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(SRN NEWS)- (  )  Some countries are conducting a war on churches.  According to a new report from Global Christian Relief, the government of Rwanda is shutting down churches at a greater rate than any other nation on earth.  About 7,700 of them have been closed over the past two years as the Rwandan government seeks greater restrictions on freedom of religion.  Number two on the GCR list is Mozambique where Muslim radicals […]

(SRN NEWS)- It comes from the Pew Research Center and it examines the faith group that nearly a quarter of the population belongs to.  The study finds that the number of Catholics in the U.S. is declining and that more people are leaving Catholicism for Protestant denominations than the other way around.  Amongst those Americans who convert to the Catholic faith, the most common reason for doing so is that they […]

(SRN NEWS)- The legislature has passed a measure that bars all public colleges and universities from discriminating against student organizations based on their viewpoints.  The bill comes in response to incidents of Christian and conservative campus groups being banned or restricted because of their opposition to such things as abortion and the LGBT lifestyle.  The legislation will also require all college students to take a free speech training course. Brought to you […]

(SRN NEWS)-As part of a settlement with the Trump administration, the healthcare system will stop helping children live as the opposite sex and will pay two million dollars to help people who want to DE-transition, do so.  The administration had been investigating whether the Cleveland Clinic had been fraudulently billing for gender-transition treatments for kids.  The Clinic has also agreed never to perform a sex-change operation or give puberty-blockers to […]

(SRN NEWS)- Despite some of the worst persecution in the world, the underground church there is growing by leaps and bounds.  A new report from International Christian Concern reveals that there are more believers in Iran now than there were before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought with it an unprecedented wave of persecution.  ICC says “Some estimates point to a million or more Iranian converts to Christianity.”  House churches are […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank with the intention to annex the Palestinian territory. The accusation came in a new, 149-page report alleging that the forced displacement of West Bank Palestinians resulted from a concerted state policy, and not just the actions of violent settlers. U.N. data says that over 100 West […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of long-range Ukrainian attacks hit targets deep inside Russia on Wednesday, part of Kyiv’s efforts to raise the costs of the war for the Kremlin by striking energy facilities and military industries. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck several military and energy infrastructure sites, including a military factory that he said supplied components for Russian drones and missiles. In a post on social […]

ALTAY, China (AP) — China is hosting an international conference in Xinjiang to promote economic development efforts in the northwestern region, which has been known as the site of mass detentions of ethnic minorities. The International Conference for Trans-Altai Subregional Cooperation being held Wednesday in the city of Altay includes officials from Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia and other nations who are there to discuss trade and economic cooperation in the landlocked […]

When the first World Cup match in the U.S. kicks off, most eyes will be on the host country’s home team. But for the small community of Paraguayans living in the U.S., it’s a moment in the spotlight for their own treasured team, returning to the tournament after a 16-year absence. Paraguayan fans across the United States have been planning barbecues and get-togethers to watch the team’s group stage matches. […]