Anugrah Kumar

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  Nov 15, 2021

  USCCB considering ‘teaching document’ urging Catholic politicians to ‘embody church teaching’

  U.S. Catholic Bishops are expected to vote this week on a proposed document focused on the meaning of communion that could call for Catholic public servants to “embody Church teaching.” 

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  Nov 15, 2021

  26 state school board associations distance themselves from national group calling parents ‘terrorists’

  At least 26 state school board associations have distanced themselves from the National School Board Association after it urged the Biden administration to use federal law enforcement agencies against parents who oppose the teaching of controversial curriculum in public schools by labeling them as potential “domestic terrorists.”

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  Nov 15, 2021

  Iranian authorities order pastor back to prison to serve 5-year sentence after temporary reprieve

  Iranian authorities have ordered a pastor from the Church of Iran denomination to return to prison to begin serving a five-year sentence for “sectarian activities,” indicating that Christian persecution might be intensifying after a brief respite due to the spread of COVID-19 that led authorities to the temporary release of many people from prison.

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  Nov 14, 2021

  Carl Lentz’s wife says she suffered from depression, PTSD after cheating scandal

  Laura Lentz, the wife of former Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz, has opened up about how she suffered from worsening depression and PTSD after her husband was fired from the global megachurch due to alleged moral failures and infidelity last November.

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  Nov 14, 2021

  Defense attorney apologizes for ‘black pastor’ comment in Ahmaud Arbery trial

  An attorney for one of three white men standing trial for the 2020 killing of 25-year-old unarmed black man Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia has issued an apology in court after expressing concern with the presence of prominent black pastors like Al Sharpton in the courtroom. 

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  Nov 14, 2021

  Myanmar military shells Catholic cathedral for second time in 5 months

  Myanmar’s security forces shelled a Catholic cathedral in the northeastern Shan state for the second time in five months as they continue to fight local militias, targeting Catholic churches and convents and displacing more than 10,000 people.

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  Nov 13, 2021

  Gunmen kill 2 of 66 kidnapped Baptist church members in Nigeria; 3 injured

  Armed bandits in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have killed two of the more than 60 worshipers of Emmanuel Baptist Church whom they had kidnapped during a church service about two weeks ago, a local Christian leader has confirmed.

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  Nov 13, 2021

  Democrat senator denied communion over abortion says he is ‘careful’ when he goes to new churches

  Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, a practicing Catholic who has been unable to receive communion in his home diocese because of his pro-choice voting record, says he is “careful” when he goes to a church for the first time because “you just don’t quite know what kind of reaction you’re going to get from local clergy.”

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  Nov 13, 2021

  House Republicans condemn Finland's prosecution of Christian MP over beliefs on sexuality

  Six members of Congress have condemned Finland for prosecuting a Christian politician who is facing six years in prison for sharing her biblical beliefs on sexuality and marriage, voicing their concern with the top federal religious freedom advisory committee. 

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  Nov 9, 2021

  DeSantis moves to stop Biden admin. from transporting illegal immigrants to Florida after alleged murder

  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he's working with the state’s lawmakers to find a way to prevent the Biden administration from transporting illegal immigrants into Florida after a Honduran national, who entered the U.S. illegally claiming to be an unaccompanied minor, was charged with the murder of a Florida man who took him in.