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By BECKIE SUPIANO Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Jill Peddycord and Gary Bradley bow their heads and pray in the front seats of a white van parked outside Metropolitan Baptist Church here. Peddycord asks for God’s blessing as they begin the weekly rounds of Metropolitan’s transportation ministry. Many churches provide rides to worship services for…

By ROBERT L. SMITH Religion News Service AKRON, Ohio — From a small house on a busy street, Ai Hong and his wife, Aliyeh Chan, devote hours responding to the military crackdown in Myanmar, their former home. The military has the guns. The military has the might, they acknowledge. “Prayer is our weapon,” Hong says…

Associated Press – October 5, 2007 ROME – An Italian electronics technician has invented a high-tech rosary, to help Catholic faithful recite the prayers using an electronic device instead of traditional beads. Shaped like an egg, decorated with images of the Virgin Mary and featuring a push-button, the gadget allows faithful to listen to a…

Associated Press Najaf, Iraq – With the wounds still fresh from Shiite battles outside shrines in Karbala, Iraqi security forces aren’t taking any chances as worshippers fill another holy city. They have asked for a U.S. military show of force that seeks to prevent growing Shiite rivalries from again turning a pilgrimage into a battle…
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