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Israelis near the Gaza Strip were awakened by war sirens Saturday morning (Oct. 7) after Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on southern Israel.

Pope Francis appointed Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to head his mission to foster peace in the Russian-Ukrainian war as the Vatican renews its efforts to mediate the conflict in the heart of Europe.

“Carol of the Bells," also known as "Ukrainian Bell Carol," is a hauntingly beautiful and widely popular Christmas song. But few know its history and how those events parallel the ongoing war in Ukraine.

With winter approaching at this point in the war in Ukraine, temperatures in the country are already dipping into the teens. As recently as last month, Russia had already destroyed 30 percent of Ukraine’s electrical power grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

A Baptist pastor and his wife remain missing after being kidnapped Sept. 21 from their church in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Forum 18 News Service reported Oct. 6.

Agreeing with President Biden's recent Armageddon comment, Franklin Graham placed an urgency on prayer regarding Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine. 

Pope Francis reaffirmed the critical value Thursday of interfaith dialogue to contrast the “folly of war,” even as one of his own bishops warned that Francis’ participation in a big interfaith peace conference in Kazakhstan could imply papal endorsement of a “supermarket of religions.”

Ever since the beginning of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Christian author Kyle Duncan knew he had to do something.