Turkmenistan​

In Turkmenistan almost every foreign Christian has been expelled and several national pastors have been exiled, beaten, heavily fined or imprisoned. Pray for Christians there to stand firm and for those outside the country to pray and speak up against these hostile actions.
YES - I will Pray

Ethiopia​

Pray that the staff of a mission school supported by Release International would be able to continue to train, equip and inspire new believers to be ministers of Christ. Pray too for the necessary resources to fund the school in a country that is experiencing inflation of more than 35 per cent.
YES - I will Pray

Ethiopia​

Pray that new believers from Muslim backgrounds would become mature in their faith and their understanding of the Bible. Thank God for the significant number of churches that have been planted in the past six months.
YES - I will Pray

Ethiopia​

Pray against efforts to turn Ethiopia into an Islamic state. Lift up to God the pastors and evangelists who are experiencing severe persecution in Muslim-majority areas of the country.
YES - I will Pray

Eritrea​

Thank the Lord for local missionaries in Eritrea and pray for opportunities, protection and fruitful ministries.
YES - I will Pray

Eritrea​

Pray for Kidane Weldou and Mussie Ezaz, along with their families. The two men have been prisoners since 2005 and 2007 respectively.
YES - I will Pray

Eritrea​

Pray for the following prisoners who have all been behind bars for more than 20 years, and for their families: Kiflu Gebremeskel, Futsum Gebrenegus, Million Gebreselasie, Tekleab Menghisteab, Haile Naizghe and Rev G. Gebregiorsis.
YES - I will Pray

Recent news​

Their own Bibles – reaching the world’s most remote places in Indonesia​

12 March 2024

“God is present in my life” – Youth camp brings life change in Indonesia​

25 July 2023

42Indonesia​

The situation for Christians has been deteriorating in recent years, with Indonesian society increasingly influenced by conservative interpretations of Islam. Polls regularly show that especially young people hold conservative views, and by-laws on Islamic dress are becoming more common.
Many converts from Islam experience pressure from their families. However, the intensity of the pressure depends on the individual family and place. Most pressure for Christian converts takes the form of isolation, verbal abuse and ostracisation. Only a small percentage of converts face physical violence for their Christian faith, and they may be forced to relocate to another part of Indonesia. The pressure is also higher in places like West Java or Aceh, where radical Islamic groups exert a heavy influence on society and politics.
Depending on the region, some church groups also face difficulties getting permission for building churches. Even if they manage to fulfil all legal requirements (and win court cases), local authorities may still ignore them.

Meet Raymond​

“Sometimes I hear [my schoolmates] saying things like: ‘Hey, if you remain Christian, you will also be crucified just as your Jesus was crucified’. They poke fun at us Christians in that way. I don’t take offense. I’m used to hearing this.”
Raymond (name changed), a young believer who attended a camp for Christian children in Indonesia.

What does Open Doors do to help?​

Open Doors local partners strengthen persecuted Christians in Indonesia by providing Bibles and Christian books, socio-economic empowerment projects, discipleship and persecution survival training and relief aid.

Please pray​

• Ask God to protect communities of Christians who must keep their faith secret.
• Pray for Christians rejected by families and communities because they left Islam to follow Jesus.
• Ask God to bring Indonesian society to a broader tolerance of Christians.

bèlla said:

Stop blaming God for your problems. This is the most difficult dating market we've ever had and men are putting their foot down. You're a young woman with two children and no husband but you're expecting someone else to provide for them.

God didn't tell you to fornicate. You did that of your own volition although you weren't in good straights with the first. Your inability to control yourself is the problem.

Accept your medicine and stop blaming God for the men who don't choose you or stay the course. My daughter is 33 and I will never accept the same. I expect her to present a man that never married or had children.

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Lol girl me having kids isn't the problem. My last guy also had kids and before I met my kids dad h3 didn't have kids but he was still a crappy person. Not having kids doesn't make you a trophy your character can still be what floats in the toilet.

Idk why you bought kids into this bc I did not once bring them up. I said I was heart broken bc my last relationship didn't work out specifically.He had kids and his character was amazing than most.

But it seems you think the fact I have kids it makes me low hanging fruit which sheds light on your judgmental mindset and heart. Bc I LITERALLY said nothing about kids nor did I say anything about expecting anyone to provide for me and them.

That's why I'm in nursing school. But your response spoke volumes. I don't want you speak to you anymore. Thank you.

Michie said:

Donald Trump Jr. set the Halloween dress code for MAGA supporters with a trashy garbage bag look that took off online.

As both his father, former president Donald Trump, and Kamala Harris grappled with who had branded who as "garbage" in the aftermath of the Republican Madison Square Garden rally, Trump Jr posted a family photo of him in a black garbage bag, with plastic bottles, see-through plastic bags and scrunched-up brown paper duct taped to his body. The look was further accessorized with a Make America Great Again red cap.

He wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "Happy Halloween. Embrace their hate and own it. Then VOTE! I'm fine being garbage like the rest of you deplorable and irredeemables @patriots!!! Love you all hope you have a blast tonight!!!"

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Donald Trump Jr. dresses as garbage for Halloween

The Trump campaign has latched onto Joe Biden's "garbage" remarks about MAGA supporters.

