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With Trump set to visit Israel, is Palestinian militant group Hamas finally coming in from the cold?
In a new policy document leaked to the press in Lebanon and other Arab states, Hamas crucially distinguishes between 'the Jews' and 'the Zionists who occupy Palestine'.
Church hits out at 'fake sacraments' after woman ordained as Catholic priest
The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests has stated that Abigail Eltzroth was ordained on Sunday at the independent Jubilee Community centre in Asheville, North Carolina.
Brits among the least likely to say religion is important
Britons are among the least likely people in the world to say religion is important to them, a new survey reveals.
'Gay conversion' therapy ban remains in California as Christian challenge rejected by US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court yesterday rejected an evangelical Christian minister's attempt to overturn California's ban on'gay conversion' therapy aimed at turning youths under the age of 18 away from homosexuality.
What It Means To Say To God 'Hallowed Be Your Name'
The Lord's Prayer starts off with teaching us to pray "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." But what does it mean when we say God's name is "hallowed?"
Why so many churches are abandoning the 11am service and seeing 'Wednesday as the new Sunday'
If times were a-changin' even during the glory days of Bob Dylan in the early '60s, how much more now when changes to nearly everything are happening much faster?
How are evangelical Christians in Egypt coping with persecution?
The world's eyes have been on the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt following the Pope and his visit over the weekend. But Egypt also has thousands of evangelical Christians, continuing to follow their faith in God in spite of growing persecution by Islamists.
More than half of Brits say church is 'vital' to local community
Churches are a 'significant' part of local communities and their loss would be devastating to entire communities, a new survey finds.
France's Macron pays tribute to Moroccan man drowned after 1995 Le Pen rally
French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron today paid homage to a young Moroccan man who drowned in theSeine 22 years ago after being pushed into the river by skinheads on the fringes of the National Front's traditional May Day rally.
Three women arrested in London under anti-terror laws
Three women were today arrested under anti-terror laws in east London, police said, in connection with investigationsinto a plot that was thwarted last week.
I survived the Boston marathon bombing. But life as I knew it came to an end
The blast wave hit like a freight train and I felt as if the street itself had exploded. All of a sudden I found myself thrown back, sprawled on the ground, like something out of a movie.
MPs blast social media over failure to act on extremist content
Social media were heavily criticised by a committee of MPs today for failing to do enough to remove illegal and extremist material posted on their sites, and for not preventing it appearing in the first place.
Unmarried Christian woman about to abort her baby changes her mind after an unexpected encounter
An unmarried woman who "fit the role of a perfect daughter and perfect Christian" in a very religious family in south-west Florida found herself in a major quandary when she discovered she was pregnant.
One effective way of evaluating your growth in Christ
We can think we've grown in faith just because we've been Christian for a long time. But the real way to measure our growth in the faith is this.
Mike Pence's wife Karen recalls struggle to conceive, says children came along in God's perfect timing
"If it's going to happen, it's going to happen, and it's going to happen in God's time," she said.
Christian couple credit faith in God after their 11-ounce baby girl survives birth at just 25 weeks
A couple from Texas is crediting their family's faith for the miraculous survival of their newborn baby who weighed in at 11 ounces and arrived at just 25 weeks.