By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos

LAKE FOREST, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Famed American Pastor Rick Warren warned Sunday, May 26, that "fake Rick Warren Facebook" website pages have appeared "asking for donations in the name" of his son, who committed suicide last month.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Crisis-trained chaplains linked to famed evangelist Billy Graham have arrived "to help spread home" in the U.S. midwestern state of Oklahoma where a rare and powerful tornado claimed at least 24 lives, injured 230 and left dozens missing, officials said.

By Joseph DeCaro



WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife Columns)– While the Obama administration carefully avoids any religious connection between Islamic jihad and the Boston bombings, the president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation bluntly told Pentagon officials that Christian troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished.

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)– Of the 15 "worst violators of religious freedom" in the world, 10 are Islamic states, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) says.

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CHARLOTTE, USA (BosNewsLife)-- George Beverly Shea, the beloved soloist who accompanied American evangelist Billy Graham for six decades around the world, has died at age 104 after a brief illness, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) said.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos

BOSTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid calls for prayers, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday, April 16, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was investigating Monday's deadly bombings in Boston as an "act of terrorism", but cautioned it remained unknown who was behind the blasts.

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LAKE FOREST, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The youngest son of famed American Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay, has committed suicide at the age of 27 following a long struggle with mental illness and depression, his father and church confirmed early Sunday, April 6. The evangelical Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Fores, California, said Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service


HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Christians in Cuba were without a place of worship Thursday, March 14, after security forces closed down the Full Gospel Church as part of a government attempt to "destroy" evangelical congregations on the Communist-run island, rights activists said.

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VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)-- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, from Argentina has been elected pope. As Pope Francis, as he will be known, appeared in front of a huge crowd packing St. Peter's Square, he asked the faithful to pray silently for him at a time of turmoil in the church.