Hong Kong Sentences Democratic Publisher Jimmy Lai to Prison
Retired Chinese cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai's wife, Teresa Lai, leave court after the Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai's national security trial on Monday. Associated Press...
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Egyptian Christian Succumbs to Head Injury after Attack by Suspected Extremists in Libya – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An Egyptian Christian shot in the head by a suspected Islamic extremist in Libya on March 2 has succumbed to his injuries, family members said. Salama Fawzy Tobia died very early in the morning on Saturday (March 15) in El Raey El Saleh Hospital in Samalut, Minya Province with […]
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Bishop hopes to create new home for Catholics in Arabia
Catholics in the Arabian peninsula look forward to building a new cathedral in Bahrain, creating a permanent home for the Church and a place to help support Catholics coming to the region.
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Buddhist Nationalism Continues to Haunt Christians in Sri Lanka – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – A top leader of one of Sri Lanka’s most militant Buddhist extremist groups led 250 people in an assault on a Christian leader and his family last month, according to sources in the country. Based in the capital city of Colombo on the island nation’s western coast, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, general […]
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Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Sweden has been unable to find work as a midwife since a hospital where she interned last year let her go for refusing to help perform abortions. Hospital officials in the southern town of Eksjö had promised to extend Ellinor Grimmark’s contract until she refused to participate […]
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Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania – Morningstar News
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three church buildings on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar in February, with one of the blasts injuring several Christians, sources said. A bomb exploded near the door of the Evangelistic Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ) church building on Feb. 23 in Kijito Upele-Fuoni, outside Zanzibar City, […]
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Catholic campus in Ukraine mourns lecturer killed in protests
Ukrainian Catholic University, located in the far-western city of Lviv, is lamenting the death of one of its lecturers who was killed Feb. 20 during anti-government protests in Kyiv.
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers – RELEVANT
When Bassam Aragon was 17 years old, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for being with a group of friends that lobbed grenades toward Israeli
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Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post – Morningstar News
LOS ANGELES, February 11, 2014 (Morning Star News) – The worst anti-Christian pogrom of the 21st century has come not from Islamic extremists but from Hindu nationalists in India, an expert told a hearing in which U.S. President Barack Obama was challenged to quickly fill a key religious freedom post. John L. Allen, Jr., author […]
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Exposed: The Muslim Brotherhood/Al Qaeda Connection – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – As former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s trials continue, it’s enlightening to consider what is likely to be one of the centerpieces: longstanding accusations that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party worked with foreign terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda, against the national security of Egypt. Based on these accusations of high treason, […]
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Pope, Hollande discuss positive role of religion in society
During Pope Francis’ meeting with French president Francois Hollande on Friday, the two discussed an array of topics concerning human dignity, centering the meeting on the role of religion in society.
