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Robert Guanco: Man killed at Christian festival named as 'loving and devoted' church pastor

Robert Guanco died and six other people were injured when a sign fell at the Big Church Festival

Evening Standard · Aug 30

'Massive crack and bang' as man killed after large sign falls down at Christian festival

Emergency services attended the scene where a 41-year-old man from Eastbourne was pronounced dead

Evening Standard · Aug 29

Archbishop of Canterbury ‘praying for family’ after sign death at Christian festival

Organisers have cancelled the rest of the Christian event

The Independent UK · Aug 29

In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours

In 2005, Isaiah Henry Robertson, a Jamaican-born carpenter and devout Christian living in Niagara Falls, New York, began transforming his modest house into what he believed was a preparation site for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Convinced that God had told him the world would end in 2014, Robertson…

The Times of India · Aug 28

Jesus Christ's 'True Tomb' Found: Italian Archaeologists Match 2,000-Year-Old Garden To Biblical Texts

Italian archaeologists have uncovered an ancient landscape beneath Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revealing a first-century quarry and burial site that aligns with biblical descriptions of Jesus' burial.

International Business Times UK · Aug 27

Dolly Parton was more than a musical idol – for some fans, she was a spiritual icon

As soon as news broke about the death of beloved songwriter Dolly Parton, I began receiving condolence messages from across the country, and around the world.

The Conversation · Aug 27

Report Reveals 'Ballrooms, Slush Funds, Jumbo Jets' in Huge Christian MAGA Corruption Scandal

An investigative report into a Christian MAGA corruption scandal reveals how Republican state treasurers funneled public retirement funds into right-wing finance firms.

International Business Times UK · Aug 27

In Dolly Parton’s theology, God and acceptance shared the same stage

Dolly Parton was known for both her faith and acceptance

The Independent UK · Aug 27

For everything from troubled hearts to lost keys, Greeks bake cakes for a wish-granting saint

Saint Fanourios, the Orthodox Christian patron saint of lost things, is honored each August 27 with prayers and traditional orange-flavored cake

The Independent UK · Aug 27

‘A Bible-sized blind spot’: congressman sounds alarm on rising Christian nationalism

In his new book, congressman Jared Huffman argues that theocratic insurgency has only grown more powerful after Donald Trump returned to the White House

The Guardian - US · Aug 26