Rachel Cruz

• EU court upholds ruling to take kids from Christian sect families due to alleged abuse

  Some 40 children were moved to foster care after videos showing Twelve Tribes parents appearing to cane them became news.

• Catholic group opposes Trump's death penalty for drug dealers plan

  President Donald Trump wants capital punishment for drug dealers who contribute to the deaths of thousands due to drugs, but critics say this must be addressed as a public health issue.

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  'The Exorcist' director explores real-life exorcisms in 'The Devil and Father Amorth' documentary

  Director William Friedkin witnessed Father Gabriel Amorth exorcising a woman for the ninth time in 2016.

• NCAA March Madness' newest MVP is a 98-year-old nun from Chicago's Loyola Ramblers

  Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola Rambler's the team chaplain, offers more than prayers to the athletes, as she knows her basketball stuff really well.

• Pilgrimage to Jerusalem makes it onto National Geographic's list of top 14 travel destinations for spring

  Jerusalem joins the list of Best Spring Trips for 2018 along with Fogo Island Inn in Canada, Svalbard in Norway and the Upper Amazon in Peru, among others.

• Mike Pence's daughter Charlotte tells 'The View' her dad doesn't harbor hatred, 'despite strong beliefs'

  Charlotte Pence's appearance came not long after host Joy Behar apologized for mocking her father's Christian faith.

• Social Democratic Party in Sweden proposes banning religious schools

  Sweden's ruling political party proposes to ban religious schools to do away with segregation. The country's Social Democratic Party wants to seek better integration in its educational institutions, which will be its priority if the party wins in the general election come September.

• Bible the only item to survive devastating fire that destroyed Christian family's home

  A family from South Carolina is trying to rebuild their lives after losing everything in a devastating house fire that also killed their two dogs. Among the rubble and ashes, however, Wendy Crawley's Bible remained intact and it's the one thing keeping the family's spirit up.

• Massachusetts Christian college drops Crusader mascot over ties to religious wars

  The College of the Holy Cross will be phasing out the image of the Crusaders in case it is deemed offensive to some.

• Dennis Quaid wrote Christian song 'On My Way to Heaven' while filming 'I Can Only Imagine'

  Quaid promised his mother a long time ago he would one day write a Christian song for her.

• Christian singer Jamie Grace shares how she found love amid struggles with Tourette's syndrome

  The Grammy nominee is set to marry fiance Aaron Collins in April.

• Pastor Saeed Abedini back in jail for violating ex-wife's no-contact order

  The pastor's ex-wife filed for legal separation in 2016, after he was released from prison in Iran for supposedly evangelizing Muslims there.