False teacher and prosperity preacher Jesse Duplantis is now asking his disciples for money to buy a jet that costs $54 million “so we can go anywhere in the world in one stop.” He seeks the donations in a video posted last week on his organization’s website. Duplantis insists that God says he needs a Dassault Falcon […]

(China Aid) — Officials interrupted a seminary class in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Wednesday and brought away two pastors without displaying any warrants. Saying that the seminary lacked proper credentials for operating a school, approximately seven police officers and several agents from the local religious affairs bureau broke into the classroom at 10 a.m. […]

(Sky News) — Vicky Wall, who discovered her unborn daughter Liadán had the rare genetic disorder Edward’s syndrome, believes passionately that abortion should remain illegal in Ireland. Here, she shares her story with Sky News. In 2014, I found out I was pregnant with my third child. It was a bit of a shock. I […]

HOLLAND, Mich. (Holland Sentinel) — David-Olonade Segun’s story began long before the fire, but that day—the day his father was killed by terrorists—would set the course for a new chapter in his life. David-Olonade, who goes by the name David, and his wife, both of southwest Nigeria, had begun a ministry in the northern part of […]

SANTA FE, Texas (Click 2 Houston) — Ten people were killed Friday in a shooting at Santa Fe High School, according to NBC News, and police are investigating explosive devices found at the scene and nearby. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a majority of those that were killed in the shooting were students. He said that […]

(BBC) — The funeral for Alfie Evans will be a private event, but well-wishers have been invited to watch the procession. The 23-month-old, from Bootle, died at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool last month after suffering a degenerative brain condition. Merseyside Police said well-wishers could line the pavement outside Goodison Park from 11:00 BST […]

MOBILE, Ala. (PEOPLE) — Trenton McKinley defied all odds. After the 13-year-old boy was severely injured in a dune buggy accident, his parents made the difficult decision to donate his organs following days of him being apparently brain dead, according to Fox 10. But after the papers were signed, he miraculously regained consciousness. The incident […]

(The Times of Israel) — An Israeli startup is in the final stages of developing a revolutionary handheld ultrasound device that will allow pregnant women to check on the health of their baby using only a smartphone. PulseNmore LTD. says its device can connect to any smartphone, displaying the images on its screen and sending […]

(Jerusalem Post) — Since their discovery between 1946 and 1956, archaeologists and historians have pored over the Dead Sea Scrolls in a bid to decipher their meaning and further understand the Jewish people. Hidden in 12 caves 2,000 years ago in Wadi Qumran near the Dead Sea – dating to the Second Temple period – […]

(National Geographic) — Evidence for the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas— and likely in world history—has been discovered on Peru’s northern coast, archaeologists tell National Geographic. More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on […]