This week marks the 10th anniversary of the war in Syria, which erupted out of Arab Spring protests that President Bashar Assad responded to with bloody military assaults. Children are the biggest casualties in…
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Scottsh government bring forth opening date for churches
The Scottish Government says it will let churches re-open for communal worship earlier than previously planned as the Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues to bring down case numbers. Unline England and Wales, churches in Scotland…
Beth Moore Parts Ways With Southern Baptist Convention
Beth Moore, one of today’s most popular female Christian writers and speakers, has announced she is leaving the Southern Baptist denomination. The Living Proof evangelist and New York Times bestselling author confirmed that…
Pope Francis to visit Hungary next, cardinal says
– Pope Francis will travel to Hungary’s capital in September where he will participate in the closing Mass of a multiday, international Catholic gathering, according to the cardinal of Hungary’s Roman Catholic Church. The…
Daughter finds out that Dad is mass killer Brad Bishop
Whether William Bradford Bishop Jr. knows it or not, he has a daughter who lives in North Carolina — a long way from Bethesda, Maryland, where he bludgeoned his wife, his mom and three sons on…
Court grants bail to Christian youth accused of blasphemy
Christian activists are demanding “timely justice” from trial courts following the granting of bail to the youngest blasphemy convict in Pakistan. Lahore High Court on March 1 granted bail to Nabeel Masih, who was…
Thoughts on Heaven and Hell here on Earth
I must confess I feel as if I have been living in hell ever since we received the news of my son Christopher’s traumatic brain injury and emergency surgery in January. But if I am…
Pope Francis Celebrates Largest Mass of History in Iraq Trip
Pope Francis vowed Sunday to keep Iraq in his heart, as he concluded the largest mass and final public event of a historic trip meant to encourage the country’s dwindling Christian community and deepen interfaith dialogue. …
Sri Lanka Marks Black Sunday for Easter Victims
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics attended Mass dressed in black on Sunday, with prayers and protests calling for justice for those killed in coordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday two years ago. Church bells…
Pope Francis visits Churches destroyed by ISIS in Northern Iraq
Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday, to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or destroyed by Islamic State extremists and celebrate an open-air mass on the last day of the first-ever papal visit…