Category: Religion

A little girl’s inoperable brain tumor is gone and doctors have no explanation. Not long ago, doctors diagnosed Roxli Doss with an inoperable brain tumor, called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG. “It is very rare, but when we see it, it is a devastating disease,” Dr. Virginia Harrod with Dell Children’s Medical Center told KVUE. […]

Li Yingqiang, an elder of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China’s Chengdu metropolis who was among around 100 Christians detained by authorities as part of an ongoing crackdown on believers, wrote to his church before his arrest on ‘How the Church Should Face Persecution’. The Christians including the church’s pastor, Wang Yi, were detained on Sunday. […]

A gunman opened fire in a cathedral in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas, near Sao Paulo, on Tuesday, killing four worshippers before committing suicide as police shot at him, officials said. Paramedics told media the man fired a revolver and a .38-caliber pistol inside the cathedral at 1:00 pm (1500 GMT) as mass was […]

Kneeling in front of riot police, 32 religious leaders and activists were arrested at the US border fence in San Diego on Monday during a protest in support of the Central American migrant caravan. More than 400 demonstrators, many leaders of churches, mosques, synagogues and indigenous communities, called for an end to detention and deportation […]

A historic Durban church is investigating tightening security after being raided by copper thieves for the fourth time in five weeks, causing more than R2m in damage and leaving the interior in ruins. The raids at St Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Umbilo have left rector Father Dane Elsworth in a state of despair. He claims […]

A Catholic priest has been shot and killed in Kenya by a gang that later escaped with the Sunday offerings that he was taking to a bank. Father John Njoroge of Kinoo Parish in Kikuyu, about 25km west of Nairobi, was intercepted by four armed men on two motorbikes as he drove along a road, […]

A historic renovation of the Church of the Nativity is lifting spirits in the biblical town of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas, offering visitors a look at ancient mosaics and columns that have been restored to their original glory for the first time in 600 years. City officials hope the renovation at the traditional birthplace of […]

Members of the Incredible Happenings Ministries led by prophet Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng on Sunday visited Alexandra in Johannesburg, assisting desperate families to rebuild their homes gutted by a devastating fire last week. Thousands of people were left homeless after at least 500 shacks were gutted by a blaze which engulfed the densely populated area on Thursday. […]

Paul Wood experienced a healing that doctors cannot explain. His malignant tumor disappeared after his faith community prayed for him. Paul is a community volunteer in Lodi, California. He delighted in serving his church and spent much of his time helping his community. But a few months ago, Paul experienced a massive headache which made […]

A synagogue in Sea Point has been badly damaged in a fire. Emergency crews responded to the blaze on Tuesday night and no injuries have been reported. A resident explains what she saw: “What was unbelievable was seeing them go into the fire to rescue our religious artefacts, our books, Torahs and all prayer artefacts.”The cause of […]