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Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity
A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the Saudi kingdom.
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Don’t quit, just finish
There is a vast difference, a world of difference, between saying “I quit” and saying “I’m finished.” Here is a case in point. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mexico, the last marathon runner entered Olympic stadium m...
Causes
Saeed Abedini in solitary confinement in Iran; health deteriorating
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service Already badly weakened by months of beatings and torture that have resulted in internal bleeding, American Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen, is facing perhaps ...
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For Mali church leader, liberation of main cities in northern Mali gives relief, anxiety
By Jeremy Reynalds NORTHERN MALI (ANS) – The liberation of the main cities of Northern Mali has created a great sense of relief and joy in the country, but the task of reconstruction and reconciliation is huge. Mali is a ...
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Quarter of a million military ‘biblesticks’ deployed
Faith Comes By Hearing audio Bible ministry initiated its military outreach about five years ago at the request of a handful of active duty Marines and chaplains serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Features
Sudanese refugee graduates college, helps another student, returns home
Dut Aguer Bior was separated from his family as a child in Sudan. When he was six years old, he traveled 1,000 miles to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where he would spend the rest of his adolescence.
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Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani’s attorney sentenced to 9 years in prison
Prominent human rights advocate and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represents imprisoned pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, has reportedly been sentenced to nine years in jail for allegedly "acting against national security" in Iran.
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Pope: Church Ready to Help Cuba Move Away from Communism
Pope Benedict says the Catholic Church is ready to help Cuba move away from communism, saying the Marxist ideology no longer corresponds to reality.
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Pope Benedict Arrives in Mexico
Pope Benedict has arrived in Mexico for a five-day Latin America trip that also will take him to Cuba. Church bells rang out as the papal plane touched Friday down at Guanajuato International Airport
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Pope to find challenges, opportunities in Cuba
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled to touch down in Cuba, a small group of protesters occupied a church in central Havana, asking that a message with their requests be delivered directly to...
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