Hazel Torres

Christian missionary ready to risk death to spread the Gospel in his war-torn home of South Sudan
Christian missionary ready to risk death to spread the Gospel in his war-torn home of South Sudan

Returning from a land smouldering in ethnic violence may not be an option at all for any ordinary man—especially if that man has already experienced the horrors of prison and what it's like to face death in that country.

ISIS executes scores of prisoners in new \'Hell of the Apostates\' propaganda video
ISIS executes scores of prisoners in new 'Hell of the Apostates' propaganda video

The blindfolded men were led to their pre-dug graves and shot in the back of the head at close range one by one.

Sex spurs spirituality in men, makes them more likely to believe in God, new study shows
Sex spurs spirituality in men, makes them more likely to believe in God, new study shows

Praying after sex? That's not entirely a novel idea as far as researchers from Duke University in North Carolina are concerned.

Pastor kills himself after mistakenly sending his nude photos intended for his mistress to church members instead
Pastor kills himself after mistakenly sending his nude photos intended for his mistress to church members instead

It was a case of a shameful "wrong send" that resulted in the tragic death of a pastor.

Filipino church worker who survived terror bombing still thanks God despite death of his wife and son
Filipino church worker who survived terror bombing still thanks God despite death of his wife and son

"I am not questioning God." Filipino church worker Dennis Larida uttered these words despite the utmost grief he felt after he lost his wife and son during a terrorist bomb attack on Davao City, Philippines on Sept. 2 this year.

ISIS tortures 6 boys to death with use of welding tools; 3 kids caught playing soccer get 30 lashes each
ISIS tortures 6 boys to death with use of welding tools; 3 kids caught playing soccer get 30 lashes each

Ruthlessly innovative or innovatively ruthless — either phrase means the same thing as far as the Islamic State (ISIS) is concerned.

Child saint suddenly opens her eyes — after she died 300 years ago, shocking tourists in Mexico
Child saint suddenly opens her eyes — after she died 300 years ago, shocking tourists in Mexico

Tourists visiting a cathedral in Mexico may have had the biggest shock of their lives recently when, in one brief moment, the closed eyes of a little girl saint—whose preserved remains had been in the cathedral for some 300 years—suddenly opened, the Mirror reports.

Over 160 ISIS militants killed in coalition airstrike in Iraq; jihadists surround Mosul with oil tanks
Over 160 ISIS militants killed in coalition airstrike in Iraq; jihadists surround Mosul with oil tanks

The Islamic State (ISIS) militants were caught flatfooted. While they were gathering at a village in Iraq, warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition swooped in and dropped bombs, killing more than 160 of the jihadists, the Nineveh Operations Command of the Iraqi military announced on Thursday, according to Iraqi News.

Boko Haram militants shoot Christians returning home from church in Nigeria, killing 8; 2 other attacks claim 10 lives
Boko Haram militants shoot Christians returning home from church in Nigeria, killing 8; 2 other attacks claim 10 lives

They were lying in ambush. When the Boko Haram militants on board motorbikes saw a group of Christians returning home from church service, they opened fire, killing eight of them, according to survivors.

Chinese businessman who converted to Christianity from Buddhism to build $1.2m Noah\'s Ark replica
Chinese businessman who converted to Christianity from Buddhism to build $1.2m Noah's Ark replica

Another life-sized Noah's Ark replica in the making?

Faith under fire: Christians in U.S. military \'openly under attack,\' says retired Navy chaplain
Faith under fire: Christians in U.S. military 'openly under attack,' says retired Navy chaplain

Has the U.S. military become hostile to Christianity?

ISIS abducting children, selling them to Turkish traffickers who harvest their body parts, source says
ISIS abducting children, selling them to Turkish traffickers who harvest their body parts, source says

Is there any crime more gruesome than this?

Iran rattles sabre over new U.S. aid to Israel, threatens to \'turn Tel Aviv and Haifa\' to dust
Iran rattles sabre over new U.S. aid to Israel, threatens to 'turn Tel Aviv and Haifa' to dust

Iran has threatened to turn the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa "to dust" as it flexed its military muscle, parading its latest weapons of war to mark the anniversary of its 1980 invasion by Iraq on Wednesday.

Eastern European leaders oppose Muslim migration, say Islam has no place in their Christian nations
Eastern European leaders oppose Muslim migration, say Islam has no place in their Christian nations

Islam does not belong in Christian Europe. This is the expressed consensus of Eastern European leaders even as tens of thousands more refugees from violence-wracked and conflict-ridden Muslim nations in the Middle East and Africa continue to knock on Europe's doors.

ISIS shows how it brainwashes young kids and turns them into \'cubs of the caliphate\'
ISIS shows how it brainwashes young kids and turns them into 'cubs of the caliphate'

The Islamic State (ISIS) has shown how it is raising an army of young warriors brainwashed and trained to become remorseless killing machines.

Is that an angel, or Jesus Christ Himself, captured in photo of 9/11 lights above World Trade Center site?
Is that an angel, or Jesus Christ Himself, captured in photo of 9/11 lights above World Trade Center site?

A freelance photographer cannot explain how he got this one picture.