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The suspected terrorist who appeared to blow himself up outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been named as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen.  Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West have said that they “strongly believe” Al Swealmeen was the passenger who was proclaimed dead at the scene when…

Britain raised its terrorism threat level Monday, hours after an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool, as police named the suspected suicide bomber believed to have made the homemade device before dying in the blast. Interior minister Priti Patel said intelligence officials had increased the threat assessment to “severe” —…

A northern mockingbird perches on a branch. Photo by Patrice Bouchard/Unsplash/Creative Commons (RNS) — It is early morning in the Great Smoky Mountains. Kevin Burrell is half asleep and wrapped tightly in his sleeping bag. Before surrendering his warm cocoon to the chilly morning air, he hears the call of…

Devasahayam Pillai, an 18th-century Hindu convert to Christianity, would be the first Indian layman to be made a saint.  Blessed Devasahayam Pillai, along with six other Blesseds, will be canonised by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, during a Canonization Mass in St Peter's Basilica in Vatican. The declaration was…

As liberalism falters, the vestigial religious practices of post-Christian cultures could become functional parts of Christian politics once again. A European politician, known to cohabit with his girlfriend out of wedlock, triumphantly waves a rosary at a political rally. Another European leader, who presides over a deeply secularized post-Communist society,…

In a year of contentious protests, last summer's gay pride march in Budapest was a relatively tame affair. A sizeable crowd rallied in front of Parliament to protest legislation from Hungary's ruling Fidesz Party that restricts the teaching of gay and lesbian issues in public schools. The inevitable counter-protest was…

In a recent interview with Faithwire, Fox News’ chief religion correspondent Lauren Green explained how the mainstream media today incorrectly portrays religion, including Christianity. Green, who grew up in a Christian home, noted that the Western world promotes that all religions are the same, otherwise known as pluralism. She added…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 21:56 Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 3: A man belonging to Dalit community has been admitted to the Government Medical College hospital here with serious injuries after he was allegedly beaten up his wife's brother,…

JOS, Nigeria, October 1, 2021 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in northern Nigeria agitated over the killing of a woman by a man they believed had converted to Christianity hacked a pastor to death with machetes last week and burned down his home, church and school, sources said.…

The number of Christians in Indonesia, a largely Muslim country, has increased by 1 percent, according to new research. According to data from the Directorate General of the Department of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry of Home Affairs and International Christian Concern, Indonesia now has 20.4 million Protestants…