Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 20, 2025

  Pastor facing forced displacement following ultimatum from indigenous council in Colombia

  A Protestant pastor has been ordered to leave his home and church in southwestern Colombia by the local indigenous council. The ultimatum warns of unspecified punishment if he and his family remain.

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  Oct 20, 2025

  Frederick D. Haynes III cleared to return to Dallas megachurch after medical leave

  Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III has been medically cleared to resume leadership at Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, following a period of medical leave. Haynes returned to the pulpit Sunday morning.

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  Oct 20, 2025

  'A sign of hope': Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Iraq

  Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State's occupation, a rare moment of revival for the region's dwindling Christian population.

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  Oct 19, 2025

  Christian parents take Sweden to top European court after separation from daughters

  Two Christian parents have taken their case against Sweden to the European Court of Human Rights after being separated from their two eldest daughters for more than two years. The couple says the Swedish child protection system wrongfully removed their children and violated their parental rights.

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  Oct 17, 2025

  Armenia arrests bishop, 12 clergymen as feud between church leaders, PM deepens

  A bishop in Armenia’s Apostolic Church and 12 clergymen have been arrested as part of a widening rift between church leaders and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government. The arrests are the latest in a string of detentions targeting clergy critical of the administration.

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  Oct 14, 2025

  Turkey labels Christians ‘national security threat’ to deport them, rights group warns

  Turkey has been deporting hundreds of foreign Christians and blocking their return by labeling them national security threats, according to an international legal advocacy group.

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  Oct 13, 2025

  Advocates warn EU commission against law that would silence speech in US, globally

  More than 100 free speech advocates, including former U.S. and European officials, have urged the European Commission to reconsider a key internet regulation that they say risks censoring global speech and undermining international free expression rights.

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  Oct 13, 2025

  Church leaders warn UK gov’t its ‘conversion therapy’ ban would make the Gospel ‘illegal’

  Senior Christian leaders in the U.K. have warned that a proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy would criminalize core elements of Christian belief.

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  Oct 13, 2025

  Man pulls down pants to urinate on altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in front of tourists

  A man climbed onto the central altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Friday and urinated in full view of tourists. The act was captured on video by onlookers and quickly drew the attention of plainclothes police and Vatican security.

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  Oct 13, 2025

  Trump State Dept. demands China release detained underground church pastor, father of US citizens

  The Trump administration has called for the immediate release of an underground church pastor detained in China whose children are American citizens. The State Department’s demand follows a sweeping crackdown by Chinese authorities on unregistered religious groups.