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Families of detained Chinese Christians cling to faith in legal limbo
2+ week, 4+ day ago (841+ words) Ren Zhong shows a picture of his detained wife Wang Cong, a pastor at Zion Church, during an interview at his house in Beihai on July 29. Published Aug 25, 2026, 11:10 AM Updated Aug 25, 2026, 11:12 AM BEIHAI – Clasping her hands together in prayer, four-year-old…...
Nigeria faith leaders sign peace accord months after Trump remarks
4+ week, 2+ day ago (481+ words) Archbishop Dr John Praise Daniel, chairman of the Northern Christian Religious Leaders, and Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, talk during a high-level meeting titled \"Religion and Building Social Harmony\" at an international conference on diversity and social peace…...
Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea’s blind fortune-tellers
4+ week, 2+ day ago (676+ words) Blind fortune-teller Song Oh-soon speaks at her small practice in the Mia-ri fortune-telling village in Seoul. Published Aug 13, 2026, 10:29 AM SEOUL – Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon’s fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the…...
Christian NGO welcomes release of pastor held in southern China
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) Published Jul 05, 2026, 01:16 PM Updated Jul 05, 2026, 01:21 PM BEIJING, July 5 - ChinaAid, a Christian NGO, said on Sunday it welcomed the release of Zion Church Pastor Jin Mingri, who had been held in detention centres in the southern Chinese city of Beihai since…...
China frees jailed pastor Ezra Jin
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (441+ words) On July 4, rights group ChinaAid said in a statement that pastor Ezra Jin had arrived in Los Angeles after being released from detention in China. Published Jul 05, 2026, 12:36 PM BEIJING – China has released the founder of an underground church who has…...
Excommunications show a Pope Leo unafraid of making firm decisions
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (662+ words) Pope Leo waves after leading the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, June 29, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Published Jul 02, 2026, 10:51 PM VATICAN CITY, July 2 - Pope Leo said during his inaugural Mass last year that he would…...
Sadness and joy as breakaway Catholic group nears schism
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (804+ words) Defying the Vatican, the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X will ordain its own bishops on July 1, despite the risk of being considered schismatic. Published Jun 30, 2026, 11:49 PM Updated Jun 30, 2026, 11:54 PM ECONE, Switzerland – The Society of St Pius X celebrated…...
Pope begins cardinals’ gathering with anti-war message
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (280+ words) Pope Leo XIV is hosting a closed-door assembly of cardinals from around the world at the Vatican. Published Jun 26, 2026, 05:35 PM Updated Jun 26, 2026, 05:55 PM VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV said people should “resolve conflicts as human beings and not as beasts…...
Iran authorities shutter cafe over alleged ‘satanic’ activities: media
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (174+ words) The Iranian authorities have long carried out raids and arrests targeting gatherings or networks accused of promoting “satanism". Published May 31, 2026, 04:37 PM TEHRAN – The Iranian authorities have shut down a cafe in central Tehran over allegations that it promoted “satanic” activities,…...
Every three steps, one bow: More than 7,000 devotees perform Buddhist ceremony to mark Vesak Day
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (667+ words) Published May 31, 2026, 04:45 PM SINGAPORE - Hours before Vesak Day, more than 7,000 Buddhists walked around the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery in Bright Hill Road. Every three steps, they got down on their knees to bow. Monks in saffron robes…...