Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jan 18, 2020

  Biden tells black Baptist leaders: Trump is fanning the flames of hate

  Democrat presidential hopeful and former vice president Joe Biden told hundreds of black church leaders this week that President Donald Trump is fanning the flames of hatred in the United States. 

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  Jan 18, 2020

  Planned Parenthood launches $45 million campaign for 2020: 'Matter of life and death'

  The political fundraising arm of the nation’s largest abortion provider will spend $45 million in the 2020 elections as it pushes back against what many conservatives are calling the most pro-life administration in history. 

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  Jan 17, 2020

  Supreme Court to review Trump's religious exemptions to Obamacare mandate

  The Little Sisters of the Poor will head back to the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court reviews a federal appellate court decision striking down a Trump administration rule giving religious organizations the ability to opt-out of a regulation that requires them to cover birth control and abortifacients.

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  Jan 17, 2020

  China creating ‘system of persecution for the future,’ Open Doors warns

  China is creating a “blueprint” “system of persecution for the future” that could be sold to persecute people across the globe, head of the prominent Christian persecution watchdog agency Open Doors USA has warned. 

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  Jan 16, 2020

  Trump announces school prayer guidance; 9 agencies draft religious freedom rules

  On National Religious Freedom Day Thursday, the White House announced several new rules and memos designed to roll back "discriminatory" federal regulations as well as promote teachers' and students' right to pray in public schools. 

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  Jan 16, 2020

  MLB all-star Adam Wainwright leading 1-year online Bible study for fans

  Longtime St. Louis Cardinals all-star pitcher Adam Wainwright has invited fans to join him in a one-year online Bible ...

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  Jan 16, 2020

  Open Doors: Over 9,000 churches, Christian buildings attacked in past year

  Leading Christian persecution watchdog NGO Open Doors USA released it’s 2020 World Watch List Wednesday, an influential annual data report that this year highlights a drastic increase in attacks against Christian buildings and the imprisonment of Christians. 

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  Jan 15, 2020

  Executed pastor's grave desecrated in Iran after 29 years; Family's heart 'wounded' yet again

  The family of a Christian convert pastor executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran is grieving after the grave of their loved one was desecrated. 

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  Jan 15, 2020

  Kenya: Al-Shabaab extremists execute 3 Christian teachers in raid on primary school

  Three Christian teachers were murdered Monday morning in Kenya during an attack on a primary school believed to have been carried out by the Somalia-based, Al-Qaeda-linked extremist faction Al-Shabaab. 

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  Jan 14, 2020

  Turkey arrests priest who gave water and bread to Kurdish fighters: report

  An Assyrian priest and two other Assyrian Christians were arrested Friday in Turkey and slapped with terror charges for allegedly offering bread and water to  Kurdish militants who visited his monastery, according to reports.