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Syria church leader who survived kidnapping and imprisonment by ISIS receives prestigious award

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A Catholic Archbishop in Syria who was kidnapped and tortured by ISIS, but still speaks in favour of inter-faith dialogue and harmony, has been awarded the St John Paul II Award at a special ceremony at the Vatican. […]

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15-year-old girl killed by boyfriend was ‘spectacular young woman,’ pastor says

BY  :   Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter   Chanelle Alvarez, a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead inside her home, allegedly by her 16-year-old boyfriend on Saturday morning, was a “spectacular young woman,” according to the pastor of a church where she previously attended summer camp […]

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Pastor suffers traumatic brain injury after torture in Kyrgyzstan prison

BY  :  Christian Daily International   A pastor who has been tortured in a prison in Kyrgyzstan, according to U.N. special rapporteurs, has since suffered traumatic brain injuries that have left him cognitively impaired, according to Forum 18, a news site dedicated to reporting human rights […]

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Who are the ‘nones’? New Pew study debunks myths about America’s nonreligious.

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BY  : Kathryn Post Religion News Service ‘Today, the ‘nones’ kind of look like everybody else,’ said sociologist Ryan Cragun. ‘At some level, we’re saying, hey, actually, this is just your neighbor.’ America’s religiously unaffiliated, or “nones,” are largely defined by what they are not, […]

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Christians Flood Social Media with Prayers for Infant’s Miraculous Heart Transplant

BY  :  Milton Quintanilla  Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com Thousands of prayers are thanking God after a seven-week-old baby who underwent a heart transplant continues to show signs of improvement. According to CBN News, Mark E. Joubert posted updates about his son, Augustus Elliott Joubert, better known on […]

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Religious but not spiritual? Meet the skeptics favoring ritual over the supernatural

BY  : Kathryn Post Religion News Service Ten percent of Americans can be categorized as religious but not spiritual, according to a December 2023 study from Pew Research Center. From what she eats to how she ties her shoes, religion shapes nearly every moment of […]

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Global leaders should seek out help of faith communities to address key challenges – report

BY  :  Chris Ward  Christian Today   As the world lurches from crisis to crisis, global leaders ignore the vital role of religious and spiritual communities in addressing them at their peril, a new report has suggested. The Faith in Action report notes that some 85 […]

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DeSantis Bows Out, Throws Support Behind Trump: He’s ‘Superior to the Current Incumbent’

BY  :  Michael Foust  ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination Sunday and endorsed Donald Trump, saying he has differences with the former president but believes he is “superior to the current incumbent Joe Biden.” DeSantis’ withdrawal came […]

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Calls for political action to address staggering increase in porn addiction among young people

BY : Staff writer  Christian Today   A Christian charity is calling for urgent political action after new research found large numbers of young people are addicted to pornography. Mental health and addiction clinic, Paracelsus Recovery, has reported a 150 per cent increase in people […]

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Dozens of Black churches receive total of $4 million for historic preservation

BY  : Adelle M. Banks  Religion News Service This year’s grants, which range from $50,000 to $200,000, will allow congregations to address issues such as mold contamination, demolition, water filtration and deferred maintenance.   Thirty-one Black churches have received a total of $4 million to […]

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Was a Biden Presidency ‘God’s Will’? Speaker Mike Johnson Says So and Causes a Stir

BY  :  Michael Foust  ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor House Speaker Mike Johnson drew support from the SBC president and ignited discussion on social media Wednesday when he said at a news conference it “must have been God’s will” for Joe Biden to be president. Johnson, an outspoken […]

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Africa’s six Anglican women bishops meet and issue call to combat Africa’s ‘triple threat’

BY  :  Fredrick Nzwili  Religion News Service   The weeklong gathering outside Kenya’s capital was the first time the six had met as bishops. ‘We have never had time to meet just to pray, to know each other and fellowship,’ said one of the prelates. […]

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Joel Osteen sobs as he reveals Lakewood has finally paid off $100m bank loan

BY  : Jennifer Lee   Christian Today   Pastor Joel Osteen was in tears on Sunday as he announced that his Houston-based megachurch, Lakewood, is “out of debt” after finally clearing a massive loan from the Bank of America. The church took out the $100m loan […]

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