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The only way to stop terrorism is by the Gospel transforming would-be attackers - Garissa vigil

Christian students in Nairobi are today fasting and praying for those involved in the attack at Garissa University in eastern Kenya.
Walter Scott shooting: the rise and rise of police racism in the US

Last Saturday, an unarmed black man was shot five times by a white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, in an incident that is becoming frighteningly familiar.
Islamic State release more than 200 Yazidi captives

ISIS freed more than 200 Yazidis on Wednesday, after taking them captive in Iraq last summer.
#147notjustanumber trends as Kenya mourns Garissa victims with candlelit vigil

A candlelit vigil was held in Nairobi on Tuesday evening in honour of those killed in last week's attack on Garissa University in Kenya.
Left Behind movie producers begin crowd-funding for rapture sequel

A distribution agreement has been confirmed for the wide release of the sequel to apocalyptic thriller 'Left Behind', providing producers can raise the funds to make it.
$Barack Obama: \'We are called to follow the example of Christ\'$
Barack Obama: 'We are called to follow the example of Christ'

President Obama yesterday acknowledged that he often "falls short" of Jesus, but said he prays that he would be able to live up to his example of loving those who are marginalised and persecuted.
$Yarmouk crisis has reached \'inconceivable levels of inhumanity\' - UN official$
Yarmouk crisis has reached 'inconceivable levels of inhumanity' - UN official

The situation in Yarmouk has "slumped to even lower levels of inhumanity" since the infiltration of Islamic State militants last week, a UN official has told Christian Today.
$The Battle of Leviticus-based laws is on: \'Shellfish Suppression\' proposed in response to \'Sodomite Supression\'$
The Battle of Leviticus-based laws is on: 'Shellfish Suppression' proposed in response to 'Sodomite Supression'

Activists have filed a ballot initiative in California to ban shellfish in response to the 'Sodomite Suppression Act' which calls for the execution of gay people.
$New \'Bible\' replaces every mention of God with \'Kanye West\'$
New 'Bible' replaces every mention of God with 'Kanye West'

Touted as 'A Bible for the Modern Day', the book replaces every mention of God with Kanye West's name. "For this generation, Generation Y, Kanye West is not only its greatest spectacle, but in some senses, a spiritual figure," the creators say.
$Nun \'stabs schoolboy in the hand to show him how Jesus felt\'$
Nun 'stabs schoolboy in the hand to show him how Jesus felt'

A nun has been removed from teaching in Slovakia after allegedly stabbing a boy in the hand with a needle to help him empathise with Christ's suffering on the cross.
Boston bombing trial: Bishops oppose death penalty

Catholic bishops in Massachusetts yesterday reaffirmed their opposition to the death penalty, as prosecutors made their closing arguments in the case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Step away from the pasta and take some exercise - Pope Francis told by Vatican doctors

It was only a couple of weeks ago that the pope was receiving his own personal delivery of pizza, but he's now been warned that he needs to stay away from Italian staples like pasta by Vatican doctors.