Two large groups of the U.S. military’s chaplains say they will perform no same-sex weddings. “A coalition representing more than 2,000 Evangelical Christian military chaplains says its members will not perform homosexual ceremonies,” reports Jeremy Kryn of LifeSiteNews. “The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty announced October 5 that it is joining the Catholic Archdiocese for…

Villages around Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear, reports Chris Roberts with the BBC, as witchdoctors are being blamed for the surge in popularity of a traditional ritual said to bring wealth and good health — child sacrifice. Schoolchildren are being closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school.…

The fate of Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian pastor condemned to death for refusing to convert to Islam, awaits a decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nadarkhani was first arrested in 2009 and then sentenced to death in 2010. The case has risen as high as Iran’s supreme court. But, as international attention and pressure increases,…

Saudi Arabia’s religious police have arrested a South American soccer star in a shopping mall in the Saudi capital for failing to cover up his tattoo of Jesus. Juan Pablo Pino, 24, who plays for the An-Nasr professional team was wearing a sleeveless shirt while walking with his young pregnant wife in a shopping mall…

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