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A 78-year-old man has killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say, causing its evacuation.
The man pulled out a shot-gun and shot himself through the mouth beside the main altar shortly after 16:00 (14:00 GMT).
He has been named as Dominique Venner, an award-winning far-right historian.
Mr Venner had recently [...]
It was with shock and sadness to learn of the passing of former Cayman Islands Speaker of the House and North Side MLA Edna Moyle.
Mrs Moyle had been battling with cancer for some years. Family members have confirmed that Ms Moyle died at the Cayman Islands Hospital around 12 noon on Tuesday (21).
From CI Government [...]
A worship service to “prayerfully lift up” the Cayman Islands General Elections 2013 was held at Elmslie Memorial United Church on the waterfront, Harbor Drive, George Town, Grand Cayman last Sunday (19) at 5pm.
Officiating was Rt. Rev. Yvette Noble-Bloomfield Moderator of the United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands,, Rev. Tata Tyme, Chair of [...]
By James Gallagher, Health and science reporter, BBC News
Human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a “significant step” for medicine, say US scientists.
The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem cells, which can make new heart muscle, bone, brain tissue or any other type of cell in the body.
The study, [...]
Thabiti Anyabwile
From Khaleej Times
Note: Written and posted on Sat 18th May 2013
Dubai’s fifth Muslim-Christian Dialogue, a biennial gathering hosted by students, is expected to draw its largest audience in 10 years this weekend.
The last event in 2011 drew more than 600 students, with organisers hoping to best that — a far cry from the 120 [...]
By Mark I. Johnson, Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Rev. John P. Anderegg, who turned a small, dilapidated Ormond Beach church of fewer than a dozen worshipers into a 1,500-member congregation and school, has died.
The businessman who turned man of God, often referred to as “Pastor John or Pastor Dad,” turned his second career into 40 years [...]
BBC
Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the “cult of money” and to do more for the poor, in his first major speech on the financial crisis.
Free market economics had created a tyranny, in which people were valued only by their ability to consume, the pontiff told diplomats in the Vatican.
“Money has to [...]
The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands local Deputy General Secretary, Bryan Bothwell in announcing the special worship in respect of Cayman’s General Election said, “Democratic government is something to celebrate. The Church recognises the tremendous contribution so many people make in this respect, whether those who offer themselves to govern the nation [...]
by Sharon Chambers
Ivett Jackson is a champion and an example of the ‘sacred feminine’ goddess energy now re-emerging on the planet to move the consciousness of human beings to a higher vibration.
Jackson tells the story of her experiences in her autobiography entitled “The Journey: A Warrior’s Resilient Spirit,” an award-winning book published by Author House [...]
A man has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody after an early morning raid on a house in East End.
About 5.45 am today (Wednesday, 15 May) officers searched a house in John McLean Drive, East End. During the search a flare gun, mask and bayonet were seized.
A 47-year-old man was arrested on [...]
