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JD Vance reaffirmed his desire for his Hindu wife Usha to convert to Christianity during a public event, expressing hope she might see the faith as he did, but acknowledged her current stance of not planning to convert, which drew criticism from the Hindu community and others.
The British royal family held its first Catholic funeral in centuries for the Duchess of Kent, who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism in 1994. The funeral at Westminster Cathedral was attended by key royals, including King Charles III, marking a historic moment as he participated in a Catholic funeral on UK soil for the first time since the Reformation. The event was marked by religious rites and condolences from the Pope.
In the Amazon rainforest, the historic dominance of Catholicism is being challenged by the rapid growth of evangelical Protestantism, leading to religious division and tension in remote communities like São Miguel. As Catholic priest Father Moisés Oliveira travels to these isolated settlements, he witnesses the impact of charismatic evangelical pastors who have been successful in converting Catholics to their faith. The struggle between the two religious groups reflects a broader trend of declining Catholicism and the rise of evangelical churches across Brazil, particularly in the Amazon region.
A 23-year-old man named Shahnawaz Maksood Khan has been arrested for allegedly converting children into Islam through online games. He was arrested from Alibaug and will be produced before a Ghaziabad court within three days. The Uttar Pradesh Police uncovered an alleged conversion racket in which teenagers were being targeted through an online gaming application. The accused and the cleric of a mosque in Ghaziabad were booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act based on a complaint. The government is already working on a framework to ban such games.