Sunken Russian ship may have carried piece of True Cross
A piece of the True Cross may now be at the bottom of the Black Sea. The piece may have been on board the Moskva missile cruiser, the Russian warship that sank last week after …
Pope at Easter: Strive toward peace
In an Easter message, Pope Francis implored world leaders to strive toward peace. The address was delivered for the first time to live viewers since the start of the pandemic. Almost 100,000 people were present, …
Christians speak out after death of Nigerian singer
Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu died Friday in what was initially reported as throat cancer. Her family, however, has denied she had cancer, and police later arrested her husband Peter Nwachukwu for spousal abuse and …
Auschwitz Museum, others denounce ‘Striped Pyjamas’ sequel
“The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is set to get a sequel, and some — including the Auschwitz Museum — are saying that it shouldn’t be published. That’s in part because the popular novel about …
Canadian church hosts assisted suicide ceremony
Churchill Park United Church has been recognised as the first church in the Canadian state of Manitoba to organize an assisted suicide ceremony. Situated in Winnipeg, the church recently hosted the ceremony for an 86-year-old …
Church leader in China won’t stop preaching the Gospel
A church leader in China — who for security purposes is known only by the name Gianni — has openly proclaimed that he is not afraid of the Chinese government and will keep on spreading …
Woman poisons husband after he converts to Christianity
The wife of a 56-year-old man in eastern Uganda has allegedly poisoned him after he converted to Christianity. Hiire Sadiki’s wife added rat poison to his food after he refused to observe the Islamic month …
Judge upholds waiting period for abortions
Florida’s law requiring a 24-hour “waiting period” for abortions has been upheld in the latest ruling of a seven-year legal dispute. Brenden Farrington of AP News writes that this ruling comes when many states have …
Op-ed: Catholic Republican to Catholic Democrat, which is more pro-life?
Today I did something I thought I would never do. I officially changed my party affiliation to Democrat by voting in my first Democratic primary. When I did, I was asked, “Julie, how can you …
Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives as key witness
Human rights activists hope that Ovalbek Turdakun, a Chinese national who was recently released from a detention camp in Xinjiang, will serve as a witness against alleged atrocities in the province of Xinjiang against the …