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Would your church still gather if your area lost all power and communications? If they did, would you go?

For Ukrainian churches, the answer is yes.

The latest Russian attacks targeted Ukraine’s power grids. Eric Mock with Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) says, “They are dealing with rolling blackouts. People are suffering in the heat many nights with no power in the middle of the fear and anxiety that comes along with it.”

The Roman Catholic Church has been ordered to pay settlements totalling $104 million to 292 survivors of historical abuse in Newfoundland and Labrador, including those at the now infamous Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John's.

The decision Friday was met with relief, hurt and even grief by survivors who've endured a decades-long fight for justice, said lawyer Geoff Budden. His firm represents more than 200 survivors of abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

The Robert Morris Ministries, run by Gateway Church in Texas, has cancelled all future radio and television broadcasts after the former pastor confessed to sexually abusing an underage girl. 

Multiple artists are sharing their memories of Tirrell Thomas after it was announced that the young rapper died on July 2.

"It's been a sad few days after finding out about the passing of Tirrell," says Robert Wilson, aka Fresh IE. "He was such an amazing young man, so talented and gifted. He was going through a lot in his life."

In a controversial decision that has reignited debates over Pakistan's blasphemy laws, a young Christian has been sentenced to death for allegedly circulating a blasphemous social media post that incited riots in Jaranwala.

Special Judge Ziaullah Khan of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Sahiwal sentenced Ehsan Shan on Monday. The sentence also includes a 22-year prison sentence and a fine of Rs1 million (4,888 CAD).

Family and friends are mourning the sudden passing of a young rapper who was passionate about his faith and encouraging young people.

According to family friends, Tirrell Thomas went to the hospital in Altona on Monday, July 1, and died in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 2. Thomas, who had been having underlying health issues the last few years, would have turned 31 on Thursday, July 4.

Thomas was a beloved rapper who was mentored by Fresh IE and had previously performed under the stage name Ti-Real.

Zachary King, a U.S. megachurch pastor that recently resigned, is facing multiple charges in relation to the sexual assault of a teenage girl.

Music has been a part of Toronto, Ont. native Jeremy Tozer's life since the day he could remember, even falling asleep under the piano at church where his father was a worship leader. 

"I would go early in the morning to church and I would always fall asleep underneath the grand piano. That's my earliest memories of being around music and then just throughout life," Tozer says. 

Samaritan's Purse Canada currently has a nine-vehicle convoy on its way from Calgary to Minnesota to help with the recent flooding disaster. 

"On the night of June 24, torrential rain caused a dam to collapse in southern Minnesota which led to flooding that devastated the town of, ironically, Waterville," says Frank King, the News Media Relations Manager of Samaritan’s Purse Canada and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada (BGEA). 

According to King, more than 170 families have been affected by the flooding. 

Police are still searching for the person who vandalized a statue of young Jesus outside of a Roman Catholic church in New York City.

Early Sunday morning surveillance footage showed a taxi driver get out of his cab at 5:30 a.m. and start using his shoe to hit a statue of Joseph, Mary, and young Jesus outside of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Flushing, Queens.