21 Keralites — some Christian and Hindu converts among them — who had gone missing were traced to the terrorist outfit, sparking further anxiety within the Church. …

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Why L.A. County paid $400,000 to a church that violated coronavirus rules
3 years, 4 months ago

Why L.A. County paid $400,000 to a church that violated coronavirus rules

LA Times  

Grace Community Church congregants make their way to Sunday service in Sun Valley last September. Sunday after Sunday, people packed Grace Community Church and belted out hymns, openly violating Los Angeles County’s prohibitions against indoor services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Margaret M. Russell of the Santa Clara University School of Law said the county’s decision to settle was “pretty …

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Coronavirus cases spiking in LAPD as some officers skirt vaccine mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus cases spiking in LAPD as some officers skirt vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Coronavirus cases are spiking within the Los Angeles Police Department as city officials work with labor leaders to finalize a vaccination mandate for city employees, and those who oppose the requirement search for ways to circumvent it. The new total includes a “hot spot” of 26 new infections among employees at the LAPD’s Central Station in skid row — where …

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Texas church camp: About 160 Covid-19 infections are linked to a youth camp, including cases of the Delta variant
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas church camp: About 160 Covid-19 infections are linked to a youth camp, including cases of the Delta variant

CNN  

CNN — A Covid-19 outbreak stemming from a Texas church summer camp has grown to about 160 cases, including infections of the highly contagious Delta variant, the Galveston County local health authority said. More than 450 people attended the camp for sixth through 12th graders in late June, hosted by Clear Creek Community Church. Keiser said he believes “there is …

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Galveston church camp source of 125 postive coronavirus tests, pastor says
3 years, 6 months ago

Galveston church camp source of 125 postive coronavirus tests, pastor says

CNN  

CNN — More than 125 campers and adults who attended a summer camp run by a South Texas church have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement from Clear Creek Community Church Lead Pastor Bruce Wesley. “And hundreds of others were likely exposed when infected people returned home from camp.” Clear Creek Community Church is an interdenominational church based …

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Coronavirus outbreak strikes L.A. megachurch that defied public health orders
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak strikes L.A. megachurch that defied public health orders

LA Times  

People head to Sunday service at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley on Sept. 13. An evangelical megachurch in Los Angeles that has defied L.A. County public health orders and held indoor worship services for the last several weeks has been struck with an outbreak of the coronavirus, public health officials confirmed Thursday. Grace Community Church in Sun Valley has …

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Judge bars defiant Los Angeles megachurch from holding indoor services
4 years, 4 months ago

Judge bars defiant Los Angeles megachurch from holding indoor services

LA Times  

Grace Community Church in Sun Valley draws thousands of worshipers, most of whom do not wear masks or socially distance. A megachurch that has defied Los Angeles County’s pandemic health orders must stop holding Sunday worship services indoors, under a judge’s ruling Thursday. L.A. County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff sided with public health officials, who took legal action last …

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L.A. County sues church for violating COVID-19 orders with indoor worship services
4 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County sues church for violating COVID-19 orders with indoor worship services

LA Times  

A church that has gained national attention in recent weeks for repeatedly defying state and county orders by holding indoor services is the subject of a countersuit filed Thursday by Los Angeles County. The suit was filed in L.A. County Superior Court against Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur for violating the county health officer’s order, which in mid-July …

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New Zealand mosque shootings: Attacks on houses of worship show rise of hate crime, religious places more vulnerable globally
5 years, 9 months ago

New Zealand mosque shootings: Attacks on houses of worship show rise of hate crime, religious places more vulnerable globally

Firstpost  

Places of worship are ‘soft targets’ as they reign in a psychological hijack of people. “By targeting a house of worship, rather than a private home or business, the attacker has committed a powerful symbolic transgression: profaning a space that is both sacred and communal.” On Friday, 40 have been shot dead and 20 injured so far in shootings at …

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