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Two Syrian bishops have been kidnapped in the northern province of Aleppo. It’s not clear who is responsible. Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi are said to have been seized as they were carrying out humanitarian work. Muslim clerics have been…
Previous Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and other popes before never had an open discussion of changing the priestly celibacy rule. Will Pope Francis finally open up and make celibacy debate part of his papacy rule? In a book…
The Saddleback Valley Community Church announced on Saturday that Pastor Rick and Kay Warren’s youngest son, Matthew, has committed suicide after the 27-year-old’s long struggle with mental illness. In a statement, the evangelical megachurch remembered the son as “an incredibly…
For the first time in 183 years after the founding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a woman led a public prayer at the worldwide Mormons General Conference on Saturday. The 2-minute historic prayer was given by…
A controversial Jesus portrait will no longer be on display at Jackson Ohio High School. The Freedom from Religion Group says late Tuesday afternoon the Jackson County School District agreed to take down the painting from the school. That decision…
On The 700 Club this morning, evangelist Pat Robertson offered up his rationale for why “miracles” seem to happen more often in Africa than in the United States: Because us “sophisticated” Westerners have been tainted by “secularism” while the “simple”…
Here is the official English translation of Pope Francis’ Easter Sunday message, delivered in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican. ___ Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy Easter!…
Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the company of more than 250,000 faithfuls at the St. Peter’s Square in Vatican. There were hopeful words from Pope Francis in his homily, speaking of hopes for peace in…
Ruben Enaje, the “Kristo” of Barangay San Pedro Cutud in San Fernando, Pampanga Philippines, was crucified for the 27th time this year. On Good Friday, the 52-year-old Filipino, was crucified with two others. Devotees think that their sins will be…
It is almost Good Friday 2013. Many are asking if they can do banking on that day. So are banks open on Good Friday? Is Good Friday a federal holiday? Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the death of…