Authorities in Indonesia Halt Construction of House of Prayer – Morningstar News
Local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 14 halted construction of a prayer house due to protest banners put up by Muslim residents.
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Judge says people can choose gender in Scottish census
A judge has upheld a decision to allow transgender people in Scotland to choose which sex they want to identify as in the upcoming census.
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Early Rain Church member recounts ‘evil’ persecution in China, dramatic escape to US
Ren Ruiting, a member of the heavily-persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, shares her dramatic story and why she's raising awareness about ongoing human rights abuses in the country despite the personal cost.
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Guatemalan prelate says a bishop has to stay close to suffering
Crux,“Not worrying about people starving to death is pretty much letting them die,” said Guatemalan Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri.
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India government destroys 20-foot Jesus statue in Christian village
Crux,Officials have destroyed a 20-foot-tall statue of Jesus that has been standing in a village in India for 18 years.
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‘Rain’ of birds in Mexico not an apocalyptic sign, priest notes
A recent video of a flock of blackbirds suddenly plummeting to the ground in Mexico should not be in any way taken as an apocalyptic sign, a priest has noted.
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Police clear Ottawa protest
Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear and carrying automatic weapons, descended on Canada’s capital on Friday and handcuffed demonstrators as truckers blared their horns. The protest started on...
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Mexican diocese laments murders, attempts to silence, journalists
Father Martín Lara Becerril, spokesman for the Diocese of Querétaro, lamented the murder of journalists in Mexico and the attempts to silence them, and encouraged those working in the media to have "great courage."
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Sri Lankan court acquits security officials over Easter attacks
A court in Sri Lanka on Friday acquitted two former security officials who charged with negligence relating to the 2019 Easter bombings, in which at least 260 people were killed.
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Pope Francis says Eastern Catholic Churches have shown heroic faith amid miseries of war
The pope lamented that John Paul II’s appeal to avoid conflict in Iraq went unheeded
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Vatican finance trial: Financial authority joins trial as civil party
Cardinal Becciu, one of 10 defendants, gave a statement to the media on the sidelines of the hearing.
