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Firefighters responded to a call at the First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts, after the church had been struck by lightning. Soon, the 160-year-old building burst into flame. “It was small at first, and then the whole thing was engulfed. It’s really sad,” said Samantha Holmes. John Mutlick, another bystander who witnessed the fire, called it a…

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Harrison Butker, kicker for Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs, made a statement with his choice of wardrobe at the team’s White House visit earlier this month. The team was celebrating their February Super Bowl win at the White House and posed for pictures with President Joe Biden. Butker can be seen in the background…

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In just two weeks, 27 children have gone missing in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking major concern from police chief John Majoy, saying this is something he has never seen in his 33-year career. Not only is he the Newburgh Heights police chief, Majoy also serves as the board president of Cleveland Missing, which is a nonprofit…

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A new study by Communio shows that a growing number of Christian singles struggle with loneliness and that they are delaying things like marriage and starting a family. The study was conducted through a nationwide survey of 19,000 Sunday church attendees from 112 congregations of evangelical, Protestant, and Catholic backgrounds. The Communio Nationwide Study on Faith…

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The body of a 16-year-old Georgia teen was recently found after the teen was reported missing from a church camp he attended on Jekyll Island. The Brunswick News reported that Connor Mathis was found in the water at the island’s south end after an almost 20-hour search with hundreds of volunteers and multiple law enforcement…

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The Carter Center recently announced that Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady of the United States, has dementia. The Center’s announcement reads, “The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains…

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A Missouri nun who died in 2019 has become a central point for some faithful after her body was recently exhumed, and her remains are reportedly mostly intact. According to CBS News, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died at 95, was exhumed last month, almost four years after she died in 2019, and her body was…

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A new poll shows that fewer Americans are sure of the existence of God than ever before. The poll, released by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, is part of NORC’s General Social Survey (GSS), which has tracked societal trends and changes in the US since 1972. The survey was conducted through…

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The Dodgers continue to be embroiled in controversy as they have reinstated an event to honor drag queens. Initially, the Dodgers uninvited the group Sister of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), a group of drag queens dressed as nuns, when they received backlash. However, they have since reinvited the group and apologized to the drag performers. Dodgers…

North Korean officials sentenced a two-year-old and his entire family to live in a political prison. The finding comes from a report on religious persecution in North Korea, where over 70,000 Christians and members of other faiths are currently imprisoned. António Guterres, the United Nation’s Secretary General, blasted the finding. “The right to freedom of thought,…
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