Christianity

In order to attract non-churchgoers, the Anglican Church may offer a "baptism-lite" option.The "baptism lite" is the latest attempt by the Church of England to attract individuals who do not otherwise see the insideof a church, the service is designed to offer a baptism "expressed in culturally appropriate and accessible language".

[Reverend Dr. Tim Stratford] said that among clergy from poor and inner city parishes ‘there was a strong plea for a shorter prayer in direct but poetic language that allows the Gospel to resonate better with people’s experience of life’.  

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Pope Benedict XVI has approved a miracle attributed to his predecessor, John Paul II.Pope John Paul II was credited with the miraculous cure of a nun with Parkinson"s Disease, SisterMarie Simon-Pierre claimed her illness disappeared two months following John Paul II"s death after she and her fellow nuns had prayed to him.

Pope Benedict XVI has formally approved a miracle attributed to his late predecessor, paving the way to John Paul II"s beatification on 1 May. The process of beatification, or declaring the late pontiff to be "blessed",is a crucial step towards making him a saint.  

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The idea that the universe came in to being by accident should be rejected, the Pope has stated.Speaking to a crowd of 10,000 at St Peter"s Basilica Pope Benedict was adament that God was responsible for the Big Bang. "The universe is not the result of chance, as some would want to make us believe," he said. "In the beauty ofthe world, in its mystery, in its greatness and in its rationality ...

we can only let ourselves be guided toward God, creator of heaven and earth." God"s mind was behind complex scientific theories such as the Big Bang, and Christians should reject the idea that the universe came into being by accident, Pope Benedict said onThursday.  

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Karen Sigler has claimed that an x-Ray taken of her chest contains a clear image of Jesus.Sigler who had recently undergone breast cancer surgery was hopeful that the image was a positive sign. "My faith just got a little stronger since I saw that Jesus was sitting on my heart and that he"s there. You can see him. He"s there",she said.

Christians will tell you that Jesus Christ lives within all of us - but one woman from Elwood, Indiana, claims to have photographic evidence. Karen Sigler was in hospital on December 12 with pneumonia when she made a truly divine discovery while looking at one of her chest x-rays.  

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