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The ruins of the 1,500-year-old St. Menas’ church and monastery near Alexandria, Egypt, are sinking into water-saturated soil and may be added to the UN’s list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. The situation worsened two weeks ago with the collapse of an ancient crypt at the site. Called “Abu Mena” ever since it was destroyed around 600 AD…

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church and the Muslim group Al-Azhar have come to an agreement on a unified law for building houses of worship, according to the Cairo daily newspaper al-Masry al-Youm. Egypt has long had strict rules prohibiting the repair or construction of Christian churches — requiring a presidential edict before any work can be done.…

The gap between Democrat and Republican churchgoers has widened, according to a new Gallup poll. The new report shows that 52 percent of Democrats seldom or never attend church. Democrats who attend weekly dropped two percent  from 29 to 27 percent – since the first quarter of 2008. “The survey digs deeper in the demographics of…

Pollsters say 83 percent of church-going British voters are opposed to Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom — and 57 percent are “less likely to vote” for his party as a result. “The poll results are likely to be viewed as very concerning by the Conservative Party,” notes…
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