Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 2, 2017

  Church Choirboys Enhance Vocal Abilities to Compete for Girls' Attention: Study Claims

  Boys singing in a church choir begin to compete for attention when teenage girls are in the audience, new research shows. The research was conducted in Germany with members of the St. Thomas Choir.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  ISIS Sex Slave Survivors Return Home, Reveal Multiple Abortions

  Islamic State fighters have fled their de-facto capital of Raqqa in Syria, leaving behind their sex slaves, who are now returning home. Two of them, both in their teens, spoke to media about their plight that lasted nearly three years.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  'I Had No Fear of Death,' Says Indian Priest Held Captive by Terrorists as He Returns to India

  "I had no fear of death," said Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was held hostage by Islamist extremists for over 18 months in Yemen, as he arrived in New Delhi over the weekend. Three dozen fellow Salesian priests from across the country welcomed his homecoming.

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  Oct 1, 2017

  UK Church Appoints Nonbinary Transgender Man as Associate Pastor

  A church in Britain has appointed a transgender man, who says he is neither exclusively male nor female, as a new associate pastor.

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  Oct 1, 2017

  Suicide Remains a Taboo Topic in America's Churches: LifeWay

  A third of churchgoers have lost a family member or a close acquaintance to suicide and the majority of Protestant senior pastors believe their church is equipped to assist someone who is threatening suicide, yet few choose to seek help from the church before taking their own lives, a new study by LifeWay Research has found.

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  Oct 1, 2017

  Trump Criticizes San Juan Mayor Over 'Poor Leadership' in Puerto Rico Recovery

  President Donald Trump took to Twitter to slam the mayor of San Juan and leaders of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying they "want everything to be done for them" and lack community effort.

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  Sep 30, 2017

  Librarian Who Rejected Melania Trump's 'Racist' Dr. Seuss Books Once Dressed as 'Cat in the Hat'

  A Massachusetts school librarian, who criticized first lady Melania Trump for giving Dr. Seuss books to schools alleging they carried a "racist propaganda," once wore the character's signature red-and-white hat and matching stockings as she cradled a Cat in the Hat doll.

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  Sep 30, 2017

  Anglican Church Faces Sanctions After Hosting First Same-Sex Wedding

  The Anglican Communion will take action against the Scottish Episcopal Church on Monday for hosting a same-sex church wedding, the first ever by a mainstream denomination in the U.K.

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  Sep 26, 2017

  Pope Francis Is Leading the Church Into Heresy, Catholic Scholars Say in Letter of Rebuke to Vatican

  Over 60 conservative Catholic clergy and scholars have written a 25-page letter to Pope Francis, charging that he has upheld and propagated heretical opinions "directly or indirectly" on marriage, morality and the sacrament of the Holy Communion.

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  Sep 24, 2017

  Bible Scholar Claims Apostle Paul Never Said 'Women Should Remain Silent in Church'

  A U.S. academic has claimed in a study that the verse in 1 Corinthians that says women need to remain silent in church, which is often offered as a basis for restriction on women's ordination as ministers, was not written by the Apostle Paul but added to the book later.