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The Catholic Church has opposed Obama's statements about same-sex "marriages"
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President Barack Obama opens the way for same-sex "marriage": a federal law banning them in 1996, called "Marriage Protection Act," according to White House and supported by the Minister of Justice Eric Holder, is unconstitutional because it discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.
That statement, on the one hand, caused a predictable endorsement of gay rights advocates, on the other - the protests and discontent with public opinion and politicians.
Spoke strongly against the Catholic Church.
"Throughout the centuries and across civilizations, marriage was perceived as a union between a man and a woman" - reminiscent of American bishops, expressing their disapproval of President Obama, who on Feb. 23 asked the Justice Department not to defend better in the federal courts' Protection Act of marriage. " Recall that he was adopted by the Republican Congress and signed 15 years ago by the president.
Catholic bishops in his statement emphasized that Obama's decision "constitutes a denial of executive responsibility" in relation to their constitutional duty to ensure full compliance with the laws of the United States. " Opinion polls show that most Americans still believe that the union between same sex persons can not be considered marriage. And only five states out of 50, not counting the District of Columbia (Washington), now recognize same-sex marriages, but in the next seven months, at least seven states intend to take steps to strengthen the traditional institution of marriage.
Thus, Obama runs the risk of "break" the country into pieces, paving the way for gay marriage at the very moment when the wind blows the American public against such marriages.
And the theme of discrimination was the "Trojan horse" gay movement, and not just in the U.S.. Moreover, it is used to obtain any concessions in public life.
Robert Gall, associate professor of fundamental ethics at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross: "Unfortunately, on the horizon visible threat to the right to religious freedom, especially for the Catholic Church. Through this statement Obama said that there was no freedom of recognizing marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman. And that could lead to the fact that the Church will be imposed the duty in some way to make marriage between gays. "
Professor Gall added that this could affect the foreign policy. Other countries may also be imposed by such a breach of religious freedom, first and foremost a threat to developing countries.
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In China, the Bible became available applications for smartphones
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Chinese edition YouVersion helps to distribute the Bible among cell phone users in China.
Last year, sales of smartphones in China reached 30 million. Applications that can be downloaded from the Internet to the phone, have become extremely popular among young people and adults.
YouVersion app allows users to download the entire Bible in a smartphone, theologians see this as an opportunity to distribute the Bible among the younger generation of Chinese.
The effectiveness of the spread of Bibles in China remains hotly debated topic.
The state of the church argue that the issue of Bibles in the country now covers the needs of the Scripture of 16 million Christians in China. Each month, Amity Printing Co., The country's only printing the Bible company produces one million copies of the Scriptures.
However, others believe that the real number of Christians more than 100 million, which means that the Bible is not sufficient. In addition, the information comes from the house churches, it is not enough Bibles available to, especially in poor rural areas.
Many theologians, who live abroad, agree that biblical illiteracy remains a problem among believers and nonbelievers in a country with a population of over 1.3 billion people.
YouVersion - is the idea of LifeChurch.tv, one of the 10 largest American churches. YouVersion has been downloaded more than 11 million times in over 20 languages, in 9 different programs.
In December last year, the creators of YouVersion in partnership with Chinese developers Jidutu-wiki launched a Chinese-language version of the application. And even with this current edition of the Chinese YouVersion on the blog the organization remains in a phase of refinement.
But even in this state, according to the missionaries, the application is a godsend for many people.
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In Britain, will soon begin broadcasting a new radio program, Bible
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Biblical ministry Whispering Word is preparing a new series of weekly radio programs, life-changing. The first program will air at Easter.
Under the "66 weeks that will change your life" will provide an overview of all the books of the Bible, reports Peter Wooding of ASSIST News Service.
April 24 at 5:45 am on the air located in London, Premier Christian Radio released the first 12-minute program.
"We are confident that this will be one of the major initiatives that have a major impact on the Christian sphere of Britain - said Ven. Victor Farrell, founder of Whispering Word. He added: "The idea arose 66 weeks after writing the review of the books of the Bible for the Christian men's magazine Sorted (poll showed that 50% of readers read these materials in the journal in the first place). This was followed by the development of biblical reviews applications Whispering Word for the iPad or iPhone. People liked them! So, in terms of evangelism, we believe that because we live in a society where the concept of God is negligibly small, we need to acquaint people with the God of the Bible, from Genesis! "
Since this year marks 400 years since the appearance of the King James Bible, Ven. Farrell believes that this is the right time to start this radioseriyu: "I think that God in His providence allowed to broadcast the program at this time. When many of the secular media cover the fact of the 400 th anniversary of the King James Bible, it gives a good opportunity to inform listeners about what the Bible says and who is the God of the Bible, presenting them with this 66-week series of programs that will change their lives. "
Whispering Word also uses many other possibilities, such as daily Bible reading, Bible thematic publications, based on a 66-week series of radio programs, for example, biblical review of the level of four pages in pdf, the book comments, and special training course for Christians and non-Christians in London. All this will also be available on video. Now the ministry agrees with the independent film about a documentary film that reveals the entire 66-week Bible course.
Ven. Farrell also hopes that many other stations have expressed their desire to use most of the 66-week series of programs. "We are negotiating with several other Christian radio stations in the UK, we also have views on China. And also glad to offer our materials in secular radio stations. We make them very professional and we also want to offer their programs in the U.S., where there are great opportunities where there is at least 1,600 Christian radio outlets.
"We hope that our program will have a big impact, as well as a course of spiritual growth will help in the preparation of non-believers to accept God's Bible."
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