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WASHINGTON DC, November 6, 2009 ( CISA)- Botswana has been ranked the most peaceful nation in Sub-Saharan Africa followed by Malawi during a Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations in Washington DC, USA. (AllAfrica)

The Catholic Church yesterday denounced domestic violence and vowed to fight it from the village level. (AllAfrica)

Christians of the SS Peter and Paul Anglophone sociological Parish, Simbock in Yaounde have started mobilisation ahead of a grand harvest set for December 6, 2009. (AllAfrica)

The first batch of Gambia Pilgrims who should join the rest of the Muslim world to perform the Hajj in the Holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islamic has suffered delay. (AllAfrica)

Vice President Mr. John Dramani Mahama has said that plans are afoot by the government to freely airlift 400 poor Muslim pilgrims nationwide to Mecca this year. (AllAfrica)

Campaigners on HIV and AIDS have welcomed a decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to remove entry restrictions to the United States based on HIV status and have called on other nations with similar policies to follow his example. (AllAfrica)

The Aworowa branch of the Apostles' Continuation Church International has celebrated its Silver Jubilee Anniversary. (AllAfrica)

Two priests of the Diocese of Egbu, Anglican Communion, who allegedly "absconded from their duty posts in search of greener pastures", have been dismissed as Anglican priests and their licences withdrawn. (AllAfrica)

About 180 intending Muslim Pilgrims from Nasarawa State are now stranded at the NYSC Camp in Keffi venue of the transit camp for this year's hajj while three others have died. (AllAfrica)

A pilgrim from Sokoto State and popular lawyer in the state, Barrister AbdulQadir Ibrahim Imam died Monday in Saudi Arabia a few days after arriving there for the pilgrimage. (AllAfrica)

The impact of Hajj on the conduct of pilgrims in their post-pilgrimage life was the major talking point of a 2-day seminar organized by the Bauchi State Agency for Societal Reorientation, Gyara Kayanka, for this year's intending pilgrims from the state, Saturday and Sunday, October 31 and November 1 respectively. (AllAfrica)

IRONICALLY, many people often view the Israeli-Palestinian crisis through the lenses of religion-Islam versus Christianity. (AllAfrica)

MITYANA Diocese Bishop Stephen Kazimba has advised church leaders to use technology to spread the gospel. (AllAfrica)

Muslim and Christian leaders meeting in Mombasa on Thursday failed to break an impasse over the inclusion of kadhi's courts in a new constitution. (AllAfrica)

The Holy See has announced that the 6th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees will be held in the Vatican from November 9 to 12. (AllAfrica)

The world's religions have a crucial role to play in the global fight against climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared, characterizing the battle with global warming as a "moral" issue. (AllAfrica)

Private health practitioners have asked the health ministry to investigate traditional healers and pastors over what they called misleading the public by claiming that they can cure diseases, including HIV/AIDS. (AllAfrica)

Hurricane Katrina was a major disaster in New Orleans in the United States of America that rendered several people homeless. It was a disaster that thoroughly exposed the sole super power in the world and brought home the message that rich nations also suffer just like rich men also cry. (AllAfrica)

THE long-awaited construction of the 15-storey Church House on Kampala Road will start in March next year. (AllAfrica)

One pilgrim from Kebbi State and another from Nasarawa State have died after the visit to the Prophet Mosque and other places of worship in Medina, while a female pilgrim from Kano sustained a fracture while climbing a staircase at King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah as she arrived from Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

The Government of Ghana will this year airlift four hundred (400) cashless pilgrims to Mecca free of charge, Vice President, John Dramani Mahama has said. According to him, this initiative by government was part of its commitment to help the needy, who have the desire to visit the Holy Land of Mecca, but have no money to pursue their spiritual ambition. (AllAfrica)

The problem in Africa is not just one of leadership but actually more one of bad followership, according to Carlos Sanvee, General Secretary of the Africa Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCAs). (AllAfrica)

The Vatican has denied reports that a delay in the appearance of Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution setting up personal ordinariates for former Anglicans is due to a conflict over the handling of priestly celibacy. (AllAfrica)

Irish archbishop was regularly wined and dined at the Irish Embassy to Nigeria at the taxpayers' expense. (AllAfrica)

A pastor with Christ Embassy Church, Edo State, and Sen. Francis Okpozo's wife Anna was on Tuesday abducted by unknown gunmen in Benin City, the state capital. She was said to have been kidnapped from her residence,10, Abu Street, a few minutes after she had a prayer session with her family members. (AllAfrica)

Several banks in the holy Saudi Arabian city of Medina had their doors broken and their glass windows smashed yesterday when thousands of Nigerian pilgrims stormed the financial houses to cash their travellers' cheques. (AllAfrica)

A total of 225 Christians in Ankole diocese were commissioned as pillars, diocesan tribunal members and lay readers on Sunday. Others were ordained deacons and priests. (AllAfrica)

The Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has partnered with the Irish Diocese of Down and Connor to reduce domestic violence. The programme is also aimed at promoting love, peace and reconciliation. (AllAfrica)

When church leaders launch "Let there be light" campaigns, people normally prepare for spiritual activity. (AllAfrica)

Durban author and veteran social activist and campaigner for peace and justice, Paddy Kearney, launches Guardian of the Light, the first full biography about the astonishing life and phenomenal work of Archbishop Denis Hurley – one of the most significant Catholic leaders in South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century. (AllAfrica)

The President of the Peace and Justice Council of the Catholic Church Worldwide, Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, was last Friday hosted by the chiefs and people of Cape Coast, after retuning from the Vatican. (AllAfrica)

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