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Wisconsin Shooter Was New Student At Christian School Where Victims Had Deep Ties
3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Shooter Was New Student At Christian School Where Victims Had Deep Ties

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said Thursday as families of the victims remembered them as people of faith who had deep connections within the Christian school. Dan …

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Sean Rowe wants to realign the Episcopal Church
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sean Rowe wants to realign the Episcopal Church

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ___ The Episcopal Church’s membership dropped just below 1.6 million in 2022, …

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Palestinian Christians despair as Gaza homeland destroyed by Israel’s war
2 months ago

Palestinian Christians despair as Gaza homeland destroyed by Israel’s war

Al Jazeera  

As Trump prepares to return as president of Israel’s most powerful ally, Khalil Sayegh recalls his childhood in Gaza’s Christian community which has been ravaged in a year of Israeli bombardments. At least several dozen Christians have been killed since the war began – equivalent, Sayegh points out, to about 5 percent of the community, “Everyone I speak to who’s …

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Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The campaign has launched a …

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Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. “We respectfully call on all politicians and media figures who are promoting this rumor to help make Springfield great and safe again by speaking the truth about our community.” Viles Dorsainvil, the leader of …

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Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

LA Times  

Members of the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, Lindsay Aime, left, James Fleurijean, Viles Dorsainvil, and Rose-Thamar Joseph stand for worship at Central Christian Church, on Sunday. “We respectfully call on all politicians and media figures who are promoting this rumor to help make Springfield great and safe again by speaking the truth about our community.” Viles Dorsainvil, the leader …

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Iraq's top Christian leader reinstated as head of church
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Iraq's top Christian leader reinstated as head of church

Hindustan Times  

Iraq's prime minister reinstated Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic church, paving the way for his return to Baghdad a year after a dispute with the president. Iraq's top Christian leader reinstated as head of church Sako, Iraq's top Christian leader and the architect of Pope Francis' historic visit to the country in 2021, is …

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Did Trump go to church on Easter Sunday?
9 months, 1 week ago

Did Trump go to church on Easter Sunday?

The Independent  

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Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump
1 year ago

Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. We thank you for that.” While Hundley stops short of suggesting to his parishioners which candidate divine guidance should lead them to support, he is among more than 300 pastors and other faith leaders who’ve been described as supporters by former President Donald Trump’s campaign. The former president and his …

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All Saints' Day 2023: History, Significance, Wishes, Messages & Quotes
1 year, 2 months ago

All Saints' Day 2023: History, Significance, Wishes, Messages & Quotes

The Quint  

The origin of All Saints' Day can be traced back to the early Christian Church when it was established as a day to remember and celebrate the martyrs and other saints who had died for their faith. A strong emphasis was laid on the veneration of martyrs, in the early Christian Church, who had suffered and died for their faith. …

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Prayer, song and heartfelt tributes at Tyre Nichols’ final farewell
1 year, 11 months ago

Prayer, song and heartfelt tributes at Tyre Nichols’ final farewell

LA Times  

Tyre Nichols’ family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes Wednesday, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, sits with RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells during Wednesday’s funeral service for the Wellses’ son, Tyre …

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Book Review | Delio Mendonca’s ‘Fonseca’ validates Angelo da Fonseca’s attempts to forge a hybrid form of art
2 years, 1 month ago

Book Review | Delio Mendonca’s ‘Fonseca’ validates Angelo da Fonseca’s attempts to forge a hybrid form of art

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 01, 2022 10:25 IST This book is a magnificently wrought volume dedicated to the Goan artist Angelo da Fonseca that seeks to restore his work and ideas into the pantheon of modern Indian art. Menezes also figures prominently in the “Notes” at the end along with a meticulously recorded attribution to all those scholars and observers who …

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‘Religious’ exemptions add legal thorns to looming vaccination mandates
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Religious’ exemptions add legal thorns to looming vaccination mandates

LA Times  

Teachers and others rally against COVID-19 vaccination mandates in August in New York. But it’s going to be quite hard in the current climate — in a mass health crisis, with a vaccine in place that works — to just let any such religious claims go.” Indeed, while pop-up anti-vaccine churches have long offered reluctant parents ways to exempt their …

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How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings
3 years, 9 months ago

How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings

Raw Story  

On March 16, Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white man, killed eight people during three separate spa shootings outside Atlanta. He cited "sexual addiction" as his defense, which started a sort of media tug-of-war about Long's motivations, especially after Atlanta Police reported that Long told them the killings weren't "racially motivated." Long was a longtime member of Crabapple First Baptist …

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The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy
3 years, 10 months ago

The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq, aimed at rallying the country’s long-beleaguered Christian community and promoting interreligious tolerance : 8 p.m. Pope Francis has met with the father of a Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old Syrian boy who drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea and whose image drew global attention to the plight of refugees …

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The Latest: Pope Francis delivers sermon in Baghdad church
3 years, 10 months ago

The Latest: Pope Francis delivers sermon in Baghdad church

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq, aimed at rallying the country’s dwindling Christian community after decades of war and unrest : 6:40 p.m. Pope Francis is reminding Iraq’s Chaldean Catholics of one of the core tenets of the Catholic faith: that those who are persecuted, poor and mourn are blessed. ___ 5:15 p.m. Iraq’s …

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In California’s ‘Bible Belt,’ churches find ways around state’s coronavirus lockdown orders
4 years, 5 months ago

In California’s ‘Bible Belt,’ churches find ways around state’s coronavirus lockdown orders

LA Times  

Jennifer Trujillo made a 30-minute trip from her home in San Diego County to the country roads of Wildomar in Riverside County for the first time in weeks. It’s what his flock wants, Bundy Canyon Christian Church Pastor Michael Khan said. Despite the state orders, Bundy Canyon Christian Church hosted about 60 members without masks in their barnyard church — …

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Coronavirus outbreak in South Korea linked to Shincheonji Christian sect
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak in South Korea linked to Shincheonji Christian sect

ABC  

South Korea has reported a large boost in the number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases, the majority of which have been linked to a minor Christian sect in the country. Key points: All 2.5 million residents of Daegu have been urged to stay home by the city's mayor The Shincheonji church has now told its congregation to watch religious services online …

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