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JD Greear’s megachurch sues NC county for religious discrimination as it seeks to expand

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter  Christian Post    Former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s multi-campus The Summit Church in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the Chatham County Board of Commissioners alleging religious discrimination after it rejected the church’s request to rezone […]

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Catholic sisters protecting vulnerable girls in Nairobi

BY  :  Staff writer  Christian Today   Catholic religious sisters are working to aid vulnerable girls on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, by offering them friendship and a chance at education. It’s believed that around 60,000 families live on the streets in Nairobi. Sister Caroline […]

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Federal Court Permanently Blocks New York’s Restrictions on Houses of Worship

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By Samuel Smith, U.S. Editor The Christian Post  A federal judge permanently blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial restrictions on indoor worship gatherings that the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction against last November. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto, a George […]

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Mexico To Allow Appeals On Social Media Account Cancellation

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies. The new law proposed Monday by López Obrador’s Morena party would open the companies to fines […]

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Sistine Chapel Key-Keeper Opens Up After Lockdown

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Sistine Chapel reopened to public view last week for the first time since its November coronavirus closure, but for Gianni Crea, the doors to Michelangelo’s magnificent frescoes were never really closed. Crea is the “clavigero” of the Vatican Museums, the […]

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Justices: California Can’t Enforce Indoor Church Service Ban

The justices said the state can cap indoor services at 25% of a building’s capacity. By Jessica Gresko  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now […]

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Iconic Actress Cicely Tyson, dies at 96

By Anika Myers Palm (CNN) Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN. She was 96. A family statement did not reveal the cause […]

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