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Indian PM's Independence Day address leaves Christians 'disappointed', as targeted attacks continue
The Tablet
Yet Christians have said the Prime Minister failed to denounce the targeted sectarian violence that minority Christians and Muslims have been subjected to under under Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party, known for espousing a Hindu nationalist ...

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Christians must stand against racial intolerance: Bishop Sean Rowe
GoErie.com
We have been conditioned to fear terrorists from other countries who speak different languages and practice different religions, but these violent, hateful extremists were mostly young white men, and mostly Christian. Those of us who are Christians ...
Whoopi Goldberg Has No Idea What She's Talking AboutThe Federalist

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Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Honor St. Ivan Rilski
Novinite.com
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Honor St. Ivan Rilski St. Ivan Rilski's followers founded the Rila Monastery (in the picture) as well as many churches in his honor. Photo by BGNES. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Friday, August 18, the ...

Various Christian Threats, Deciphered and Decoded.
Patheos (blog)
Threats are a constant and deeply-woven part of Christian culture. Even the really nice parts of the religion use them in implicit form. That's why we often talk around here about Christians' use of threats. They make promises as well, promises that ...

Why do Christians hesitate to rise up on anti-Christian persecution?
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
In general, when communities experience hatred or persecution, enlightened people want them to speak out, knowing we need them to hold our feet to the fire. So why do some Christians hesitate to do precisely that about the global pattern of anti ...

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Christians have been a blessing to Jharkhand, Raghubar Das Ji
National Herald
“They are as mute and simple as a cow. These innocent and illiterate Dalits and Vanvasis whose poverty you are milking and are making them Christians; they do not become Christians because of Jesus but because of 'rice' that is for their stomach.” ...

Curry talks Christian persecution at Jewish Temple
Mission Network News
Curry hopes this breakfast is one of the many catalysts in getting Christians and others involved in both understanding what persecution is and how to help. Religious persecution is essentially the denied freedom of conscience — the ability to live in ...

Is it Biblical for Christians to Get Tattoos?
Beliefnet
Some Christians condemn all tattooing as immoral because God clearly forbids them in Leviticus 19:28. The Old Testament law commanded the Israelites, “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19 ...

Letter: Calling all fake Christians
The Gleaner
Calling all fake-Christians! What does it take for all you racist, Trump loving, Bible-thumping frauds to admit you and your fake-preachers and right-wing churches are just as pathetically vial and evil as the one you put into office last November. He ...

Behavior of Trump, many Christians would 'frighten Jesus,' writes Central Pa. pastor
York Daily Record/Sunday News
The problem, Anthony says, is that many fellow Christians get so focused on proclaiming truth, they forget to do so in love. They "are so focused on winning arguments that they win the battle and we're losing the war," said Anthony. That war is for ...

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US decries IS 'genocide' of Christians, others
Sharonherald
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration denounced the Islamic State group on Tuesday for carrying out “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities in areas under its control. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the group is ...
US Religious Freedom report: These top 5 American allies are criticised for persecutionChristianToday

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Christian ethicists: Racism, white supremacy are 'a Christian problem'
National Catholic Reporter
In 1934, a group of Christians in Nazi Germany signed their names to the "Barmen Declaration," a statement opposing Nazi ideology as antithetical to the Gospel. Eighty years later, Christians in the United States feel the need to do the same thing ...

White Evangelicals Oppose Calls to Impeach Trump
ChristianityToday.com
Back in May, Christians were also less likely than other faiths to believe Congress should take steps toward removing Trump from office, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll. More than half of all Christians, including 58 percent of Protestants ...

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American Cyrus: How Desperate Christians Anointed Trump
HuffPost
His announcement that Trump was God's instrument was an instant hit with Trump-leaning Christians (and a handful of orthodox Jews) who were nonetheless uncomfortable with the candidate's sordid history of sexual groping, mockery of the disabled, fetish ...

Hungary Fights Persecution of Christians
Church Militant
BUDAPEST (ChurchMilitant.com) - Catholic Hungary is making good on plans to become a leading advocate for persecuted Christians. Over the past few days, the central European nation has made headlines for intervening to save a former Muslim from ...

North Korea launches purge against Christians as faith spreads across country
Catholic Online
Christians in North Korea are facing extreme persecution as a purge against believers has started. A new report by the US government says that Christians are being specially targeted. They are being rounded up, tortured, imprisoned, and even executed.
Defector: Christianity Thrives in North Korea as Citizens 'No Longer Respect' Kim Jong-UnBreitbart News
Defector: 'Church is growing', as new report highlights plight of Christianity in North KoreaPremier
Christian church growing in North Korea despite strong persecutionThe Christian Institute
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For white Christians, non-racism is not enough
America Magazine
Non-racism allows white Christians to acknowledge racism is a sin while continuing to reap the benefits of white supremacy. Tweet this. The racism of many personal interactions and microaggressions is real. Racism, however, is not primarily a personal ...
The Christian Response To Charlottesville Has Been Timid, And Here's WhyBustle
A Christian response to CharlottesvilleMission Network News
Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton Says White Christians Must Repent of Racism 'Tragically Intertwined with ...Gospel Herald
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Some Christians see God's plan for white supremacy in Confederate statues
News & Observer
Those who bothered to glance at the Confederate memorial that stood until Monday outside the old county courthouse in Durham may have seen its boy who wore the gray as a quaint relic of an Old South. To white supremacists, the monument and hundreds ...

Syriac patriarch says West has 'betrayed' Middle East Christians
Catholic Herald Online
The West has failed to do enough to protect Christian minorities in the Middle East, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch has said. “I can tell you, we've been not only abandoned by the Western countries, but even we have been betrayed,” Patriarch Ignace ...

Being an American Christian after Charlottesville
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
If we dare to call ourselves Christians, if we dare to follow Christ, then we must follow the God who empties himself, and empty ourselves as well. If we dare to call ourselves Christians, then we can no longer be a people concerned with our own power ...
Christians Must Stand Against Racism and with ChristCatholic Citizens of Illinois (press release)

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US Decries ISIS 'Genocide' of Christians, Other Groups
NBCNews.com
The Trump administration denounced the Islamic State group on Tuesday for carrying out "genocide" against Christians and other religious minorities in areas under its control. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the group is "clearly responsible for ...
ISIS guilty of 'genocide' against Christians, religious minorities: US reportWashington Times
Genocide of Christians continues in Middle East, says new US reportCatholic News Service
State Department's Unusually Short Religious Freedom Update: ISIS Is BadChristianityToday.com
The Christian Times
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'They use ​money to promote Christianity': Nepal's battle for souls
The Guardian
More than a million people in Nepal identify as Christians, and the country has one of the fastest growing Christian populations in the world. The Federation of National Christian Nepal says 65% of Christians are Dalits. Nepal, formerly the only Hindu ...