Bishop T.D. Jakes has announced that for the first-time ever his inspiring messages will be available to audiences worldwide to stream through Amazon services. Jakes is the first faith leader to have a dedicated space on the streaming app that will make his ministry and his teachings available free-of-charge to viewers. The T.D. Jakes FAST…
Gunmen kidnapped five priests, a nun and two churchgoers after setting a Catholic church on fire in western Cameroon. The region has been the scene of a bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the country’s government for several years. Those who were abducted from St. Mary’s Church in the town of Nchang remained missing Tuesday, AFP quoted…
An Orthodox Jewish university has suspended all student club activities following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of a temporary order sparing the institution from having to approve the establishment of an on-campus LGBT organization while its case is adjudicated. Yeshiva University told students in an email Friday that it would “hold off on all undergraduate…
A court in Sudan on Sept. 8 dismissed apostasy charges against four Christians who were threatened with the death penalty unless they recanted, sources said. Judge Ibrahim Hamza dismissed the apostasy charges against the Christians in Central Darfur state, stating that apostasy is no longer a crime in Sudan, their attorney said. The Christians, who are converts…
Hundreds of world leaders and the last members of the epecially long line of mourners have paid their final respects. Britain is now ready to lay to rest its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with billions thought to be watching around the globe to mark the end of a reign that defined an era. READ ALSO – Pope Francis pays tribute…
Christianity is set to become a minority faith in the U.S as soon as 2060 as millions embrace secularism, study reveals In its ‘Reorganized Religion’ study, Pew Research Center reveals the number of U.S. adults identifying as Christian has dropped from 90 percent in the 1990s to 64 percent now, and will likely decrease into…
United States President Joe Biden has said US forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, the strongest indication yet of a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of strategic ambiguity toward the island democracy. Asked in a television interview whether the US military would defend the self-governed island if China invaded, Biden said it…
A bus transferring dozens of people to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou overturned in a ravine early Sunday morning, killing 27 and injuring 20, local authorities said in a news briefing. According to Lin Gang, deputy mayor of Guiyang, the bus was taking 45 residents from the provincial capital city…
While India’s Christian minority continues to fear for its safety amid rising attacks, another state, Karnataka, has passed a controversial “anti-conversion” bill, which has routinely been used as a pretext for anti-Christian violence in several other states. The southern Karnataka state’s upper house this week passed the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill,”…
The Vice-President for Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who survived an assassination attempt after a gunman’s weapon jammed, said she is alive “because of God and the Virgin Mary”. At a meeting with priests and nuns on Thursday, Ms Fernández de Kirchner said she wanted her first public appearance to be with them. “It seems…