Leonardo Blair

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  May 19, 2016

  Pastor With Son Battling Cancer Faces Eviction: My Fear Is Being Homeless With a Kid With No Immune System

  A pastor and single mother "by choice" with a son battling cancer is now asking for help as she struggles to pay mounting medical bills and fight being evicted from her home.

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  May 18, 2016

  Sunday Adelaja, Pastor of Europe's Third Largest Church, Under Fire After Confessing to Multiple Affairs

  Sunday Adelaja, founder and senior pastor of one of Europe's largest churches, The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations church in Kiev, Ukraine, is now under fire after confessing to multiple affairs with several of his parishioners.

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  May 18, 2016

  South Carolina Lawmakers Protect Babies in Pro-Life Bill Banning Late-Term Abortion

  The South Carolina legislature approved a bill Tuesday banning most late-term abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's life is at risk in a medical emergency.

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  May 17, 2016

  Woman Rushing to Hospital to Give Birth Killed in Crash, 'Little Miracle' Baby Survives

  A 26-year-old woman looking forward to being a new mom died in a tragic collision on her way to deliver her baby at a hospital in Missouri last Wednesday.

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  May 17, 2016

  'Eagles of Death Metal' Vocalist Jesse Hughes Says Fear of Offending Muslims 'Making Us Vulnerable'

  Jesse Hughes – lead vocalist of the rock band Eagles of Death Metal, which was performing at the Bataclan theatre in Paris when terrorists attacked and killed 89 fans and 130 people overall last November – believes the fear of offending Muslims is making the West vulnerable.

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  May 17, 2016

  Women Who Attend Church Frequently Live Longer, Harvard Study Says

  Women who attend religious services more than once each week live 33 percent longer than women who don't, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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  May 16, 2016

  No Word Yet If AME Church Will Address Baby Allegations Against Pastor Jamal Bryant

  The African Methodist Episcopal Church was unclear Monday on whether the denomination will address recent allegations that one of their high profile preachers, the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant of Northwest Baltimore's Empowerment Temple Church, fathered a child out of wedlock with a woman last summer.

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  May 16, 2016

  Rod Parsley's Megachurch Won't Collect $1M From Insurer to Pay for Boy's Beating, Court Says

  The Ohio Supreme Court Ruled Thursday that the World Harvest megachurch led by televangelist Rod Parsley cannot collect $1 million from its insurer to put toward a $3.1 million settlement for parents who alleged their 2-year-old boy was beaten by a church daycare worker.

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  May 13, 2016

  Cuban Artist Who Spent 22 Years in Prison for Defying Castro Regime Receives Religious Freedom Award

  Cuban artist and poet Armando Valladares who spent 22 years in Fidel Castro's gulags for refusing to put a placard on his desk at work that said: "I am with Fidel," was awarded the Canterbury Medal Thursday night in New York City.

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  May 13, 2016

  Pastor Jamal Bryant Breaks Silence on Baby Controversy: 'God Ain't Finished With Me'

  The Rev. Jamal H. Bryant, leader of Northwest Baltimore's Empowerment Temple Church, said his lawyers have advised him not to give any details on recent allegations that he fathered a child out-of-wedlock but declared, however, that: "God ain't finished with me."