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The virus has killed more than 7,500 people, the vast majority in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. People caring for the sick or handling the bodies of people infected with Ebola are especially exposed to the virus and 365 healthcare workers have died, most of them local staff. A British health worker who survived Ebola will be delivering his own message to the nation after being chosen to give Channel 4's "Alternative Christmas Message". William Pooley, a nurse who decided to return to Sierra Leone after receiving treatment in Britain, will call for greater global action against the virus. "I don't want to make you feel guilty but I would like you to think just for a few minutes about what you could do to help," the 29-year-old will say in a message filmed at Connaught Hospital in Freetown. "This is a global problem and it will take the world to fix it.

Vandals shattered the stained-glass windows and scrawled their names on the thick walls during decades of frigid relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Cuba's communist government. But a new chain-link fence surrounds the building, protecting it for a future that once seemed unimaginable. The church is planning to restore the building to its former glory, along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings, as part of a quiet reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government that has brought relations to a historic high point this Christmas. Authorities have also given permission for the construction of the first two new churches in more than five decades. After years of bridge-building behind closed doors, the Cuba-Vatican rapprochement burst into the headlines last week when the U.S. government credited Pope Francis with helping facilitate the secret reconciliation talks between the U.S.

Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass and calls Iraqi refugees - Yahoo News

For Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem barn manger, chosen because there was no room for his parents at an inn. "You're like Jesus on this night, and I bless you and am close to you," Francis told the Iraqis, according to the audio of the call provided by TV2000, the television of the Italian bishops' conference which arranged the hookup. "I embrace you all and wish for you a holy Christmas." The Ankawa camp houses mostly Christian refugees forced to flee the onslaught by militants of the Islamic State. In a letter to Mideast Christians penned earlier this week, Francis urged them to remain in the region, where Christian communities have existed for 2,000 years, and to help their fellow Muslim citizens present "a more authentic image of Islam" as a religion of peace. During the Mass hours later in St. Peter's, Francis echoed some of the themes he raised in the phone call as he reflected on the Nativity scene.

The wide, clean and safe streets in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, are the envy for many other Indonesian cities. The provincial government has introduced a popular social-safety net and the Philippine government has taken a leaf from Acehs book in its negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippine archipelagos restive south. Thats not to say that there havent been issues with the transition. Jakarta has been painfully slow on delivering some of the promises enshrined in the agreement. For instance, the Acehnese still dont control their own fossil-fuel reserves and they cant use their own flag. Its almost been nine years, Acehs Governor Zaini Abdullah tells TIME.

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Kelly Karges. It was very involved, said Susan Bennett, director of the Lexington Grand Generation Center. Discussions have been held about the possibility of hosting another performance by Karges in the spring, Bennett said. The spiritual drumming is just one example of a wide-variety of events and activities held year-round at the Lexington Grand Generation Center, which often include speakers, events with youth, exercise and collaborative events with other groups. Upcoming events at the Lexington Grand Generation Center include: Jan. 8 National Bubble Bath Day, a discussion on soaps (store bought and homemade), bubbles and other ways of relaxing; Jan.