At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with […]
There are a number of factors that have heightened religious tensions in Nigeria, the world’s scariest country in which to be a Christian
Elands Bay’s queer folk were determined to find a home in the town’s conservative churches
Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn
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Church broke environmental law by going ahead with illegal construction.
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