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Los Angeles, California — Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins recently opened up about a moment of clarity nearly 50 years ago that led him to sobriety and reshaped his understanding of faith, an experience he now attributes to God. In an interview with The New York Times ahead of the release
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Blanchester, Ohio — Silas Shelton, a Southern Baptist pastor at Blanchester Community Ministries in Blanchester, Ohio, has been indicted on 11 charges including rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, and two counts of arson. Shelton, 48, was arrested in October on multiple felony charges. The
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Huntsville, Alabama — Adrian Davis, a former pastor of a now-defunct campus of a megachurch in Alabama, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of diverting over $400,000 from church funds. Prosecutors allege the money was spent on luxury purchases, vehicles, personal debt and mortgage payments. Davis was the lead
Latin America
Christian Relief Organizations Deploy Massive Aid Operation as Hurricane Melissa Devastates Jamaica THE NEWS Kingston, Jamaica — Multiple Christian charity organizations are gearing up to deploy resources to Jamaica as the Caribbean island country faces the wrath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that made landfall on Tuesday with winds
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Pomona, California — Independent filmmaker Dan Brown Jr. was arrested, handcuffed, and had his cameras confiscated by police on October 17, 2025, while filming a documentary outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Pomona, California. Brown, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked on documentaries including "Walking While Black" and
Protestant News
Brussels — Members of the European Parliament have submitted a parliamentary question (E-003845/2025) demanding answers from EU leadership about the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, asking what measures are being taken to strengthen protection of vulnerable Christian communities and promote religious freedom in the country. The parliamentary question notes
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Vatican City — The Vatican Apostolic Library has provided a dedicated prayer room equipped with a Muslim prayer carpet for visiting Islamic scholars, according to Father Giacomo Cardinali, Vice-Prefect of the library, who confirmed the arrangement in an October 8, 2025 interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica. "Of course, some
Orthodox News
Seoul, South Korea — Evangelicalism is growing around the world but nowhere more so than in Africa where the increase has been "explosive," researcher Jason Mandryk told the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) at its World General Assembly in Seoul this week. Mandryk, a Christian researcher with Operation World, reported
Europe
Vatican City — Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign trip as pope next month, the Vatican announced on October 7, 2025. The trip will also take him to Turkey to mark an important
Catholic News
United States — A YouTube channel calling itself "JOHN MACARTHUR WORLD" drew hundreds of thousands of views in April 2025 by producing videos presented as teachings from Pastor John MacArthur, but the content was generated using artificial intelligence to imitate his voice and likeness. The channel was not affiliated
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Niamey, Niger — Kevin Rideout, a 48-year-old American Christian missionary pilot, was abducted from his home in Niamey, Niger's capital, on the night of October 22, 2025. Three gunmen raided Rideout's home compound, located approximately 100 yards from Niger's Presidential Palace. Rideout had lived in
Catholic News
Washington, D.C. — On October 27, 2025, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) marked International Religious Freedom Day with a joint statement from Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace, and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, chairman of the USCCB&