Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 15, 2017

  Australian Gov't Recommends Making Celibacy Optional for Catholic Priests to Protect Children

  The Australian government has recommended that celibacy be made optional for Catholic priests and that they be forced to report any child sexual abuse revealed to them. Recommendations were made in a recently concluded report from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse aimed at protecting children.

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  Dec 14, 2017

  6 Families Sue Mormon Church Over Alleged Cover-up of Child Sex Abuse

  In a case that is expected to go to trial next January, six families with a total of nine children have filed a lawsuit against The Corporation of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alleging it covered up child sex abuse by another member in West Virginia.

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  Dec 14, 2017

  Neurosurgeon-Turned-Pastor Uses Name of Jesus to Stop Armed Robber Who Threatened to Kill Him at Bible Study

  Dr. Julius Zant, a respected retired neurosurgeon-turned-pastor who was attacked by an armed man who threatened to kill him inside a Maryland church as he conducted a Bible study with his parishioners last Thursday, bravely fended off the robber by invoking the name of Jesus.

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  Dec 14, 2017

  Ohio Passes Bill Banning Down Syndrome Abortions, Doctors Would Be Slapped With Felony

  Ohio Lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday banning abortions based solely on a Down syndrome diagnosis and the state's Republican Gov. John Kasich is likely to sign it into law.

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  Dec 13, 2017

  Brain Cancer Takes Life of Greg Wood, IMB Missionary to Mexico

  Greg Wood, a father of three and International Mission Board missionary who served a village of indigenous people in Mexico, has died from an aggressive brain cancer after a two-year struggle with the disease. He was 48.

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  Dec 13, 2017

  Police Officer Suspended for Attending Church While on Duty, Claims Chief Infringed on Religious Freedom

  A veteran Middletown, Pennsylvania, police officer has been suspended from work for 10 days for attending church while on active duty. He claims, however, that his constitutional right to religious freedom is being "infringed upon" by his supervisor and may sue.

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  Dec 13, 2017

  Newlywed Woman Suffers Stroke on Stage While Testifying About God's 'Amazing' Redemption

  A newlywed woman, who was getting ready to start a new chapter in life with her husband and daughter, was left nearly speechless after she suffered a massive stroke while testifying on stage about God's goodness at her church in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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  Dec 12, 2017

  'Special Place in Hell' for Republicans Who Don't Support Trump, Steve Bannon Says at Roy Moore Rally

  There is a "special place in hell" for Republican leaders who don't support President Donald Trump, Trump's former chief political strategist Steve Bannon said at a rally for Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.

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  Dec 12, 2017

  Charles Stanley Names Successor but Will Remain Sr. Pastor, Says Retirement Is Unbiblical

  Charles F. Stanley, the iconic Southern Baptist televangelist who has led the 13,000-member First Baptist Church Atlanta in Georgia for more than 40 years and founded In Touch Ministries, named Dr. Anthony George as his successor Sunday. But he plans to remain at the helm of the church as long as God gives him "health and strength."

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  Dec 11, 2017

  Ron Carpenter to Step Down From Redemption Church Greenville, Move Megachurch Headquarters to Calif.

  Ron Carpenter Jr., pastor of the 21,000 member multi-campus Redemption Church headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, announced Sunday that he will be consolidating his church operations by stepping down as pastor of the Greenville campus where he has been for more than 25 years.