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San Bernardino killer Cedric Anderson was 'deeply religious' pastor

Cedric Anderson, who shot and killed his estranged wife Karen Smith and an eight-year-old pupil at the San Bernardino school where she worked, was a pastor who often posted about his Christian faith on Facebook.

Top US-based evangelical author and broadcaster converts to Eastern Orthodox Church

A prominent US-based evangelical known as 'The Bible Answer Man' has been formally received into the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Children are being raped, drugged and used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram

Since January 2014, 117 children â more than 80 per cent of them girls â have been used in 'suicide' attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. As of March this year, 27 children have been used in this way in northeast Nigeria alone.

Fourteen per cent of US Christians left their churches after Trump's election, new research finds

Some 14 per cent of Christians abandoned their churches after the election of Donald Trump, according to research by The Washington Post showing that a number of people who went to a church in September last year had left it by mid-November.

Alabama Senate grants church its own personal police force

The Senate of Alabama has voted to allow a church to have its own police force.

Christians in Hungary call on Church leaders to speak up for refugees

Leading members of Catholic and Protestant churches in Hungary are backing an online petition calling for church leaders to follow the example of Jesus Christ and serve the Gospel rather than the State in the way they respond to the refugee crisis.

Conservative priest asked to take a break after congregation storm out when he criticised Pope Francis

A priest is being asked to take a break from his parish in the Italian town of Montesilvano after some in his congregation reportedly stormed out of Mass when he openly criticised the progressive agenda of Pope Francis.

Piers Morgan attacks US and world media for failing to cover Islamist 'war' on Christianity

The British commentator Piers Morgan has criticised American and other world media for not giving enough coverage to the 'war' on Christianity waged by Islamic extremists.

Trump spokesman Sean Spicer faces sacking calls after claiming Hitler did not use chemical weapons

Donald Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer is facing an international backlash and calls to resign or be fired after claiming that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War Two.

Britain needs some of Aslan's 'deep magic' to reimagine its future, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Britain needs to 'reimagine' a new set of values to face a radically different future, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Coptic churches in Egypt cancel Easter celebrations, mourning Palm Sunday bombings

Coptic churches in the south of Egypt said they would not hold Easter celebrations this year, in mourning of the 45 Coptic Christians killed in the two Palm Sunday bomb attacks.

Franklin Graham hits back at Saeed Abedini over claims he failed to help the pastor after his release from Iranian prison

The evangelist Franklin Graham has hit back at his former ally Saeed Abedini, the pastor who has claimed that Graham did very little to help him since his release from an Iranian prison last January.

Britney Spears\' little sister says God put her in her place after daughter\'s serious accident