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Cuban bishops warn oil sanctions could deepen hardship and unrest

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah Christian Today   Catholic bishops in Cuba have cautioned that new restrictions on oil supplies could intensify suffering among the country’s poorest communities and risk triggering social instability, as tensions rise between Havana and Washington. According to Aid to the Church […]

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Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

BY  :  Christian Daily International Morning Star News   Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria. The Christian family was ambushed as they traveled on the Jos-Barkin […]

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Christian group welcomes British sanctions on Iranians

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian Today   Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed news that the British government will be imposing sanctions on 10 Iranians and on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC). The sanctions were announced by the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, in response to […]

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Church of England Newspaper suspends print operations

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BY: Robert Parr  Christian Today What might be the world’s oldest Christian newspaper is suspending its print operations indefinitely following the death of its owner and main financial supporter. The Church of England Newspaper, as it is straightforwardly named, began life in 1828 as The […]

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Pro-life activist jailed for praying silently outside Michigan abortion clinic appeals to Supreme Court

BY   :  CP Staff   A pro-life activist who has been convicted and sentenced to 90 days in jail for silently praying in a public area near a Michigan abortion facility is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his case. Matthew Connolly, […]

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Fears anti-Christian violence by extremist Israeli settlers will go unpunished

BY  :    Staff Writer Christian Today   Church leaders in the Holy Land have accused the authorities of distorting the truth and of failing to address human rights violations in their response to another attack believed to be by extremist Israeli settlers on Taybeh, […]

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‘Flashbacks to Tehran’: Iranian pastor urges Trump to protect persecuted Christians, not deport them

BY   :  CP Staff   Evangelical Pastor Ara Torosian knows what it’s like to become a “target” of Iran’s Islamist regime. Having been on house arrest for two years, Torosian, who now shepherds the Farsi-speaking congregation at Cornerstone Church in Los Angeles, California, fled his […]

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Children reported among 21 Christians killed in Congo church massacre

BY   :   Staff Writer Christian Today   At least 40 people, including Christians, have been killed in what Open Doors has described as a “killing spree” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the victims, 21 were attending a prayer vigil in a Catholic church […]

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‘I will be with my Maker’: Pastors suffer life-threatening wounds in ambush attack by men wielding knives, axes

BY   :  Morning Star News   NEW DELHI — The father of one of 20 pastors ambushed in eastern India last month was soaked in blood from the attack when he told his son, “I don’t think I will make it. I just want you […]

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Canadian church slapped with $2,500 fine for hosting pro-Trump worship leader Sean Feucht

BY   :    Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    A church in Montreal, Quebec, has been slapped with a $2,500 fine for hosting a church service featuring activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht, whose views on sexuality, gender and President Donald Trump have drawn […]

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Christian family expelled from Indian village after forced conversion attempt

BY   :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A Christian family in India has been attacked and driven from their home after they refused to convert to Hinduism. The incident occurred in the state of Chhattisgarh, where Vikram had been living for years with his wife […]

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ISIS-backed rebels kill dozens of Christians at church vigil in Democratic Republic of Congo

BY   :    Christian Daily International   Islamic State-backed rebels killed 38 worshippers at a Catholic prayer vigil in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo at about 1 a.m. on Sunday (June 27) and five other people at a nearby village, according to reports. The militants […]

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