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Pope Francis has called for Oct. 7, the first anniversary of when Hamas attacked Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages in Gaza, as a day marked for prayer and fasting for peace.
Kenya has banned five churches, including one led by a suspected cult leader accused of encouraging more than 400 followers to starve themselves to death, according to a government document released Friday.
A Kenyan suspect who was among the leaders of a Christian sect and alleged to have instigated the deaths of hundreds of his followers by encouraging them to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus has died in police custody following a 10-day hunger strike.
More than 300 bodies have been found in Kenya after a cult pastor encouraged his followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus. The number is anticipated to rise further as authorities plan to conduct more exhumations in the coming days.
A Kenyan man believes his wife and six children are among the more than 100 people who starved themselves to death in a remote forest after the leader of an End Times cult ordered them to fast so they could “meet Jesus,” believing that the world would end in June.
Twenty-one deceased, including children, have been exhumed from a forest outside Kenya’s coastal town of Malindi. All were members of a cult whose leader allegedly ordered them to fast so they could “meet Jesus,” according to police who warn that others might be found dead.
Kenyan police have arrested the leader of a cult group for the death of four followers who starved to death in a forest after he allegedly instructed them to fast to "meet Jesus."