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Yes many people made the theme garbage fun for Halloween. Here is Megyn Kelly:



My timeline was full of everyones garbage ideas... It was fun .

Fascinating!

So many souls in purgatory, and so little get any prayers.

Thanks for posting and raising awareness.

God bless

Thank you, your excellency. My diocese will actually excommunicate Catholics who attend SSPX Masses. They are not in communion with Rome.

Our Lady of China, pray for us.

ugh. how awful.

Check it out, patriotic Americans!


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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight lead over former President Donald Trump in all three Rust Belt swing states, a new Marist Poll found.
Another poll shows a significant share of Americans are concerned about post-election violence. Meanwhile Minnesota’s bishops are encouraging the state’s Catholics to not despair in the political process, but vote with their faith informing their exercise of citizenship.

Marist Poll: Harris leads in Rust Belt swing states​

The Nov. 1 poll of those states found Harris leading Trump by 3 percentage points in Michigan and 2 points in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The results mark a slight increase for Harris in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and a slight decrease for her in Michigan, compared to the same poll conducted in September, and all are within the margin of error.

Those three states — which supported Trump in 2016 and opposed him in 2020 — will be key factors in determining whether Trump or Harris secures the requisite 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency.

Pennsylvania in particular, with its 19 electoral votes, may live up to its nickname as the “keystone” contest in the election.


“The Keystone State is the biggest prize of the three highly competitive so-called Blue Wall states,” Lee M. Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said in a statement. “The good news for Harris is she is running stronger among independents and white voters than Biden did four years ago.

The bad news is the gender gap is not as wide here as it was in 2020 or, in fact, where it is elsewhere now.”

The same pollster Oct. 24 found Trump with a similar slight lead in North Carolina by 2 points, 1 point in Arizona and a tie between the pair in Georgia.

Significant share of Americans concerned about post-election violence​

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Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related news in the U.S.:

Bishops speak on abortion ballot measures​

Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski will lead the Archdiocese of St. Louis in prayer on Nov. 3 to “defeat Missouri Amendment 3,” a ballot measure that would create a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” The archbishop is set to celebrate a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis at noon on Sunday, followed by a Holy Hour. He encouraged Catholics to pray and fast in the days leading up to the election, and the archdiocese is offering other prayer opportunities for the week.

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Michie said:

BREAKING: The White House altered the transcript of President Joe Biden's
"garbage" remarks despite stenographer concerns, AP sources say.

Go here to read the story.

Of Course These People Lie – The American Catholic

the-american-catholic.com

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They added one grammar mark: An apostrophe.

Wow.

Churches hosting Turning Point get-out-the-vote events likely violate tax law, experts say​

The activist group led by Charlie Kirk has held pro-Trump canvassing drives with at least 22 evangelical churches, new research shows.

Nithavela said:

Let's stop the ot.

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Haha, yeah, I will stop trashing German TV. However, I do have a deep respect and enthusiasm for your country's chocolate, Aldi stores, and engineering/chemical industries. You guys have made gasoline from thin air and recyclable wind turbines, so God bless your country for those innovations.

Michie said:

Vatican Hires LGBT Maker of Sex Toys to Produce Creepy Anime "Mascot" Best Suited to Groomers - The Stream

The Vatican produced a mascot for its Jubilee Year that reminds many of anime porn, and was created by a sex toy designer.

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Gross, if you ask me. Not all anime is evil, but given the fact that the artist is a creep, I will not be celebrating Jubilee 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

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That's a beautiful church!

Gregory Thompson said:

Honestly, it sounds like I used to before I was put on the front line, nasty business.

Already praying in this regards, just a word of caution.

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Thank you. This stuff does sound nasty, if you ask me.

Ten years ago he was on the frontline over helping over 13,000 families who fled the terrorists of ISIS and found refuge in Erbil — since then he has overseen the reconstruction of towns and villages, but has also watched tens of thousands of his faithful leave the country in search of stability and peace abroad.

In recent months, the archbishop has also been a prominent figure in an internal and unresolved disputebetween the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, and a group of bishops which includes Warda .

Warda sat down with The Pillar at the end of a recent visit to Europe, made at the invitation of Aid to the Church in Need.

The archbishop addressed briefly the burgeoning rift in the Chaldean Catholic Church, while refusing to discuss the details. But he did speak in length about the experience of Christianity in Iraq after ISIS, of the sometimes difficult relationship with Islam, of the role Christians play in the Middle East at the moment and of his hopes for a lasting peace in the Holy Land.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity

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This is how I want to be buried, but I also want a funeral Mass. not sure how that will work out

Thanks for posting

FaithT said:

Halloween is a day for chili.

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Same with Christmas Eve in my home

Hammster said:

I see. I guess gaslighting is your last line of defense.

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pfft. Gaslighting what?

Your confusing a VERY uneven distribution of money with a bad economy. NO economists say the US economy is in a bad spot. But everyone can see that the money isn't going to the right people.

Socialism could fix that. CUrious to hear how capitalists will get steer money away from going into the pockets of the rich to the working man.

Valletta said:

A political movement put transgenders in women's sports and in girl's restrooms and locker rooms in public schools.

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No it didn't.