Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 9, 2020

  Chick-fil-A ‘inadvertently discredited’ Salvation Army, Christian orgs in defunding, Dan Cathy says

  Chick-fil-A chairman Dan T. Cathy has admitted that the company “inadvertently discredited several outstanding organizations” when it announced that it would no longer donate to certain Christian organizations that have been criticized as anti-LGBT for holding biblical views on sexuality.

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  Jan 9, 2020

  Presidential candidate Tom Steyer says America should embrace religiosity, spirituality as strength

  Billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer who believes America’s spirituality and religiosity is one of the nation’s “great strengths” is hoping the discussion of faith in America will seriously be acknowledged beyond the realm of the Republican Party this election cycle.

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  Jan 8, 2020

  Missionaries, church groups in Puerto Rico on surviving earthquake, facing uncertainty

  Several church groups and missionaries working in Puerto Rico during Tuesday’s 6.4 magnitude earthquake that triggered an islandwide blackout and toppled several churches and other buildings are relaying their experiences and telling how they and others are coping with uncertainty in the aftermath.

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  Jan 8, 2020

  Ukrainian plane crashes in Iran killing 176 hours after missile attack on Iraqi bases housing US soldiers

  A Boeing 737 aircraft of Ukraine International Airlines crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran International Airport killing all 176 passengers and crew on board Wednesday, just hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers.

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  Jan 7, 2020

  Hallmark to cut 400 jobs weeks after conservative boycott over kissing brides ad

  Hallmark Cards Inc., the Missouri-based owner of the Hallmark Channel that faced a boycott from conservatives last month for featuring ads of two kissing brides, announced plans Monday to cut 400 jobs from its global workforce including 325 from their Kansas City-based headquarters.

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  Jan 7, 2020

  After 20 years of marriage, pastor fatally stabs wife in church then slits his own throat

  A troubled marriage between husband and wife co-pastors ended in a bloody murder-suicide in Kenya Sunday when the husband fatally stabbed his wife of 20 years and mother of his four children, then slit his own throat in front of their congregants.

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  Jan 7, 2020

  At least 1 dead after M 6.4 earthquake rocks Puerto Rico triggering islandwide blackout

  At least one person is dead after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico Tuesday morning, triggering an island-wide blackout and significant damage to buildings, including churches, in several of the hardest hit areas.

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  Jan 6, 2020

  John Gray, Relentless Church elders display united front as Carpenters seek to evict congregation

  Through prayers, praise and unabashed declarations Sunday, Pastor John Gray and his team of ministry leaders at Relentless Church in South Carolina displayed a united front just days after Redemption Church founders Ron and Hope Carpenter asked a local court to evict them from their church building.

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  Jan 6, 2020

  Conservatives praise Ricky Gervais after he takes ‘massive dump’ on Hollywood's ‘woke’ culture at Golden Globes

  Popular stand-up comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has been drawing high praise from conservatives for courageously "speaking truth" to power and by “taking a massive dump” on Hollywood elites for their hypocritical “woke” culture.

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  Jan 6, 2020

  Christian leader in Iraq worries ‘volcano about to erupt’ after killing of Iranian general

  Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad Louis Raphael Sako called on Christians and Muslims in Iraq to pray for their leaders Monday as rumors of war run rampant after a U.S. military strike killed Iran’s top security and intelligence commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.