World
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God showed up amid 9/11 tragedy, says Ground Zero chaplain
Twenty years after the events of September 11, 2001, a Navy chaplain who ministered to hundreds of grieving families at Ground Zero has shared the incredible ways God showed up amid tragedy and provided comfort to those suffering.
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Fears for Afghanistan's Christians after brutal crackdown on media and protesters
Fears are growing for Christians in Afghanistan - most of whom are converts from Islam - after the Taliban launched a brutal crackdown on journalists and protesters calling for greater freedoms and the protection of women and girls.
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Archbishop reflects on tragedy of 9/11 on 20th anniversary
The Archbishop of Canterbury is inviting people to pray for all those affected by violence and terror 20 years on from 9/11.
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9/11 and how the world changed
In the twentieth year since 9/11, the end of US involvement in Afghanistan is part of a step-back from confident, open-ended, interventions. US ambitions abroad have been narrowed by the cost of these years. This will have a profound effect on the US as a global player over the next decade.
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The son of a Sheikh who gave Christianity a try
Expelled from home, rejected by his family and community, intimidated with death threats by his closest friends: this was the new reality Syrian Christian Anwar* faced, following his conversion to Christianity.
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Pakistan's churches increase security over Taliban fears
Churches in Pakistan are tightening their security over fears of the fallout from the Taliban's return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan.
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Toolkit helps churches support Afghan refugees
A toolkit has been put together by the Church of England with information for churches on how they can welcome people resettling in the UK from Afghanistan.
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Doctors involved in euthanasia experience 'deep distress'
"After euthanasia, there is a chilling silence in the ward, nothing like the reflective silence following a natural death, even when it has been difficult," says one palliative care doctor.
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John MacArthur reaches $800,000 settlement with California and LA County in Covid dispute
A long-running dispute between John MacArthur, the state of California and Los Angeles County over Covid-19 lockdown rules appears finally to be at an end.
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Australia's church leaders say vaccine passports may create 'unethical two-tiered society'
Nearly 2,500 church leaders from different denominations in Australia are urging Prime Minister Scott Morrison not to implement vaccine passports in the country, warning that it would create "an unethical two-tiered society" and "medical apartheid."
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Dozens of Christians killed in Nigeria this month
Some 36 Christians were killed in a string of attacks across Kaduna state, in the north of the country.
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Fears of a Christian genocide as the last US troops leave Afghanistan
"The possibility of there being a genocide against Christians in the wake of this withdrawal is extremely high," says former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Pope calls for prayer and fasting for Afghanistan
Pope Francis is asking Christians to stand with the people of Afghanistan by praying and fasting.
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Why are Christians and other religious minorities not being prioritised in Afghan resettlement programme, asks peer
Crossbench peer Lord Alton is urging the UK government to ensure that Christians and other religious minorities are among the groups being given priority in the resettlement of Afghan refugees.
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5,100 Christian and other at-risk Afghans evacuated in private rescue mission, says Glenn Beck
The refugees are now in an undisclosed country awaiting settlement.