World
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DRC priest tests positive for Ebola after praying with dying patient
A Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola after he ministered to a dying patient amid a fresh outbreak of the virus.
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Pray the archbishop of Canterbury's prayer for the poor this Sunday, says Tearfund
This Sunday is the closest to the date of Tearfund's founding on May 29, 1968.
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Prospects of US-North Korea summit brighten after Trump's tweet
An advance team of 30 White House and State Department officials was preparing to leave for Singapore later this weekend.
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Ireland set to liberalise abortion laws in landslide 'Yes' vote
The people of Ireland are set to liberalise some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws by a landslide.
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Pope expresses fears of church closures in Europe due to declining number of priests
Pope Francis has warned that some seminaries, churches and monasteries in Europe could be shut down in the future due to the shortage of priests and nuns.
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Pakistani court hands down 14-year jail sentence for rape of Christian 7-year-old
A Pakistani court has sentenced a man to 14 years in jail for the rape of a seven-year-old Christian girl. Activists have celebrated the ruling as a rare justice for Christians in majority-Muslim Pakistan.
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Vatican police detain topless feminist protester breastfeeding baby at St. Peter's Square
A member of the radical feminist group FEMEN has reportedly been detained by the Vatican police after showing up in the middle of St. Peter's Square while breastfeeding a baby.
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Catholic priest quarantined as DRC's Ebola virus spreads
A Catholic priest has been quarantined after infection by the Ebola virus in the river port city of Mbandaka, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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40 ISIS widows sentenced to death in Iraq after a 10-minute hearing
The women claimed that they were victims who had been misled into their marriages to the jihadists.
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Dying Ebola patients taken from hospital to prayer meeting, up to 60 exposed
Two dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a Congo hospital by their relatives on motor-bikes, then taken to a prayer meeting with 50 other people.
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Is Jerusalem's Third Temple foreseen in the Bible?
Wander around the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem for any amount of time and you'll come across some very bizarre images indeed, a variety of colourful and surrealistic portrayals of the so-called Third Temple plonked right in the heart of this controversial square kilometre, in some cases from out of the heavens.
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For the first time, new Judeo-Christian party to run in Israeli parliamentary elections
For the first time ever in Israel, a joint Christian-Jewish party will run in the next elections for the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
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Transgender student wins backing of federal judge in bathroom case
A transgender student should be allowed to use the bathroom of his choice, according to his gender identity, a US judge has ruled.
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Philip Wilson: Catholic archbishop guilty of covering up abuse steps down
The Catholic archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, will step down from his position after being convicted of covering up child sex abuse by a paedophile priest.
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The human face of conflict in Israel and Palestine
Last week, as the attacks took place, the UK parliament was host to an effort from the church to bring the plight of individuals to the attention of government.