Anugrah Kumar
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French police investigate arson after Nantes Cathedral fire
Precious artifacts, the grand organ and stained glass windows were damaged Saturday after fires started in three places inside a 15th-century Nantes Cathedral in western France.
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Fears for Hong Kong clergy under Beijing national security law
A blueprint for a controversial new national security law for Hong Kong, as proposed by China, has caused concerns that the semi-autonomous city's vocal clergy who have supported the democracy movement could be extradited to and tried in mainland China.
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United Nations says 'cruel' conversion therapy should end
The United Nations is urging countries to ban so-called "conversion therapy," which involves therapy for those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion, saying it can amount to "torture" and "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment."
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Trump administration rolls back Obama-era regulation that redefined sex
Conservative groups are applauding the Trump administration's announcement on Friday that it's scrapping an Obama-era federal regulation requiring healthcare providers and insurers to perform gender-transition procedures and abortions against their medical judgment or religious convictions.
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Christians being overlooked in corona food aid distribution
As the world goes through food security and financial crises due to the coronavirus pandemic, disadvantaged Christian communities in Asia, especially in Vietnam and Pakistan, are being hit the hardest as government and aid agencies discriminate against them due to their faith, according to reports.
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Christian Association of Nigeria calls for release of kidnapped bishop
The Christian Association of Nigeria is calling on the country's government to secure the release of its chairman of the Nasarawa State unit, Bishop Joseph Masin, who was kidnapped from his house by gunmen last week.
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Wuhan pastor interrogated by police while leading Zoom evangelism meeting
A pastor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the origin of the novel coronavirus, was taken away by police for interrogation while he was leading an online meeting of Christians on evangelism and church planting
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he reads the Bible every morning
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he reads two books each morning â the Bible and the day's intelligence report about threats to Americans at home and around the world.
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70 churches granted legal status in Egypt
After a government committee headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly gave legal status to 70 churches this week, the number of Christian houses of worship legalized in the country has reached 1,638. However, the threat to churches in this Muslim-majority country remains.
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Believers see coronavirus as a sign from God - study
The study was conducted by the University of Chicago Divinity School and Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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YouTube censors John Piper's audiobook, 'Coronavirus and Christ'
YouTube has censored the audiobook version of Reformed theologian John Piper's new book, Coronavirus and Christ, claiming it violated "community standards."
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Churches destroyed in Boko Haram attack
More than 100 Boko Haram militants opened fire sporadically and indiscriminately and set churches and houses on fire, killing many people, in the town of Garkida in Gombi area of the northeastern state of Adamawa, according to initial reports.