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• Republicans aim to confirm Kavanaugh this weekend; protesters arrested

  President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans gained confidence on Thursday that his US Supreme Court nominee could win Senate confirmation.

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  Billy Graham's daughter reveals cancer treatment isn't turning out as she prayed for

  Anne Graham Lotz had opened up about complications with her breast cancer that she admits are not what she "prayed for," and talked about the hardest thing she faces in the fight.

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  Letter by Einstein calling God a 'product of human weakness' expected to sell for over $1m

  A letter by Albert Einstein, in which he calls God the "product of human weakness" and the Bible a collection of "primitive legends," is to be sold for between $1 million and $1.5 million.

• Now US National Council of Churches calls for Kavanaugh to step aside

  The US National Council of Churches has made an extraordinary statement calling for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.

• Pope Francis' popularity takes a hit over handling of sex abuse crisis

  Confidence in Pope Francis' handling of his church's global sex abuse crisis has plummeted among US Catholics, according to a new Pew Research Center poll.

• 'No significant change': Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford and America's lost art of listening

  It makes me want to scream, like an impatient four-year-old with a lot to say: 'ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!?!'

• Lawyer for US pastor Andrew Brunson appeals to Turkey's highest court

  The lawyer for US evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson said he filed an appeal on Wednesday to Turkey's constitutional court for his client's release from house arrest.

• Turkish president claims Andrew Brunson has 'dark links with terror', vows to resist US pressure for release

  The case of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson has plunged ties between Ankara and Washington into crisis.

• Chinese bishops to attend Vatican synod for first time

  Catholic bishops from China will for the first time attend a major Vatican meeting starting this week.

• Once an outcast, Patriarch Filaret is ready to lead Ukraine Church split from Russia

  Patriarch Filaret was defrocked and excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox church, and accused by his opponents of being a KGB agent, having a secret family and embezzling money.

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  Former lesbian says she's worried about Christian view of sexuality being called 'hate speech'

  A former lesbian who's now a pastor's wife says the pastor who helped change her worldview would be accused of "hate speech" today.

• Christian women sentenced to death in Iran plead with US to accept more refugees

  Two Christian women who were sentenced to death for their faith in Iran are pleading with the US to raise its cap on the number of refugees being allowed into the country.

• Turkey's President Erdogan says court will decide Andrew Brunson's fate

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor.

• US 'sparing no effort' to get pastor Andrew Brunson home from Turkey

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has promised that the US is doing everything it can to free pastor Andrew Brunson.

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  Brett Kavanaugh denies sex abuse allegations, saying he was a church-going virgin in his school years

  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has firmly denied the multiple sex abuse allegations against him, stating that he was a church-going virgin in high school.