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Congregation on high alert after dead animal found hanging on flagpole, pastor suspects satanists
A congregation in the English countryside was terrified to learn that a dead cat was found hanging from a flagpole at their church, just weeks after a dead fox was discovered on the church’s doorstep. The vicar of the church suspects the animals' bodies were deliberately dumped by satanists.
Christian teen fled persecution in Colombia, fears for family's safety amid threats of violence
A Colombian teenager who was moved to a safe house by a Christian ministry after experiencing persecution at the hands of a local indigenous people group says she fears for her family’s safety amid threats of violence.
14-year-old girl denied kidney transplant because she didn’t get COVID-19 shot, parents say
The parents of a 14-year-old girl who suffers from a rare degenerative kidney condition, say Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, denied their daughter a life-saving kidney transplant because she didn't get the COVID-19 shot.
University pays $90K for taking action against Christian students who shared views on marriage
The University of Idaho has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by three Christian students given "no contact orders" after expressing their religious beliefs in opposition to same-sex marriage.
NYC church destroyed on 9/11 reopens, resumes 'full liturgical and parochial life'
A New York City church that was destroyed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, has finally reopened for worship 21 years later.
Man gets life sentence in murder of pastor's daughter found under church stairs
A 29-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for beating a pastor’s daughter, a young mother, to death with a garden tool and hiding her body under stairs outside the church.
China demands tech companies censor social media 'likes,' posts amid nationwide protests
Authorities in China are tightening regulation of social media "likes" and comments this week to stamp out protests against the communist party's strict COVID-19 lockdown restrictions months after enacting more stringent regulations on who can post religious content online.
Hillsong exec. tells court abuse by Frank Houston wasn’t reported because it's not a ‘current matter’
The general manager of Sydney-based Hillsong Church has told a court that sex abuse committed by Frank Houston, the father of the leader of the global multisite church, was not reported to authorities because it wasn’t a “current matter.”
Baltimore pastor blames breakdown of family, deteriorating education for city's demise
What’s behind the declining population, increasing crime and persistent poverty in Baltimore, Maryland? A pastor in the city says it’s due to the breakdown of the family and deteriorating education, both of which he's trying to remedy through his ministry.
2 in 5 Americans believe humanity is ‘living in the End Times’
Nearly two in five Americans, including half of self-identified Christians and a quarter of the religiously unaffiliated, agree “we are living in the End Times,” a new study has found.