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US wants more sanctions after North Korea carries out another nuclear test
North Korea conducted its fifth and biggest nuclear test on Friday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain.
Syria truce: Russia and USA set to agree peace deal
The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups.
Pope Francis reminds people not to use God to promote their self-interests
People don't always have the purest intentions whenever they think of God. Sometimes, people are guilty of shaping Jesus Christ into the person they want Him to be in order to promote their self-interests.
Bishops pledge unity with struggling families: 'The Church shares a word of hope'
Families who are financially struggling and facing poverty and unemployment might feel like they are alone in their plight, but the Catholic Church has shared a message of unity with them.
5 simple yet important ways to confess your love for Christ each day
Thinking about how whether what comes out of our mouths reveals a character of faith and Christ-like qualities can help us identify other ways to confess our faith in him. Here are five ways that we can confess our confidence in Christ.
3 things we can learn about prayer from Jesus
If we feel as though our prayers are lacking power, we can struggle to have faith they're "working" and even end up wondering if God can actually hear us. Throughout his life, Jesus spoke about and demonstrated the form that our prayers should take, when we should pray and why. Here we look at the some of the what, whens and hows of prayer as inspired by Jesus' teaching.
What it really means to be generous, according to the Bible
The almost constant glare that we have on one another's activities can distort what it means to be generous for us as Christians. So what does it mean to be truly generous according to the Bible?
8 Bible verses to assure you that God really is watching over you
Knowing that God was watching over him gave Jacob great confidence and in the same way being aware that God's eye is on us should give us the confidence to extraordinary things in His name. Let these Bible verses reveal to you the watchful nature of your Father in heaven.
Truth and translation: 3 questions about religious language
Religious language can be hard to understand, but is that the point?
We have a future and a hope: 10 Bible verses to encourage us
Sometimes, when we're very low, we want someone to lift us up. We need to be told we aren't as defeated as we think we are.
Christian militias help fight ISIS into retreat in Iraq
Christian militias are playing a hard-core role in the fightback against Islamic State as the Iraqi Army gears up to retake Mosul.
Iraqi Christian who fled ISIS: 'I know that God is with me'
An Iraqi Christian who fled her home under threat from ISIS now says she is grateful for what happened because it has transformed her life.
Chinese bishop arrested as tension with Vatican grows
Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin has been arrested by police and removed from his diocese in a town with a thriving Christian population.
Rev Gretta Vosper doesn't believe in God, Jesus or Bible: Church panel says enough is enough
Atheist pastor Gretta Vosper should be dismissed from ministry in the United Church of Canada, a Church committee has decided.
How to live without sex: a beginner's guide to celibacy
Is it possible to live without sex?
Donald Trump to speak to conservative Christians at Family Values Summit
Donald Trump will this evening address thousands of social conservative grass-roots voters at the influential Values Voter Summit in Washington DC.