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Pope Leo affirms Catholic Church teaching on abortion, marriage

BY  :    Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter.    A week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the Catholic Church’s teachings about the sanctity of human life and marriage as concerns persist that he will be a “woke” pontiff. In remarks to the Vatican Diplomatic […]

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Assisted suicide: Scotland’s shame

BY  :   David Robertson  Christian Today   Euthanasia, mercy killing, assisted suicide or whatever you care to call it is a profoundly difficult, emotional and complex subject which many Christians, including yours truly, struggle with. On the one hand the case for preventing pointless suffering […]

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Christians pray as Westminster debates assisted suicide

BY  :  Staff Writer Christian Today   Christians are praying that more MPs will be persuaded to reject Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill when it is debated again the House of Commons on Friday. The Westminster debate comes just days after the Scottish Parliament backed […]

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Los Angeles Bishop David O’Connell dies in shooting

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BY   : Alejandra Molina Religion News service Bishop David O’Connell, 69, is known to have ministered to those affected by gang violence and poverty, and he was regarded as a “peacemaker,” between rival gangs. FILE – Bishop David O’Connell, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, […]

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Hindus only: how religious nationalism has spread through India’s villages

BY : Priyadarshini Sen  Christian Today A decade ago the residents of Kesalingayapalli, a village in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, succeeded in building a temple to the Hindu god Ram, modeling their home as a place “rooted in Indian culture and tradition.” […]

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Dem. Legislator Slammed for Labeling Traditional Marriage Beliefs ‘Dangerous’

BY : Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor A Democratic legislator sparked a major backlash this week when she labeled traditional beliefs about marriage “dangerous and un-American” and criticized the idea that children need a mother and father. State Rep. Erin Healy, a Democratic legislator in the South […]

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Appeal for release of Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya

BY. : Staff writer  Christian Today Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for the release of six Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya last week. All six of the men are from the village of Alharja South in Suhag, Egypt, and were in Libya to work. […]

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Southern Baptists passed abuse reforms last year. Now they have to make them stick.

BY : Bob Smietana Religion News service A volunteer task force charged with implementing SBC reforms to address abuse said recently that its work will likely require more time. Messengers vote at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Anaheim, California. (RNS) — For decades, […]

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John Cooper Urges Christians: Don’t ‘Throw Water’ on God’s Work at Asbury

BY : Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Skillet frontman John Cooper is encouraging the Christian community to pray for the Asbury University revival instead of criticizing it, saying that revival never looks “exactly like what we think it’s going to look like.” The revival on the Wilmore, […]

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Priest and pro-life volunteer cleared over silent prayers

BY : Staff writer  Christian Today A Catholic priest and pro-life volunteer have been cleared in court today after being charged by police for praying silently inside an abortion clinic buffer zone. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and Fr Sean Gough were charged with “intimidating service-users” of the […]

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Why students at a Kentucky Christian school are praying and singing round the clock

BY :  Bob Smietana Religion News Service Students have packed the chapel and overflow spaces at Asbury University for nearly a week, holding round-the-clock prayer and worship. People attend a revival in Hughes Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. RNS — […]

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Half of Churchgoers Say Their Church Needs to Be More Ethnically Diverse: Lifeway Poll

BY :  Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Half of Protestant churchgoers say their church needs to be more ethnically diverse, according to new Lifeway Research data that also shows pastors are investing more time on the issue than they were six years ago. The poll of 1,000 Protestant […]

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The challenge of being single in the Church

BY  : Christian Today  Christian Today speaks to Lauren Windle, author of Notes on Love, about the challenges of dating and singleness in the Church. CT: Your most recent book was called Notes on Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church. What prompted you […]

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