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1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) drawing his sword while engaged in a battle against natives. Leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, Magellan left Seville in 1519 and sailed through the strait named after him to (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) By Gus Vibal March 08,…

The Shepherd Superintendent of the Household of God Church, Rev. Chris Okotie, has described the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria as a parochial religious group.  Okotie said this while reacting to the election of the PFN in which Bishop Wale Oke of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries emerged as the…

It was among the most jarring scenes of the Capitol invasion, on January 6th. As rioters milled about on the Senate floor, a long-haired man in a red ski cap bellowed, from the dais, “Jesus Christ, we invoke your name!” A man to his right––the so-called QAnon Shaman, wearing a…

Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star) - March 4, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis will lead the Filipino community in Italy in celebrating 500 years since the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced yesterday. In an article, the CBCP…

Home News (Image credit: FrankyDeMeyer via Getty Images) Followers of Jesus span the globe. But the global body of more than 2 billion Christians is separated into thousands of denominations. Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist — the list goes on. Estimations show there are more than 200 Christian denominations…

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Poland is taking a stand against the Big Tech conglomerate, proposing whopping fines for platforms that censor or remove posts for ideological reasons, according to the country’s Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta.  In a Fox News interview, Kaleta said social media companies have been targeting Christianity, conservatives and traditional…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has said the body does not get involved in the personal battles of its members. The body spoke with SaharaReporters on Monday while reacting to the allegations of sexual misconduct against the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman. A former pastor…

At the heart of the tension was the so-called Rites Controversy. Jesuits, following Matteo Ricci, accepted Confucian rituals as secular, civic functions, an interpretation that enabled converts to continue venerating their ancestors. This policy fueled Jesuit successes, including roles as imperial advisers and tutors. Other orders, though — Dominicans especially…

Bluefield, W.Va. If you’re Christian in Bluefield – and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains – you have your choice. You can follow Pastor Doyle Bradford of Father’s House International Church, who has forcefully backed former President Donald Trump – doubting Mr. Trump’s…