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JUBA, South Sudan, May 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with apparent anti-Christian motives. Unidentified gunmen attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church of […]
According to The Christian Post, the report – created for the Church’s General Assembly later this month – said the membership of the Church of Scotland in 2021 was 283,600. In the 1950s, that number was about 1.3 million; in 2000, that number was more than 600,000. Meanwhile, the number of ministers has also dropped […]
“American Idol” contestant Megan Danielle sings “Thank God I Do” in an episode that aired April 24, 2023. | YouTube/American Idol Christian singer Megan Danielle of Georgia came in second place for season 21 of the popular singing competition television program “American Idol.” In a three-hour season finale Sunday night, the 21-year-old Danielle won second […]
On this day in A.D. 337, Emperor Constantine died. Many Christians think that Constantine was perhaps the worst thing to happen to the Church. They believe he made Christianity the imperial religion, thus leading the Church to compromise with pagan culture, marrying it to state power, and derailing the spread of the Gospel. The […]
A wave of violence in Manipur, India, continues to run rampant, with 400 churches being burned and more than 70 Christians killed. According to The Christian Post, the predominantly Hindu Meitei community — Arambai Tengoll, also known as “black-shirts,” and Meitei Leepun — were alleged to be responsible for the violence. Earlier this month, violence broke […]
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott has announced his 2024 presidential candidacy. Scott, 57, made the announcement this week at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, in North Charleston, South Carolina. He said he filed the appropriate paperwork last week, Daily Wire reports. “Our nation, our values, and our people are strong. But our President is […]
A documentary spotlighting the rise and fall of former Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz debuted on Hulu Friday, alleging a “cultural problem” within the popular congregation and featuring the first interview with Lentz and his wife Laura. “My wife and my children – I failed at that,” Lentz says in Episode 2. The four-episode docuseries, The […]
In the midst of an ongoing mental health crisis that is especially affecting children and youth, I found this headline interesting: “Conservative teenagers are generally happier than their liberal peers, study finds.” A group of Columbia University researchers studied the depressive attitudes of twelfth-graders from 2005 to 2018, comparing those aligned with conservatism and […]
According to Reuters, the deadly, brain-damaging Nipah virus has “found a way to leap from bats to humans.” Pragya Yadav, the lead scientist on Nipah at India’s National Institute of Virology, warns: “Nobody is safe. … It will take no time for a disease outbreak to reach anywhere in the world because of international travel […]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether Catholic Charities should be considered a religious entity. I’ll say that again, slightly differently. The Wisconsin State Court of Appeals determined that (Roman) Catholic Charities, an official caregiving arm of the Catholic Diocese of Superior, is not a religious organization. The Wisconsin […]