Religious

South Africa has effectively banned foreign pastors, prophets and other religious leaders from ever getting any work or residence permits to stay in the country according to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. "We are saying they must…
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A self-styled Ugandan prophet has been charged with assault, common assault and trafficking in persons. Prophet Kintu Dennis of Hoima Empowerment Church International was seen in a widely shared online video whipping members of his church.
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The pastor of a Texas church was placed on a leave of absence on Sunday, telling his congregation that he had messaged a woman who was not his wife in a way that was "unguarded and unwise."
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Pope Francis has said that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was “a bit of a test” that showed he needed to slow down and one day possibly retire.
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American rap superstar Snoop Dogg has shared a video of Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa in which the Zimbabwean preacher boasts that if you go to heaven and you don't find him, "you have gone to hell". Although the video initially made the…
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South African based business mogul and socialite Roland Muchengwa popularly known as Uncle Roland has threatened to repossess a fleet of vehicles he claims he gave to flamboyant preacher Panganai ‘Passion’ Java to use.
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Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the south-western state of Ondo. Some of them are believed to have been there for months. A police spokesperson said many of them had…
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Bishop Ancelimo Magaya of the Zimbabwe Divine Destiny (ZDD) church has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba against commenting about spiritual matters saying "you have limited understanding of ecclesiastical…
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Ambassador Uebert Angel has offered his condolences following the death of UK based law lecturer Dr Alex Magaisa describing him as an "intellectual giant who played a key role among others in contributing to the current constitution that is…
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The Mexican head of a huge church admitted sexually abusing children in the United States on Friday, days before he was scheduled to stand trial.
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