Anugrah Kumar

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  Feb 12, 2023

  Nicaraguan court sentences Catholic bishop to 26 years in prison, strips him of citizenship for 'treason'

  A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to more than 26 years in prison on charges of treason, undermining national integrity and spreading false news after the critic of President Daniel Ortega declined to be expelled to the United States as part of a prisoner release.

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  Feb 11, 2023

  Charges dropped against pastors who held worship services during pandemic

  Prosecutors and a judge in Canada have dismissed charges against pastors and their associates in New Brunswick and Ontario who had been charged with violating public health orders for holding services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Feb 11, 2023

  Ethiopia suspends social media as Orthodox church rift protests turn deadly

  Ethiopia has restricted access to social media platforms amid anti-government protests sparked by a rift within the country’s Orthodox Church. The government has been accused of backing the bishops who have formed a breakaway synod.

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  Feb 9, 2023

  Chinese house church fears more persecution as 2 preachers remain in jail for 'defrauding' through tithes

  The Covenant House Church in Shanxi province in northeast China has requested prayers for its congregation as authorities are preparing to resume their investigation into a fabricated case that resulted in the imprisonment of two of its pastors and a church member.

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  Feb 7, 2023

  Influencer Oli London says going to church, listening to Jesus saved him from mutilating his body

  British social media influencer Oli London, who identified as trans for six months and underwent surgery to resemble male Korean pop idols, said visiting a church and listening to Jesus prevented him from traveling to Thailand for irreversible body surgeries he would have regretted, presumably castration. 

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  Feb 6, 2023

  Over 2,600 killed in Turkey, Syria after strongest earthquake in over 100 years

  Over 2,600 people have been killed in southern Turkey and northern Syria as death tolls continue to rise after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's Nurdagi town early Monday, one of the strongest to hit the region in more than 100 years, officials say. 

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  Feb 6, 2023

  'The Chosen’ season 3 finale ranks among top 10 in weekend box office hits

  The season 3 finale of the hit TV series “The Chosen,” consisting of episodes 7 and 8, was a hit over the weekend, coming in at No. 9 among the top 10 movies at the box office. 

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  Feb 6, 2023

  3 killed in attack on Ethiopian church amid tension over breakaway Orthodox synod

  Three people were killed and at least four injured by alleged security forces in an attack on a church in southern Ethiopia Saturday amid growing tensions within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, one of the oldest Christian institutions in the world. 

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  Feb 5, 2023

  Pope Francis calls on South Sudanese churches not to stay neutral when witness to acts of injustice

  Pope Francis, who is on a three-day peace mission in South Sudan, met with the Catholic leadership, urging churches in the war-torn country not to remain neutral but to speak out against injustice and the abuse of power, even as dozens of pilgrims spent nine days walking to reach the capital city of Juba to meet the pontiff.

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  Feb 5, 2023

  China responds to US shooting down ‘Red Zeppelin’ as tensions rise

  Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated further this weekend with the Chinese foreign ministry expressing extreme displeasure after the U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, nicknamed “Red Zeppelin,” off the eastern seaboard Saturday, several days after it had flown thousands of miles over the continental U.S.