Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 6, 2025

  Archbishop blasts UN, member states for turning blind eye to Christian persecution

  Christians are being violently persecuted across the globe while world governments and international bodies continue to ignore the crisis, said a top Vatican diplomat, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, accusing the U.N. and its member states of failing to respond to what he described as the world’s most severe and widespread religious persecution.

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  Oct 6, 2025

  UK lawmaker demands reinstatement of nurse suspended for ‘misgendering’ convicted pedophile

  A U.K. member of Parliament has called for the reinstatement of a nurse who was suspended for correctly using male pronouns for a convicted pedophile. The case involves allegations of religious discrimination, racial abuse and institutional bias within the National Health Service.

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  Oct 4, 2025

  Pastor says woman who set fire to church, sent death threats 'possessed by demon'

  A woman has been arrested after a church in Austell, Georgia, was burned, and officials say she sent messages threatening to kill the pastor and his wife. She now faces multiple felony charges, including arson and making terroristic threats.

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  Oct 4, 2025

  ISIS in Mozambique documents beheading, shooting Christians, burning churches; over 30 beheaded: report

  Over 30 Christians were beheaded in a series of recent attacks in northern Mozambique by Islamic State-affiliated terrorists who also released graphic photographs showing executions, shootings and widespread arson. The group targeted multiple villages across Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, setting fire to churches and homes in a campaign of violence against civilians.

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  Oct 2, 2025

  After 72 killed in earthquake, Philippines faces threat from Paolo

  Even as the death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to 72 in the central Philippines, rescue efforts began winding down with a storm approaching the Southeast Asian archipelago. Tropical Storm Paolo, which formed early Thursday, is expected to make landfall in the coming days.

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  Sep 29, 2025

  Death toll in LDS church attack rises to 4; suspect had Trump sign outside his home

  The death toll from Sunday's Mormon church shooting in Michigan has risen to four, as authorities have found two more bodies and described the suspected gunman as a Marine Corps veteran and a married father of one.

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  Sep 29, 2025

  Pastor extinguishes fire set by woman who left ‘gift’ of vulgar threat, Bible verse before Charlie Kirk vigil

  A pastor in Texas spotted and extinguished a fire set against the outer wall of a church shortly after a woman entered the building and left a gift bag ahead of a vigil for conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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  Sep 27, 2025

  Revised blasphemy laws to go into effect in Indonesia

  Indonesia’s revised criminal code will take effect in three months, expanding its blasphemy laws from one to six articles and introducing new clauses that critics say are vague and open to abuse. The changes will apply to both citizens and foreigners.

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  Sep 27, 2025

  China sentences Christian woman hailed as COVID whistleblower to 4 more years in prison

  A Chinese Christian woman known internationally for documenting the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan has been sentenced to four more years in prison. She was convicted of the same offense for which she previously served a four-year term.

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  Sep 23, 2025

  What's driving pastors to quit early?

  A new study has identified the specific conditions under which Protestant pastors are more likely to leave ministry.