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Pastor Chris Draws Another Successful Healing School To A Close
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is one of the world's most famous ministers, but each year he takes time out of his busy schedule to give back through the work of The Healing School. In August 2018, the second session of this year's school drew to a close and proved to be one...
Christ Embassy Conference Attracts Impressive Numbers to SSE Arena
A special conference for leaders and partners of the Christ Embassy took place on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of July, 2018 in SSE Arena in Wembley. Thousands of people packed the arena outside of London to attend the two-day event. The conference was hosted...
Symptoms and Signs of Black Magic
For ages now, historians, philosophers, and scientists have debated over the existence of supernatural powers. Even though modern science very vehemently denies the existence of such powers or forces, the fact remains that, from time to time, we all do experience...
How to Celebrate Easter
Easter is a holiday that is enjoyed by many for a variety of different reasons. For some, it’s a symbol of their savior’s return. For others, it’s a time to give back or to spend with family and friends. People all over the world celebrate Easter in different ways,...
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Some relief in Nigeria’s mass kidnapping, as 50 children escape, but 250 remain missing
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — In Papiri, a remote region in Nigeria’s north central state of Niger, 50 children ages 10-18 escaped captivity over the weekend after being kidnapped from a Catholic school late last week. More than 250 remain missing, along with a dozen...
Vatican rejects polygamy and polyamory in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A new Vatican doctrinal note describes marriage as an exclusive and “indissoluble union” between one man and one woman, reaffirming the Catholic Church’s criticism of polygamy and polyamory. The document, “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy,” was...
Australian judge rules synagogue arsonist was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday. Angelo Loras, 35, had pleaded guilty to arson and recklessly...
Optimism ahead of pope’s visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary
HEYBELIADA, Turkey (AP) — As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey to mark a key event that shaped the foundations of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, there has been a surge of renewed optimism over the possible reopening...
Survivors of Hindu-Muslim riots find healing in women’s empowerment
DELHI, India (RNS) — Five years after riots swept through her neighborhood in northeast Delhi, the region around India’s capital, 18-year-old Anam Sa still wakes up in the middle of the night flushed, breathing fast, arms shaking. Sa recalls most clearly how her...
Study: Latino Christians disapprove of Trump, hit hard by mass deportation campaign
(RNS) — Though President Donald Trump’s gains with Hispanic Christians were a crucial part of his winning coalition in the 2024 election, those gains are showing signs of eroding. A year after the election, a majority of Latino Catholics and Protestants have mostly...
With surviving hostages home, some consider how to continue marking Oct. 7 in Jewish faith
JERUSALEM (RNS) — After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, many Jews and their allies around the world started reciting special prayers for the release of the hostages held by Hamas. They’ve worn dog tags reading “Bring Them Home” and yellow-ribbon pins in solidarity...
A Seventh-day Adventist HBCU wants to sign Trump’s compact to reform colleges
(RNS) — In October, President Donald Trump’s education department asked nine universities to sign a compact to save higher education in the United States. Oakwood University, a historically Black Christian university in Alabama, wasn’t on the list, but its president...
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said five senior Hamas members were killed....
Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused of abuse. A...
Why schoolchildren are often abducted in Nigeria and who the usual kidnappers are
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the conflict-battered northern region of the country on Friday. A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted...
Christian pastor’s daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide. Appearing before a congressional panel Thursday,...