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The Muslim terrorist group ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a third beheading video, this time executing a British aid worker who had been providing humanitarian assistance in Syria. The video, which was labeled “a message to the allies of America,” begins with footage of UK […]
Once hardline Protestant leader, Rev Ian Paisley, who later in his life opted for an alliance with bitter Catholic rivals helping to bring Northern Ireland peace, died Friday at the age of 88, his family said. “My beloved husband, Ian, entered his eternal rest this morning,” a statement announcing his […]
Originally published in Ecumenical News Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishops from around the world, meeting in Lviv for their annual Holy Synod, have appealed to the international community to help restore peace in Ukraine. “Ukraine is flowing with blood!” the bishops began, noting the “direct military intervention” in Ukraine by Russia, Vatican Radio reported […]
Originally published in NPR.org In Berlin, thousands of people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate on Sunday to demonstrate against a wave of harassment and attacks against Jews in Germany. Many blame the rising anti-Semitism there and across Europe on tensions over the Gaza conflict. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who attended the […]
Originally published in Aleteia The watchdog group International Christian Concern (ICC) said in a press release that nationalist groups have been directing hate speech toward Christians and leading attacks on pastors and churches in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Believers are reportedly worried that radical Hindu nationalism and persecution […]
Originally published in Persecution.org The appeal in the Lahore High Court, of Pakistani Christian mother, Asia Bibi, who had been sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, was postponed once again until October 16, 2014 but this time at the request of Bibi’s husband. This will be the seventh time the […]
Originally published in Life Site News Almost 900 medical professionals have now signed the Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health, launched in 2012 to declare that abortion is not needed to save women’s lives. Unveiled at the International Symposium on Maternal Healthcare in Dublin, Ireland, the Declaration states: “As experienced practitioners and researchers […]
Americans remember 9/11 victims Originally published in Charisma News Genelle Guzman-McMillian was the last person pulled from the rubble of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 13 years ago. She said God has given her a miraculous second chance, which she is using to remind others that life is not […]
Originally published in Christian News Network In his speech to the nation on Wednesday night, Barack Obama vowed to eradicate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while claiming that the group does not represent Islam. “Now […]
Originally published in BBC News Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian hardline Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham, has been killed with other top commanders by a bomb blast. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a meeting in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan, activists say. Ahrar al-Sham […]