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Alliance Defending Freedom International Steps up to Defend Religious Freedom in Nepal
The conviction of Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya in Nepal for "outraging religious feelings" and "proselytizing" has prompted Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF) to take action. On January 23rd, Nepal's Supreme Court declined Pastor Keshab's appeal and upheld a...
Regina A. Johnson- Putting Her Talents To Use In Multiple Fields
Every person from their birth is gifted a special skill set, something they excel it. And for every person, it is different. While some people’s expertise lies in teaching, others are good at playing sports. For some people, painting is where they perform par...
Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
Coronavirus Will Affect 68% of Easter Observers’ Spending Plans this Year – WalletHub
Around 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year, according to WalletHub’s new Coronavirus Easter Survey, released today. This survey, which follows WalletHub’s report on the State Economies Most...
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US sanctions Israeli settler and anti-miscegenation leader
(RNS) — On Friday, the U.S. State Department announced it would impose sanctions on Ben Zion Gopstein, the leader of Lehava, an extremist group in the West Bank that advocates for preserving Jewish ethnicity in Israel. “Under Gopstein’s leadership, Lehava and its...
Photos of the Week: Australian stabbing; Middle East tensions
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Hiking, disc golf, flower arranging: UMC initiative connects people around non-church interests
Melanie Nichols, a florist instructor from Troy, North Carolina, leads a flower arrangement class, Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Randall by the River in Norwood, North Carolina. (RNS photo/Yonat Shimron)NORWOOD, N.C. (RNS) — With pruning shears in hand, 13 women gazed...
Near Chicago, a Lutheran church finds new life at the YMCA
Construction is underway on the former sanctuary of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rockford, Ill., April 2, 2024, to become a gym in the future Good Shepherd YMCA. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana)ROCKFORD, Ill (RNS) — In early April, just a few days after Easter, Good...
Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47.A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home...
‘Flynn’ portrays the Christian nationalist evangelist’s fight with the ‘Deep State’
(RNS) — Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and a driving force behind the ReAwaken America Tour, has a new show he’s taking on the road, a 127-minute hagiographic documentary chronicling his fight against the “Deep State” — a shadowy cabal...
Maurizio Cattalan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It’s the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art show...
Teenager is charged with terrorism offenses in stabbings of bishop and priest at Sydney church
SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses.Authorities said the stabbing was declared a terrorist act because of the teenager’s suspected religious...
John Adams’ Nativity oratorio ‘El Nino’ gets colorful staging at the Met
NEW YORK (AP) — The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968.This is “El Nino,”...
Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis
EATONTOWN, N.J. (RNS) — Matty Giuliano is the kind of chaplain who doesn’t mind if you drop an f-bomb midsentence.The animal cruelty officer-turned-interfaith animal chaplain from Queens, New York, wants everyone he serves to feel at ease, nonhumans included. And part...
Israelis prepare for a Passover overshadowed by war and loss
JERUSALEM (RNS) — As the normally joyous communal holiday of Passover approaches this year, many Israelis say the war in Gaza has dampened the prospect of holding a Seder — the communal retelling of the ancient Israelites’ escape from Egypt from enslavement based on...
Europe’s Jews expand security program as they grapple with antisemitic fallout of Gaza war
(RNS) — It’s well-known among Jews traveling in Europe that synagogues there can sometimes feel harder to get into than Fort Knox. Police barricades and metal detectors are commonplace as local and national governments move to prevent antisemitic violence. Calling...