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Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

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Donald Trump will attend the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris this weekend. It will be his first overseas trip as President-elect. The Cathedral, a symbol of Christianity since the 12th century, was ...

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Ringing of bells signals milestone in restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral

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The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris recently rang for the first time since a devastating fire in 2019. The bells rang for about five minutes, each joining in one by ...

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Gold medal-winning U.S. swimmer says he can’t live without God

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U.S. swimmer Hunter Armstrong is keeping his Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 relay in perspective. “I keep God as a priority,” he told “Baptist Press.” “I can’t really live without him. ...

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“I just let God carry me to the finish line,” says gold medal winner Cole Hocker

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American runner Cole Hocker shocked the track and field world this week by winning the 1,500-meter run at the Paris Olympics. Hocker finished in a personal best and Olympic record time of ...

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Young American Olympic gymnast lives out Isaiah 40:30

Gymnast Hezly Rivera, 15, is the youngest athlete to represent the United States at the Paris Olympics. She attributes her success to her unwavering faith and inspiration from the Bible. Amanda Harris, ...

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Baptist missions team sharing gospel during Paris Olympics

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Despite some being upset with the imagery in the Olympics’ opening ceremonies, other Christians are actually making a difference in the lives of the athletes, including the Baptist International Mission Board which ...

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French Bible Society to distribute 200,00 Bibles during Olympics

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Athletes and spectators participating in the summer Olympics in Paris will receive a special edition of the New Testament, thanks to the French Bible Society. The organization plans to hand out 140,000 ...

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News Briefs: Boneless wing ruling; French trains sabotaged; Secret Service

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Today’s News Briefs include French trains attacked; Are boneless wings boneless?; and House vote to investigate Secret Service actions. French trains attacked ahead of Olympics France‘s train system was attacked overnight in ...

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Olympic Wrestler Aaron Brooks Points Others To Christ

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Olympic wrestler Aaron Brooks holds nothing back. You don’t have to encounter Brooks long to know the top priority in his life. His Instagram posts regularly reference Scripture verses. In his media ...

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News Briefs: Bahrain Christianity; LeBron at Olympics; Biden 1-minute warning

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Today’s news briefs include Christian palace in Bahrain; LeBron James at Olympics; Netanyahu and Congress; Biden 1-minute warning. First Christian building discovered in Bahrain Archaeologists have discovered the earliest Christian structure in ...

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Chaplains of all faiths prepare for Summer Paris Olympics

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More than 120 faith leaders are preparing to spiritually support 10,000 athletes at the Summer Olympics in Paris, which will begin late next month. “We’ll need to bring them back to earth, ...

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Today’s news briefs: Arab-Israeli Olympic swimmer, Hundreds dead in Mecca,

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Today’s news briefs include Arab-Israeli Olympic swimmer, Hundreds dead in Mecca, French protests over rape of jewish child, power outage in Ecuador. Israeli Arab to represent Israel at Olympics Adam Maraana will ...

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Lonely Planet: Kansas City one of the best places to visit

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Local residents won’t have to travel far to enjoy a world-class experience next year. Lonely Planet, an international travel guide, rated it the 1oth-best city in the world to visit in 2024. ...

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U.S. issues advisory to all citizens traveling overseas

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Area residents planning overseas travel this fall are advised to stay alert. The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide travel advisory, urging Americans abroad to exercise increased caution because of heightened tensions ...

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Star of upcoming “Les Misérables” says it’s a timeless story of redemption

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From Jesus on the cross to Paul on the Damascus road, the Bible is filled with stories about the power of redemption. “Les Misérables,” one of the world’s most iconic musicals, tells ...

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Ukraine and world mark anniversary of Russian invasion

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The war in Ukraine marked its one year anniversary with no end in sight, and a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing the nation will defeat the much larger Russian military. World leaders ...

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“The Da Vinci Code” star Tom Hanks says it was “hooey”

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Christian scholars criticized Dan Brown’s book “The Da Vinci Code” and the ones that followed as historically inaccurate. It turns out that Tom Hanks, who starred in the movies based on the ...

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Josh Hawley introduces bill to reopen U.S. energy “full throttle”

U.S. energy production would kick into high gear in a new plan by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). The popular Missouri senator on Monday, Feb. 28, vowed to introduce legislation that will reopen energy production in the ...

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Notre Dame restoration to begin as safety work finished

Restoration work on Notre Dame in Paris is ready to begin after the work to shore it up has been completed. The announcement comes two years after a fire gutted much of ...

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Olympics grant China ‘genocide waiver’ as boycott effort grows

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Boycott pressure is mounting on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to be canceled or moved over China’s genocide against minority populations. Fueling it is the revelation that the International Olympics Committee (IOC) ...

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How people end up living at airports for months or … years

Are people really living in airports? In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October, he ...

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Notre Dame Cathedral almost total loss after blaze

Around the world, religious and government leaders are mourning the almost total destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral this evening. A massive fire at the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris broke out Monday, April ...

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France burns as workers battle increased taxes imposed by President Macron

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Just  a week ago President Emmanuel Macron of France was scolding America for its unwillingness to raise taxes to reduce carbon emissions. Now the flamboyant leader, who was regularly compared to John ...

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Kansas City joins in commemoration of Armistice Day

Commemorations are underway around the world to mark the moment 100 years ago when the slaughter of World War I finally stopped. In Kansas City this morning at 9:30 the public is ...

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