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Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
From Ashes to Beauty – Robert Sherriff
YES, it’s true, life is not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s not always easy, and sometimes it’s harsh and unfair. One might wonder, if there is a God, where is he? Why didn’t he stop that difficulty from happening? But the truth is, even if we don’t see or feel it,...
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...
Pastor Chris And The Healing School Bringing Hope And Salvation To The People
The August Healing School Session of 2018 commenced in Lagos, Nigeria. It was a day of salvation, restoration and hope that many people were looking forward to. Thousands of people traveled from numerous continents across the globe to be a part of the supernatural...
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Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said....
Faith portrayals in TV, movies appeal across religious and political lines, new survey finds
(RNS) — Religion portrayed in contemporary American entertainment isn’t turning people away from their screens, but new research suggests it may be a key factor in some television shows’ and movies’ appeal, regardless of people’s religious or political affiliation....
Maine clergy form spiritual ‘shield’ outside workplaces to protect immigrants from ICE
(RNS) — For the past week or so, every morning at around 7:15, the Rev. Jane Field, a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister and executive director of the Maine Council of Churches, drives out to a business in the greater Portland area. Once there, she and several of her...
Top Vatican official calls violence in Minneapolis ‘unacceptable’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Leo XIV’s key adviser and the Vatican’s secretary of state, described the deadly shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis as “unacceptable,” as a growing number of Catholic prelates in the United States have spoken...
Catholic bishops’ conference president calls for Holy Hour after Minneapolis DHS killings
(RNS) — Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for bishops and priests in Catholic churches across the country to hold a Holy Hour of prayer for peace as killings by federal agents have caused national...
In new letter, Orthodox rabbis say Jewish law forbids ‘conversion therapy’
(RNS) — A group of Orthodox rabbis from the U.S. and Israel issued a strongly worded letter condemning discredited practices that try to “convert” LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality — a rarity for an establishment that still largely sees queer people as sinful. The...
Faith leaders criticize Trump administration’s removal of Philadelphia slavery exhibit
(RNS) — Religious leaders are among those objecting to the National Park Service’s removal of a historic exhibit about slavery located steps away from Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and that featured African Methodist Episcopal Church founder Richard Allen and Absalom...
Christian nationalism isn’t limited to US, say scholars meeting in Chicago
(RNS) — Scholars from around the world are gathering in Chicago this week to focus on Christian nationalism, which they say is growing in influence globally. “Christian nationalism is not a single ideology, nor is it confined to one nation,” said Abimbola Adelakun,...
Khartoum Anglican cathedral comes to life, three years after war forced its closure
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — After it was converted into a paramilitary base, its pews chopped into firewood by soldiers and its compound turned into a graveyard, All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum, the war-ravaged Sudanese capital, is rising again. In October, the cathedral,...
The Rafah crossing is Gaza’s lifeline to the world and could open soon
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is Gaza’s lifeline and only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war. The opening is expected after Israel on Monday announced that the...
Israel recovers remains of the last hostage in Gaza. Ceasefire moves into tricky new phase
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel brought home the remains of the last hostage in Gaza on Monday, closing a painful chapter for the country and clearing the way for the next and more challenging phase of its ceasefire with Hamas. The next step is likely to be the reopening of...
Cuba’s Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
HAVANA (AP) — As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería held several ceremonies on Sunday, offering gifts to deities and asking for...