Hazel Torres

$Pope Francis issues edict making it easier to oust bishops found \'negligent\' in church sex abuse cases$
Pope Francis issues edict making it easier to oust bishops found 'negligent' in church sex abuse cases

Pope Francis has toughened his campaign against the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults involving Catholic prelates and workers, issuing an edict on Saturday that makes it easier for the Vatican to remove "negligent" bishops.
Pope Francis criticised for honouring 3 U.S. actors who are known as pro-abortion and anti-marriage advocates

Did Pope Francis know the backgrounds of the three Hollywood celebrities to whom he bestowed the Olive Medal for Peace on Sunday? The question was raised by pro-life Canadian author Patrick B. Craine in a blog post published in LifeSiteNews on Thursday.
Philippine president-elect Duterte spews more curses on Catholic Church, media and now, even the U.N.

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has intensified his attack on the Catholic Church as well as the media for their alleged hypocrisy and vested interests.
$Transgender bathroom debate: Barack Obama cites the Golden Rule in Matthew 7:12 to defend policy allowing boys in girls\' bathrooms$
Transgender bathroom debate: Barack Obama cites the Golden Rule in Matthew 7:12 to defend policy allowing boys in girls' bathrooms

U.S. President Barack Obama has cited the biblical Golden Rule to defend the controversial "federal guidance" he issued instructing all public schools to allow transgender students to use the restrooms of the opposite biological sex or risk losing federal funding.
$European Kurdish female warrior says ISIS militants \'are very good at sacrificing their own lives,\' hence \'very easy to kill\'$
European Kurdish female warrior says ISIS militants 'are very good at sacrificing their own lives,' hence 'very easy to kill'

A 23-year-old European Kurdish woman who dropped out of college in Copenhagen, Denmark to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) says the jihadist militants are "very good at sacrificing their own lives," hence are "very easy to kill."
$Christians told it\'s wrong to refuse to vote for \'lesser of two evils\' in U.S. presidential election$
Christians told it's wrong to refuse to vote for 'lesser of two evils' in U.S. presidential election

A good number of Christians have reportedly expressed their intention to stay at home and not cast their vote for president on U.S. Election Day this November since they would not want to vote for "the lesser of two evils."
$Pastor Saeed Abedini says if Christians don\'t reach out to Muslims with the love of Christ, Muslims will reach them with jihad$
Pastor Saeed Abedini says if Christians don't reach out to Muslims with the love of Christ, Muslims will reach them with jihad

Recently freed from Iranian prison, Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini has warned Christians that if they don't reach out to Muslims with the "love of Jesus Christ," then Muslims will reach them with jihad, The Christian Post reports.
$Pope Francis tells children to embrace refugees, saying, \'Migrants are not a danger â they are in danger\'$
Pope Francis tells children to embrace refugees, saying, 'Migrants are not a danger â they are in danger'

Pope Francis recently met with about 400 school-age children in southern Italy and urged them to welcome and embrace the migrants who have been crossing into their country, saying they have nothing to fear from these foreign strangers.
Quran scholar says martyrs for Islam get raisins â not virgins â in heaven: Arabic word mistranslated

Canadian author and Quran scholar Irshad Manji has raised serious doubts on an Islamic belief that fuels the militants' quest for martyrdom, saying that what the Quran promises to a martyr is not 72 virgins in heaven but raisins.
Catholic leaders ask: Did Facebook censor religious as well as conservative news?

If true that Facebook routinely suppressed conservative news in its "trending news" section as alleged in a report earlier this month, could it be possible that the social media giant also excluded faith groups in the news selection process, even inadvertently?
Pastor sparks furore after holding Muslim funeral inside Protestant church for ISIS fighter in Germany

A German pastor stirred strong Christian emotions when he recently held a Muslim funeral inside the Protestant St. Pauli Church in Hamburg, Germany for a 17-year-old man labelled a "terrorist" and a "killer" who fought and died for the Islamic State (ISIS).
$Christians cry out for God\'s intervention as Venezuela\'s economic woes take a turn for the worse$
Christians cry out for God's intervention as Venezuela's economic woes take a turn for the worse

Christians are crying out for mercy in Venezuela, imploring God to intervene to put their nation back on its feet amid the chaos and confusion following the declaration of a state of emergency by socialist leader President Nicolas Maduro, CBN News reports.