BRUSSELS — The Belgian Parliament is to appeal in the Supreme Court a ruling by the Brussels appeals court upholding a complaint by a religious sect.

July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil's biggest opposition party expelled a lower house deputy who was detained by police at the capital's airport yesterday allegedly carrying about 10 million reais ($4.3 million) in cash.

The Brazilian federal police arrested Monday a Congressman and several members of the Universal Church who were about to take off in a private plane from Brasilia airport carrying luggage stuffed with millions of US dollars.

Rio de Janeiro, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's controversial Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a sort of capitalist transnational and exploiter of the peoples' faith, has been the center of scandal Tuesday, after millions in allegedly illegal funds were discovered.

July 11 (Bloomberg) -- A Brazilian lawmaker carrying $2.6 million in his luggage was detained by Federal Police at Brasilia's airport as he prepared to board a private plane bound for a city 60 miles from the capital, police said.

An evangelical sect which claims faith healing can cure HIV, epilepsy and depression is attempting to gain a foothold in New Zealand.

Misanet / Savana, 1 June - The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a Christian sect with a strong presence in Mozambique, could be involved in criminal activities, including money laundering through companies hosted in tax paradises around the world. The sect, founded in Brazil in 1977, is currently building a considerable financial empire in the poor country of Mozambique.

Madagascar has banned a Brazilian sect and ordered it to cease operations in the vast Indian Ocean island, four months after its members were jailed for burning a Bible and other religious objects, officials said on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Their eyes wet with tears and their ears ringing from the wails and piped music of a ritual blessing, a group of women hastens up to the altar, each clasping banknotes worth two days' wages for many Mexicans.

The Municipal Council in the southern Mozambican city of Matola has fined the Brazilian evangelical sect, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), 56 million meticais (about 2,800 US dollars) for illegally converting a supermarket into a church.

Former Maputo mayor Artur Canana has defended his controversial decision to allow the Brazilian evangelical sect, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), to build a cathedral on the Julius Nyerere Avenue, in the plush suburb of Polana.

The Maputo municipal authorities have ordered the suspension of work to build a cathedral for the wealthy Brazilian evangelical sect, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), on one of the city's main thoroughfares, Julius Nyerere Avenue, in the plush suburb of Sommerschield.

Campaigners are vowing to fight a church's second application to take over a former cinema.

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