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Indiana Jones may have been right as archaeologists uncovered 12 skeletal remains and a “Holy Grail” chalice in Petra, Jordan. The discovery was made in underground chambers in the Khaznah, which means, “The Treasury,” a site that was filmed in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” where the titular adventurer goes in search of the…

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A new Italian study on the Shroud of Turin has revealed that the dark stains on the shroud, attributed to being blood stains from the body of Christ, have a pattern consistent with the types of injuries Jesus sustained as described in the Bible. Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurements at the…

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Rev. Canon Vaughan Roberts spoke at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, South Korea and encouraged his audience to push back against the tenets of the sexual revolution and rather focus on a “Christ Revolution.” Roberts, who is from Oxford, reflected on how the once “countercultural” messaging of the sexual revolution has become…

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The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declared Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has approved devotion at the site to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The site became popular in 1981 after a series of sightings of Mary were reported. The first sighting was recorded June 24, 1981, when Mary reportedly appeared…

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Alexandra Osteen has a name that is instantly recognizable in both the Christian and secular worlds. The 25-year-old daughter of mega church pastor Joel Osteen and his wife, Victoria, Alexandra is finding her own way in the world of faith dominated by her father’s image, leading worship for her father’s Houston-based Lakewood Church, as well…

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