2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (308+ words) (Worthy News) " A new anti-conversion law in India's Chhattisgarh state is drawing sharp criticism from Christian leaders and human rights advocates, who warn it could intensify persecution against religious minorities. Governor Ramen Deka signed the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill…...

20+ min ago  (526+ words) CEBU CITY, Philippines " Christians around the world remembered on Thursday, April 16, the 99th natal day of the late Pope Benedict XVI. Catholics in Cebu and the rest of the Visayas honor the late German pontiff for his canonization of Pedro Calungsod, the…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (944+ words) Hello, everyone, I'm Christina Darnell, the managing editor of Ministry Watch. Welcome to the Ministry Watch podcast. In today's extra episode, I talk with Warren Smith about some news items that are slightly (even significantly) outside of our normal charity…...

49+ min ago  (889+ words) Congregants hold their candles during the service. Candlelight illuminates a missalette read during the baptism. Thuli Shamsud-Din (29) gets baptized in the Reflecting Pool of the Chapel of St. Ignatius. Two hands hover over candlelight. "I thought it was just kind…...

27+ min ago  (1908+ words) Yeah. I'm for it. I'm for it. The Bible." But in the space of one week, Donald Trump, the same famously irreligious Donald Trump, has weighed in in pretty specific ways on matters of faith and theology and religion publicly…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago  (684+ words) World Bank Blogs Growth, jobs, and poverty reduction: Lessons from Paraguay In the last 20 years, poverty in Paraguay has plummeted from over 50 percent to only 16 percent in 2025. In just two decades, a third of the population has escaped poverty, with…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago  (648+ words) Originally built in the late 1800s, Woods House has existed in many forms throughout its long history. First, as a home located in Quakertown, an old freedman's community. Then, after residents of Quakertown were forced to relocate to the Southeast Denton…...

11+ min ago  (268+ words) April 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Is it really feasible to build a final disposal site on Japan's easternmost island for radioactive waste generated at nuclear power stations? The question demands objective, multifaceted scrutiny. The Tokyo village of Ogasawara has agreed to allow…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (717+ words) FILE - A man walks out from a pavilion near the Xishiku Catholic Church during a rainy day in Beijing, May 9, 2025. FILE - Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug....

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (659+ words) The detailed report from Human Rights Watch said the heightened pressure was part of a decade-old campaign to ensure that religious denominations and independent churches are loyal to the officially atheist Communist Party. China's Catholics have been divided between an…...