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ISIS reportedly beheads 4-year-old girl who didn't do as she was told by her mother

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group beheaded a four-year-old girl in Syria after she refused to obey her mother's wish for her to go home, according to a report.

Pope Francis: I often have a 'crisis of faith'

Even Pope Francis has doubts about the Christian faith, he admitted to a group of young people in Rome on Saturday.

Hundreds drown out Westboro Baptist Church's protest at Orlando funeral

While many Christian churches expressed grief and offered free funeral services for the victims of the Orlando shooting, the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church held an anti-gay protest during the funeral of the victims.

Britons favour Jewish migrants over Muslims, Roma - study

Muslims migrants are less preferable than Jewish migrants in Britain and Roma migrants are least desired of all.

3 lessons in life from the book of Ecclesiastes

The Preacher says: money won't bring you happiness. I read philosophy and didn't learn anything worth knowing.

Syrian refugees must not be sent back to Turkey, human rights campaigners warn

Syrian refugees in Turkey are failing to access vital support and must not be returned there by EU countries, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Donald Trump calls for profiling of Muslims

Donald Trump has called for racial profiling to combat terror in the United States.

'Gospel of Jesus' wife' was probably forged, academic who discovered it concedes

An ancient Coptic papyrus fragment which referred to Jesus' "wife" is almost certainly fake, the Harvard professor who discovered it has admitted.

Refugee numbers at record levels, more than 63 million worldwide - UN

There has never been more refugees than at the current time.

Syria: Three dead in suicide attack that 'targeted Christian leader'

A suicide bomber on Sunday killed three people in an attack thought to have targeted the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II.

Suicide bombers kill more than 20 as Taliban onslaught continues in Afghanistan

Two separate suicide bombs killed more than 20 people in Afghanistan on Monday as the Taliban continued its insurgency against the Western-backed Kabul government.

Christian leaders row over Poet Laureate's 'God is gay' poem

A prominent Church of England bishop who compared a poem that states "God is gay" to the writings of St Paul has been condemned by a leading conservative evangelical theologian who accused him of failing to understand the New Testament.

Why your quiet time with God matters to your job

The prevailing concept of job competency today is that we are responsible for our own career growth, but this is not entirely true. While God gives us talents and abilities that we are to steward, ultimately it is Jesus who gives us strength to do all things.