PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.” First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph … [Read more...] about Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home
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Nepal Churches Struggle to Serve as COVID-19 Kills 100+ Pastors
(Christianity Today) Congregations in Nepal are reeling after a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases this spring threw the Himalayan nation into chaos, overflowing hospitals and crematoriums and leaving the national army to deal with 100 bodies a day in the Kathmandu Valley alone. The Nepali church has lost more than 130 pastors during a second wave of the pandemic that has … [Read more...] about Nepal Churches Struggle to Serve as COVID-19 Kills 100+ Pastors
Russia Jails Jehovah’s Witness for Record Eight Years Over Extremism
MOSCOW (Reuters) A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses to seven and eight years in jail on extremism charges, with the latter sentence the longest ever handed to one of the group’s adherents in the country. The verdict, issued by a court in the far eastern city of Blagoveshchensk, comes amid an ongoing crackdown on the group, which Russia branded … [Read more...] about Russia Jails Jehovah’s Witness for Record Eight Years Over Extremism
Canadian Indigenous Group Says More Graves Found at New Site
CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar … [Read more...] about Canadian Indigenous Group Says More Graves Found at New Site
Canadian Churches on First Nations Land Are Burning
Renée Roden (RNS) A slew of church burnings across western Canada have left six churches on First Nations land badly damaged or destroyed as of Tuesday (June 29). Four of the churches are within an hour’s drive of one another in southeastern British Columbia. Sgt. Jason Bayda of the Penticton South Okanagan Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement that … [Read more...] about Canadian Churches on First Nations Land Are Burning