Joseph Hartropp
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Most religious groups support gay marriage - with the exception of white evangelical Christians
An extensive survey has found that in no major religious group in America do adherents believe businesses should refuse services to LGBT customers because of their religion. The study also pointed to a dramatic shift in support for same-sex marriage amongst religious groups in the past 13 years.
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ISIS demolishes historic mosque in Mosul in 'declaration of defeat'
ISIS militants yesterday blew up the iconic Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul, Iraq in a move the Iraqi prime minister called a declaration of 'defeat' for the jihadist group.
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Death sentence: The US Christians fearing deadly family deportation to Iraq
An American Iraqi Christian family is one among more than 100 fearing the deportation of loved ones to Iraq, where the threat of genocide at the hands of ISIS remains high.
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An Englishman in America: How the Anglican Church came to the USA
On this day in 1579, a historic frontier was breached: the first Anglican church service took place in the New World â what became the USA.
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'We are probably not alone': NASA discovers 200 new planets â and 10 similar to Earth
Is there life beyond planet Earth? The existential crisis lives on as NASA announced on Monday that it had discovered 219 potential planets, 10 of which have a makeup similar to that of Earth.
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US evangelical leaders call for urgent prison reform
Leading US evangelicals and Christian prison reform advocates have released a 'Justice Declaration' outlining plans to 'fix the criminal justice system'.
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Israeli dig uncovers lost jewellery and remains stretching back 6,000 years
An archaeological dig in Israel has uncovered a collection of 900-year old women's jewelry, amid remains dating as old as 6,000 years.
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Are God and science at war? Not according to the priest behind the Big Bang Theory
The scientific hypothesis known as the Big Bang Theory has stoked controversy among some in the Church, but it's often forgotten that the idea was conceived by a Christian priest.
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World Refugee Day: 3 Bible reasons Christians can't turn their backs on strangers
Today is World Refugee Day, an occasion for the whole world to mark and raise awareness of the global refugee crisis. Debate rages on about the best way to help, but what does the Bible say?
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Pakistani Christian arrested for insulting Mohammad as state continues crackdown on 'blasphemy'
A Christian Pakistani man was arrested last week facing accusations of blasphemy, as the country's stringent, controversial crackdown on 'blasphemy' continues.
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Fleeing Christian militia violence, 1500 mostly Muslim civilians are trapped in church in CAR
After fleeing for their lives, as many as 1500 people â mostly Muslim civilians â are now stuck in a Catholic church in the southeast of the Central African Republic.
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'Love knows no limit': 9 quotes from Christian prodigy and philosopher Blaise Pascal
Today is the birthday of Blaise Pascal, a 17th century French mathematician, inventor and Catholic theologian.