Anugrah Kumar

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  Nov 1, 2021

  Biden takes communion in Rome after saying Pope Francis called him a ‘good Catholic’

  President Joe Biden received communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome a day after he said Pope Francis called him “a good Catholic” amid the ongoing debate over whether pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be given the sacrament.

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  Nov 1, 2021

  US State Dept. condemns Burmese military over burning of 100 homes, churches in retaliatory attack

  The U.S. State Department released a statement Sunday condemning the "gross violations of human rights" after Burmese security forces fired heavy artillery into a town in the predominantly Christian Chin state, setting at least 100 homes and two churches on fire. The attack was in retaliation after a Chin militia shot and killed a Burmese soldier who was breaking into houses and looting properties, according to a report.

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  Nov 1, 2021

  ISIS releases video of 12-year-old child executing 2 Nigerian soldiers

  Islamic State in West Africa Province, which is an offshoot of the Boko Haram, has reportedly released a video showing a 12-year-old child executing two Nigerian soldiers with an AK-47.

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  Oct 31, 2021

  COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns led to spike in calls for exorcisms: priest

  An Italian Catholic priest who is a trained exorcist said the demand for exorcism has risen as the pandemic and ongoing lockdowns have “made people more vulnerable to the idea that Satan or some evil entity has taken over their lives.”

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  Oct 31, 2021

  ‘I found God’: Jordan Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila talks finding peace in prayer, reading the Bible

  The daughter of author and speaker Jordan Peterson recently revealed that she has come to believe in God and that her conversion to Christianity was “very sudden.”

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  Oct 31, 2021

  Early Rain preacher, family endure persecution, harassment at home

  A preacher and his family from Early Rain Covenant Church, a heavily-persecuted house church in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, who continue to endure persecution by communist authorities, are now being harassed in their home. The family recently woke up to the sound of someone banging on the front door of their house, only to find the door graffitied with the message “Pay your debt," the keyhole filled with glue and electricity shut off.

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  Oct 30, 2021

  DOJ reaches $88M settlement with survivors, families of 9 killed in mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church

  The U.S. Justice Department has said it will settle the lawsuits arising out of the June 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which left nine churchgoers dead, by paying $88 million to the families of those killed as well as to the survivors.

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  Oct 30, 2021

  Portland first in nation to offer bereavement leave for employees who get an abortion

  Pro-choice activists are celebrating an amendment to Portland’s bereavement leave policy that has made it the first local government in the United States to give paid time off to public employees after an abortion. One pro-life group is calling it an unwitting acknowledgment of the loss of life.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Archaeologists find rare 2,000-year-old ‘Balm of Gilead’ gemstone seal near Western Wall

  Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered in eastern Jerusalem a 2,000-year-old precious gem an engraving that depicts the Balm of Gilead, a rare perfume used medicinally and which was mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Catholic Church census reveals growth in Asia and Africa, decline in Europe

  An annual census by the Vatican news agency, Fides, shows that the number of Catholics has increased in Africa, the Americas and Asia but gone down in Europe.