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How To Attract A Woman
It’s not that simple to attract a girl or a woman; lots of guys and men agree with that. But after all, they only choose partners who attract them with their appearance and inner world, those who can win their heart. The fact that men can’t sometimes take a chance to...
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...
The Significance of Christian Rings Explored
It would be erroneous to consider rings just as fashion accessories. While it’s quite a common gift that you like to present yourself (with or without any special occasion round the corner) you may also select it for others during birthdays or anniversaries. Let us...
New Faith Based Television Channel Gives Viewers Something to Believe In
In an effort to build on the popularity of the growing faith-based market that has been spurred on by the release of movies like Ben-Hur, Captive and Heaven is Real over the last two years, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are introducing Light TV, a Christian and family...
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Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year...
After pleas for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, Pope Leo lands in crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV left Turkey on Sunday (Nov. 30) for the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, where he met with government officials in the conflict-ridden and financially troubled country, home to one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East. While...
Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress on Christian unity
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople met at the patriarchal seat in the ancient Phanar quarter on Saturday (Nov. 29) to sign a joint declaration affirming their commitment to achieving communion between the two...
Pope Leo tours Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in a quiet step toward dialogue with Muslims
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV removed his shoes and entered Istanbul’s Blue Mosque for a moment of silent reflection on Saturday (Nov. 29), accompanied by the head of Turkey’s powerful department for religious affairs, the Diyanet, in what observers called a...
He brought 19 guests to the Maha Kumbh. They share their spiritual experience in a new book.
(RNS) — The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2025 — the Hindu festival marking a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the sun, occurring once every 144 years — drew an estimated 660 million pilgrims to Prayagraj, India, from around the world, making it among the largest...
Pope Leo bolsters tiny Christian flock in Turkey ahead of historic prayer at Nicaea
ISTANBUL (RNS) — On his second day in Turkey, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the small Christian community in the country ahead of his symbolic prayer gathering at Nicaea, where bishops convened 1,700 years ago to lay down the foundations of their shared Christian faith....
At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity as ancient basilica resurfaces
ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ancient Basilica of Neophytos lay buried beneath the surface of Lake İznik, in Turkey, for more than 1,200 years. Drought and climate change have caused its stone outline to re-emerge from the waters over the past decade, in time for a special...
Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest exchange as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last month, whose first phase is...
West Virginia parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of school vaccines, judge says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials suspended a school vaccination mandate Wednesday after a judge ruled that parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend classes. In issuing a permanent injunction in a...
In first speech in Turkey, Pope Leo urges Erdogan to be a broker for peace
ANKARA (RNS) – Pope Leo XIV landed in the capital of Turkey, and on Thursday (Nov. 27) met with state representatives of the Sunni Muslim majority country, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which he made a plea for peace amid growing tensions and...
Anti-immigrant bias may be key to the mystery of Duffy’s Cut
(RNS) — Along a well-traveled local road in affluent Malvern, Pennsylvania, a blue and gold historical marker commemorates a nearby mass grave of Irish Catholic immigrants who died in 1832 while building a railroad west of Philadelphia. They died, the marker notes, in...
African Methodist Episcopal bishop, social justice advocate Reginald Jackson dies at 71
(RNS) — Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, a leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was known for his commitment to voting rights and other social justice issues, died on Tuesday (Nov. 25). Jackson, 71, died in Washington. “With profound sorrow, the Jackson...