Trump, Pence and many evangelical leaders mourn Billy Graham at his funeral
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey The Rev. Billy Graham is laid to rest CHARLOTTE — About 2,000 people filled a huge white tent on Friday for a private […]
A preacher to millions took comfort in a local church pastor
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — If Billy Graham was “America’s pastor,” as so many headlines pronounced following his death, who was Billy Graham’s pastor? It […]
Trump-Graham power nexus flows through Franklin
Source: Associated Press By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The preacher and the president, seated side-by-side in the lit-for-television Capitol Rotunda, leaned a few inches closer. The Rev. Franklin Graham […]
Billy Graham Wouldn’t Have Supported Rosa Parks
Source: Huffington Post BY Anthea Butler Evangelical preacher Billy Graham was lain in honor Wednesday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Graham is the first American religious leader to be […]
Rwanda closes ‘700 unsafe, noisy churches’
Source: BBC News About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. […]
This is what the Quran actually says about blasphemy
Source: Independent BY Qasim Rashid Blasphemy laws began in Christian countries, and started appearing in Muslim majority countries after British imperialism. But if we go back to the Quran, we can see […]
Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash February 25 Email the author JERUSALEM — The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre were shuttered Sunday by Christian leaders in the Holy Land amid a […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian convicted of insulting Islam, sought a judicial review of his case on Monday, as several […]
Jerusalem Church Where Jesus Is Said to be Buried Closed After Tax Dispute With Israeli Government
Source: Newsweeklar By Tom Porter Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a […]
Analysis: Divorce, drugs, drinking: Billy Graham’s children and their absent father
Source: The Washington Post BY William Martin Billy Graham and Ruth Bell met at Wheaton College in the fall of 1940. A vivacious and feisty beauty who had grown up […]
Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday, after coming under fire for his […]
Billy Graham, preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99
Source: MSN (Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 […]
Billy Graham: Influential US evangelist dies at 99
Graham became one of the best-known promoters of Christianity, beginning his worldwide mission in large arenas in London in 1954. He died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said. In a 60-year career, he is estimated to have personally preached to […]
Pope Francis wowed the world but, five years on, is in troubled waters
Source: The Guardian BY Catherine Pepinster He entered office on a wave of energy but, as discontent grows over his attitude to abuse scandals, Francis faces opposition on all sides Pope […]
Russian Ban on Jehovah Witnesses: Religious Freedom, Human Rights of the Members or the National Security?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into […]
Muslim boys who insulted Christianity sentenced to memorise verses of Quran that honour Jesus
Source: Independent By Bethan McKernan Unique sentencing from Christian judge in Lebanon, where insulting religion can be punishable by up to three years in prison, praised as message of coexistence The […]
Why did Christianity prevail?
Source: The New York Times By TOM BISSELLFEB. 13, 2018 A woman holding a rosary at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church. CreditSaul Martinez for The New York Times THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY […]
Muslims like me don’t have theological beef with evangelicals. It’s the prejudice against us that’s the problem.
Source: The Washington Post By Ismail Royer February 12 fa(iStock) Last month, my wife and I joined a small group of Muslims and thousands of Christians at the annual March for Life […]
From holograms to Justin Bieber, Anne Frank’s stepsister is using any means to keep the Holocaust’s lessons alive
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein February 8 Email the author Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor herself, sits for an interview at George Mason University on Feb. […]
Catholics Have a Messaging Problem in China
Source: The Atlantic BY CAROLINE KITCHENER Nearly half a century after Mao Tse-Tung banned religion in China, the country is home to an estimated 72 percent of the world’s religiously unaffiliated […]