Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria – Morningstar 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.
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Ireland Votes to Repeal Abortion Ban; Prime Minister Calls It ‘Quiet Revolution’
Ireland s prime minister praised a quiet revolution in his country as exit polls, backed up by early results Saturday morning, show a landslide vote in favor of repealing the constitution s ban on ...
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Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church – Morningstar News
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the […]
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Missile that downed MH17 came from Russian military
An international team of investigators said Thursday they are sure the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 came from a Russia-based military unit. The Boein...
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Wounded veterans seek healing and peace in the waters of Lourdes
American veterans in search of healing attended a recent pilgrimage to Lourdes, through the Archdiocese for Military Services and the Knights of Columbus.
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Australian court finds Archbishop Wilson guilty of concealing abuse
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson has been found guilty of failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse disclosed to him in the 1970s.
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Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches – Morningstar News
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were arrested for evangelizing while suspected Hindu extremists launched attacks on three church buildings and bombed […]
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Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry Preaches on Jesus’ Sacrificial Love’ at Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Wedding
In his 14-minute sermon at the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Saturday, American Episcopalian Bishop Michael Curry stressed the power of sacrificial, receptive love, as Jesus ...
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Francis tells youth to evangelize through the ‘digital world’
Sharing the Gospel with people at the peripheries might not even require stepping outside the door, Pope Francis said Saturday, encouraging Christians to evangelize through encounters in the “digital world.”
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UK bishop says rejection of assisted suicide in Guernsey is an answer to prayer
After debate this week, the Guernsey legislature has moved to reject a proposed legalization of physician assisted suicide on the island, drawing praise from the local bishop.
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Broken promises mean continued barriers to Catholic education in UK
Caps on Catholic enrollment in government-funded Catholic schools in England and Wales will continue, despite the ruling party’s campaign pledge to end the limits.
