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Saturday nutpick-a-palooza: A Christian nation full of persecuted Christians
American Family Association director says ‘homofascists’ coming for anti-gay Christians
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eHarmony co-founder fears violent Christians will kill him
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Suspected Islamists kill 10 Christians in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses, witnesses said on Sunday. The attack happened in a village called Chibok, in a remote part of northeastern Borno state, at the heart of an insurgency led by [...]
Graham Says Romney Lost Because Christians Didn’t Vote
The Rev. Franklin Graham claimed in an interview with David Brody that the “majority of Christians” did not vote. Tweet This Post
In Islamist-led Egypt, Coptic Christians name new pope
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, in a sumptuous service on Sunday that Christians hope will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the Middle East's biggest Christian community. Many Christians in Egypt, who make up about a tenth of the population of 83 million, [...]
Christians face arrest, persecution in Iran, U.N. experts say
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300 Christians have been arrested since mid-2010 in Iran where churches operate in a climate of fear and Muslims who convert to Christianity face persecution, United Nations human rights investigators said on Thursday. They welcomed the release earlier this month of Yousof Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor who spent three years [...]
African-American Christians waver over vote
Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first African-American president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race. Tweet [...]
Pope urges Christians to be peacemakers in Middle East
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Sunday urged Christians of the Middle East to work for peace to counter "the grim trail of death and destruction" in the world, in a sermon delivered in Lebanon as civil war raged in neighbouring Syria. Benedict was speaking at an open-air mass on Beirut's Mediterranean seafront attended by [...]
Christians rejoice, frown at Obama gay marriage stance
(Reuters) – Some rejoiced in the U.S. president’s courage. Others predicted hellfire at the polls. One pastor said he would reflect on the matter in prayer. President Barack Obama’s announcement on Wednesday that he supported same-sex marriage stirred impassioned responses at places of worship across the United States, underscoring the risk he took in coming [...]
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