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Pope tells South Korean faith leaders to promote reconciliation
Pope Francis called on a delegation of South Korean religious leaders to promote reconciliation and spurn violence and fear on Saturday, amid a tense standoff on their home peninsula.
Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar's Rakhine
About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh from Myanmar, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR, as aid workers there struggle to cope.
Trump to visit victims of floods in Texas, Louisiana
US President Donald Trump travelled to Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana on Saturday to meet victims of catastrophic storm Harvey.
Video of Houston pastor playing piano in his flooded home goes viral
It's a stirring image: a pastor sitting quietly at a piano, ignoring for a moment the fact that his home is completely submerged in several feet of dirty water.
Donald Trump 'does not qualify to get into Jesus' kingdom,' says Rev. Jesse Jackson
Donald Trump is worried about who can enter the United States but civil rights campaigner the Rev. Jesse Jackson thinks he should be more worried about whether he can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Beyoncé working with her pastor Rudy Rasmus to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey
The Lemonade singer and her pastor Rudy Rasmus of St. John's church in downtown Houston to help people affected by the devastating hurricane.
Joel Osteen defends delay to opening megachurch as Hurricane Harvey shelter; Tyler Perry donates $250k
The pastor said the church hadn't opened its doors sooner because city officials hadn't required it.
Church friends: Justin Bieber and Patrick Schwarzenegger head to Hillsong together
Bieber carried a black Bible in his hand as he headed into the church with Arnold Schwarzenegger's son
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor dies after battle with cancer
The former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, has died, the Catholic Church of England and Wales announced this evening
More than 1,000 dead in floods disaster in Sierra Leone
Christian Aid has launched an urgent appeal for help as the stricken nation struggles to cope with the aftermath of the mid-August landslide
Vanuatu farmer trained by Christian charity among world's top 50 cocoa makers
Cocoa beans produced by a farmer on the Pacific island of Vanuatu have been named among the world's top 50, and nominated for an International Cocoa award. The farmer was trained through an economic development programme by the Christian international development charity World Vision.
Pope Francis opens up about his mental health: 'I felt the need to consult a psychoanalyst'
Pope Francis has revealed for the first time he sought help from a psychoanalyst before becoming pontiff. 'to clarify a few things'.
'Urgent' plea to world leaders unites Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican Christians around world
An 'urgent' appeal to pray for the environment is bringing Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican Christians together all around the world today.
Christ's deep mercy in action today on the high seas of the world
Many people continue to be ostracised for illnesses and disfigurements that surgery would quickly fix. Mercy Ships understands that safe surgery changes lives and can bring new hope to those so desperately in need.
Lawyers file Supreme Court brief for Colorado Christian who refused to bake same-sex wedding cake
Lawyers representing a Colorado cake artist who refused to bake a cake celebrating a same-sex wedding filed an opening brief with the US Supreme Court yesterday, defending the baker's right not to create artistic expression that violates his conscience.
How this young Palestinian is working with a Christian charity to lead non-violent resistance by replanting olive trees
Muhanad Al Qaisy's story is characteristically Palestinian, in that through a set of contradictions it points to the painfully obvious potential of those in the occupied territory.