Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 30, 2022

  Christians don't have to affirm transgenderism, but they can’t express that view at work: tribunal

  A London-based employment tribunal has ruled that the British Equality Act protects Christians’ beliefs that do not affirm transgenderism, but they cannot express those beliefs in the workplace.

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  Jun 30, 2022

  Nigeria: Terrorists kill 2 Catholic priests

  Unidentified terrorists have killed two Catholic priests in the Nigerian states of Kaduna and Edo, according to statements by their respective archdioceses which come a month after two other priests were slain in two other districts in the West African country.

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  Jun 27, 2022

  Nun murdered in Haiti hailed by Pope Francis as martyr: 'Made her life a gift to others'

  Pope Francis has hailed as a martyr an Italian nun who was brutally attacked and killed while caring for the poor and needy in Haiti during an armed robbery.

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  Jun 27, 2022

  Church of England will oppose assisted dying bill ahead of synod, senior official says

  The Church of England will adamantly oppose a proposed bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide in the United Kingdom because it "undermines the intrinsic value of every human life," according to the denomination's senior-most lay leader.

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  Jun 27, 2022

  Archaeology discovery: Medieval Christian prayer beads found on Holy Island

  Archaeologists recently uncovered Christian prayer beads dating from the eighth to ninth century on an ancient island in the United Kingdom known as "Holy Island," and say the discovery will give an insight into how people in medieval Britain lived and expressed their faith.

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  Jun 27, 2022

  Texas pastor killed in road rage incident; Crime Stoppers offers $5K reward for leads on suspect

  Police in Houston, Texas, are offering a reward of $5,000 for any information that leads to an arrest in a possible road-rage incident that killed the Rev. Ronald K. Mouton Sr. of East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church last week.

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  Jun 26, 2022

  Evangelical Covenant Church denomination elects first female president

  Leaders of the Evangelical Covenant Church, which has about 900 congregations in the U.S. and Canada, elected the Rev. Tammy Swanson-Draheim to be the denomination’s first female president, according to an announcement by the Chicago-based group.

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  Jun 26, 2022

  Christian bakers fined $135K for not baking gay wedding cake fundraise to relaunch business

  Aaron and Melissa Klein, a Christian couple whose bakery has been held up in the courts for years and were asked to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, are now working on opening a new shop to “show God’s goodness to everyone.”

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  Jun 25, 2022

  Archaeologists find Christian relics inside Islamic State-ravaged church

  Archeological workers restoring the historic Syriac Orthodox Mar Thomas Church in Iraq’s capital Mosul, which was heavily damaged by Islamic state fighters about four years ago, have discovered about a dozen ancient relics and parchments connected to several saints, according to reports.

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  Jun 25, 2022

  ‘God made the decision’: Trump responds to Supreme Court abortion ruling

  Former President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court was able to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision concluding that there is no constitutional right to abortion not just because he appointed three constitutionalist justices to the high court during his presidency but because “God made the decision.”