Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Archaeologists find rare 2,000-year-old ‘Balm of Gilead’ gemstone seal near Western Wall

  Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered in eastern Jerusalem a 2,000-year-old precious gem an engraving that depicts the Balm of Gilead, a rare perfume used medicinally and which was mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Catholic Church census reveals growth in Asia and Africa, decline in Europe

  An annual census by the Vatican news agency, Fides, shows that the number of Catholics has increased in Africa, the Americas and Asia but gone down in Europe.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  17 Coptic Christians go missing in Libya, fears rise over possible abduction by terrorists

  At least 17 Egyptian Coptic Christians have gone missing in Libya, and it's feared an armed group might have abducted them in the north African country where 21 Coptic Christians were beheaded by ISIS in 2015.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Father gets 11 years in prison for drowning daughter in church baptismal pool

  A judge in northern California has sentenced a man to 11 years in prison for drowning his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church while high on methamphetamine.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  Biden State Dept. increases number of Americans left behind in Afghanistan

  The Biden administration, which had been saying for weeks that the number of Americans still left behind in Afghanistan and urgently want to be evacuated was about 100, has now increased the number to about 200.

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  Oct 24, 2021

  India: Human rights groups document over 300 acts of Christian persecution in 2021

  Human rights groups in India say they have documented over 300 incidents of Christian persecution in just the first nine months of 2021, warning that this year might be the worst in terms of the number of such incidents in the country’s history.

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  Oct 23, 2021

  Archbishop Justin Welby, former PM Gordon Brown warn against legalizing assisted suicide

  The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the U.K.’s former Prime Minister Gordon Brown have warned that a proposed law to allow assisted suicide would “undermine the sanctity of life” and could pressure the frail and vulnerable to end their lives.

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  Oct 23, 2021

  Maryland pastor facing federal charges for arranging 60 fraudulent marriages in citizenship scheme

  A Maryland pastor was indicted this week for allegedly arranging fraudulent marriages of foreign nationals with American citizens to give them permanent residence in the United States in exchange for thousands of dollars, the Department of Justice says.

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  Oct 23, 2021

  Apple takes down Bible app in China to appease communist regime

  Apple has removed a popular Bible app and a Quran app in China after the communist country’s regime deemed that the apps violated local laws on hosting religious texts.

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  Oct 19, 2021

  7 pastors arrested in India on false charges of forced conversions

  Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh arrested seven pastors at a prayer meeting under the state’s “anti-conversion” law, which Christians have accused Hindu nationalists of using as a tool to persecute them.