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A viral photo of a Christ-like figure with a crown was captured in Argentina has taken the internet by storm this week. Monica Aramayo, the amateur photographer from Argentina, captured the stunning image in the clouds over San Salvador de Jujuy. She used a smartphone to take the photo. Some have said it looked a…

Communist North Korea will soon get hit with a massive new radio signal carrying the message of Christ’s love, CBN News reports. “It’s an AM station, 250,000 watts, which will clearly cover North Korea,” said Ed Cannon, president of Fart East Broadcasting Company. FEBC has been using radio signals for over 75 years to share…

The persecution of Christians in parts of the world is at near “genocide” levels, according to a report ordered by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The British government commissioned Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen to lead a review of persecution of Christians and to recommend how the U.K. Foreign Office should respond to it. The crisis…

Henan, China’s third largest province, is no stranger to violence from police. This month, a Protestant church in Henan fell victim to demolition and the authorities’ religious persecution. It was reduced to ruins in just over ten minutes. The next day, the debries were completley cleaned up and there was no trace of the church…

A group of Bible scholars from the Doubting Thomas Research Foundation (DTRF) believe they have discovered the route Moses took when he led the Israelites out of slavery from Egypt and to the Promised Land and they have proof! In an interview with Daily Star Online, they scholars shared that they found evidence that traced…

It is hard to imagine an archaeological discovery coming out of Israel that is not exciting. Some, however, make more headlines than others. Many of the discoveries that capture the world’s collective attention are those that lend further credence to the idea that the Bible contains an accurate chronicling of ancient history. Sometimes, the biblical…

On Easter Sunday, explosions rocked Sri Lanka’s churches and hotels as Muslim terrorists executed a carefully coordinated and devastating attack against their Christian neighbors. The death toll from the terrorist attack has soared past 200 and over 450 people were injured. The victims were almost entirely Christian and of a mix of nationalities. The majority…

Nearly 300 people were killed and hundreds more wounded after eight explosions tore through Sri Lanka in a series of coordinated blasts that struck three churches and three hotels. There were more than 500 more injured. The first wave of attacks struck during packed Easter Sunday services between 8.45 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. local time.…

A city in southern China is offering cash to citizens willing to inform on “illegal religious groups,” ramping up China’s crackdown on underground churches. The Guangzhou Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs officially announced the offer on its website to anyone who provides information about the structure of an illegal religious group, or information leading…

In France, there has been a startling trend over the last few months. Their churches are being vandalized. With the recent desecration of a dozen Catholic churches in France in just one week, investigators will not rule out the possibility of arson for the most recent fire at Notre Dame. Notre Dame is undoubtedly the…

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