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What the new Homo Naledi species tells us about being human
Homo Naledi is like us, but not like us: slender, small-brained, with feet and hands like ours but curved fingers like those of apes.
ISIS making and using chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria, US official says
Evidence which suggests ISIS are manufacturing and using chemical weapons is mounting, a US official has told the BBC.
Pope Francis urges faithful to defend God's family design: Union of man and woman
The traditional family has recently come under attack, laments Pope Francis, and he is encouraging people to defend God's design for the family.
Dismembering babies is 'humane,' says Planned Parenthood lawyer as probe begins
The United States Congress has finally started its hearing and investigation on the Planned Parenthood's sting videos, which was released by the Center for Medical Progress.
Faith in the Future: Talking Life, Death and God with Craig Finn
The acclaimed songwriter is back with his second solo album.
Franklin Graham urges President Obama to create 'safe zones' for Syrian refugees
Reverend Franklin Graham has written an open letter to President Barack Obama and made a suggestion on how America can help alleviate the worldwide migrant problem, and provide shelter and security for displaced people in the Middle East.
Assisted dying devalues life, warns Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that allowing terminally ill people to decide to end their lives would place unacceptable burdens on individuals and families and fundamentally change society's approach to the value of life.
Billy Graham tells seniors: 'It's OK if you can't physically attend church service'
The older people get, the harder it is for them to do certain things - even things that they love, such as worshipping God in church. Because of their dwindling health conditions, seniors who are unable to move around like they used to simply watch church services on television, or listen to it on the radio.
Pastor says something 'scary' during first Presbyterian same-sex wedding ceremony
While Rowan County clerk Kim Davis was dealing with prison time for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) administered a same-sex wedding for Paul Kempf and Robb Gwaltney, who said their vows in the Presbyterian Center chapel.
Will Catholics rise to Pope Francis' refugee challenge?
Pope Francis has appealed to every Catholic parish in Europe to take in a family of refugees.
US government blocks release of new CIA torture details
Zubaydah lost one eye and was waterboarded 83 times in a single month while held by the CIA.
Migrants undeterred by storms in the Balkans and a Hungarian border fence
Authorities appear powerless to control Europe's human tide.
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson slams Iran, loves Israel because 'they wrote the Bible'
"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson is against the nuclear deal that President Barack Obama has forged with Iran, and he is not going to sit by and let this happen.
Northern Ireland government on the brink of collapse after "IRA" murder
First Minister Peter Robinson stepped aside with all but one of his unionist party allies.
US ready to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees, but Ted Cruz says this 'doesn't make sense'
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that the US can accept up to 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, a significant increase from the limit of 1,500 migrants cleared to resettle in the US more than four years ago when civil war broke out in Syria.
Former Alabama pastor facing 29 sex abuse charges hired as minister in Texas church
There must have been a huge lapse in judgment after Kyle Adock was hired recently by the First Baptist Church of Bedford, Texas even as he faces charges for 29 counts of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl while he was working at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama sometime between 2010 and 2012.