Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 13, 2025

  Trump State Dept. demands China release detained underground church pastor, father of US citizens

  The Trump administration has called for the immediate release of an underground church pastor detained in China whose children are American citizens. The State Department’s demand follows a sweeping crackdown by Chinese authorities on unregistered religious groups.

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  Oct 12, 2025

  Nigerian Anglican communion opposes leftward drift of CoF with election of Sarah Mullally

  The Church of Nigeria has publicly rejected the election of a woman as the new archbishop of Canterbury, saying it marks a deeper shift by the Church of England away from biblical teaching.

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  Oct 12, 2025

  Pastor falsely imprisoned 13 years dies 3 days after acquittal on blasphemy charge

  Zafar Bhatti, a Christian pastor in Pakistan who spent 13 years in prison on a false blasphemy conviction, died of cardiac arrest just three days after his acquittal. He had returned home after being cleared by a high court, but collapsed before his family could make arrangements for medical care.

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  Oct 8, 2025

  Thousands of churches expected to close in UK over next 5 years: study

  Thousands of churches across the United Kingdom are at risk of shutting down over the next five years, according to a new survey. The findings point to a continuing decline in church viability driven by financial strain, location and denominational pressures.

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  Oct 6, 2025

  ‘Open morgue’: Christian groups call for safe passage of civilians trapped in Sudan’s North Darfur

  At least 260,000 civilians remain trapped in Sudan’s El Fasher city, the last government stronghold in Darfur, amid reports of indiscriminate shelling, mass killings and the occupation of churches by fighters. Christian groups are calling for the immediate creation of evacuation corridors and safe passage for those surrounded by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.

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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.