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‘The Lord is with us’: Florida pastor shares update in the wake of Hurricane Ian's destruction
“The Lord is with us” and there are “many reasons to be filled with hope and even to rejoice,” says a pastor in Florida in an update after Hurricane Ian made landfall with winds of 150 mph, killing at least 32 people and causing catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge.
Ukraine President Zelensky requests fast-track NATO membership after Putin annexes 4 regions
As the Russian invasion enters its seventh month, Ukraine is seeking an accelerated membership in NATO and has ruled out talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who announced the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces.
Museum of the Bible leaders travel to Greece, return 1,000-year-old handwritten manuscript
Leaders from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. traveled to Greece this week to formally return a handwritten, 1,000-year-old, handwritten Gospel manuscript looted by Bulgarian troops in 1917.
Hurricane Ian leaves 2.5 million without power in Florida; Orlando sees record-breaking rainfall
More than 2.5 million homes were without power in Florida amid catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge early Thursday, hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The international evangelical relief group Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to respond.
Episcopal church pays ‘voluntary tax’ to indigenous tribes as form of land acknowledgment
An Episcopal church in Wisconsin has included in its budget a voluntary tax on its property to give to the state's Native American tribes to acknowledge that it stands on land that "used to be someone else's homeland."
Hurricane Ian Tracker: Florida braces for catastrophic landfall
After leaving 11 million people without power in Cuba, Hurricane Ian became a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday with winds up to 155 mph as it moves closer to Port Charlotte and the southwestern coast, where it's expected to make landfall by the afternoon and is predicted to cause life-threatening flooding.
Victory for Christian student in peril of losing license to work due to backlash over graduation speech
The governing body of a university in Mexico has dismissed proceedings started by the school against a recent psychology graduate to withdraw his license to practice due to his graduation speech defending the family and the sanctity of life, calling the demand for action “unfounded.”
Mother sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex trafficking 6-year-old daughter
A U.S. district judge has sentenced a 31-year-old woman in Washington state to 23 years in prison for sex trafficking her 6-year-old girl in exchange for a place to stay, cash and new Nike shoes.
Cubans vote to legalize same-sex marriage, adoption in family code
Cubans on Sunday voted to approve a new family code that, among other things, legalizes same-sex marriage. The new code is one of the most progressive in Latin America.
Biden blasts 15-week abortion ban: ‘My church doesn’t even make that argument’
President Biden criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation nationwide, saying, “My church doesn’t even make that argument now.”