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North Korea wants to 'ardently welcome' Pope Francis, South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang.
Man charged after video footage of pro-life woman being kicked goes viral
A 26-year-old hair stylist has been charged after video footage of a woman being kicked at a pro-life protest went viral.
Brett Kavanaugh says he will 'heed the message of Matthew 25' after contentious swearing-in
After a brutal political fight that roiled the nation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh took the judicial oath in the White House Monday promising to "heed the message of Matthew 25."
Dr Mark Jobe named as Moody Bible Institute's new president
Moody Bible Institute has announced that Dr Mark Jobe will be taking the helm as its 10th president.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invites Pope to visit
Kim Jong-un would like the Pope to visit North Korea, according to a statement from South Korea's presidential office.
Catholic bishops hear the voices of young women at Rome synod
Moved with emotion, Pope Francis shunned his prepared speech in order to speak frankly with the young people present.
Inscription found in Jerusalem is earliest ever record of city's name
A 2,000-year-old inscription has been unearthed in Jerusalem, the earliest ever found that gives the full name of the city.
Indonesia tells independent foreign aid workers to leave quake zone
Indonesia on Tuesday ordered independent foreign aid workers to leave the quake zone and said foreign groups with staff in the disaster area on Sulawesi island should pull them out.
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum.
Climate change panel issues 'final call' on global warming as global disaster threatens
Their report says the world is heading for a rise of 3 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and that this needs to be kept to 1.5C in order to avoid catastrophic change.
Three decades after nuclear disaster, Chernobyl goes solar
Ukraine unveiled a solar plant in Chernobyl on Friday, just across from where a power station, now encased in a giant sarcophagus, caused the world's worst nuclear disaster three decades ago.
Christians arrested, churches closed in Myanmar rebel clampdown
Separatists in Myanmar have closed churches and detained church leaders in a clampdown on Christian activities.
Nobel Peace Prize goes to campaigners against sexual violence
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had awarded them the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
More than 80 Indonesian children feared killed at Bible camp
The church where more than 80 Indonesian children were studying the Bible has moved about two kilometres from where it stood on Friday last week, before disaster struck.
DEC launches national appeal for Indonesia earthquake and tsunami survivors
Over 1,300 people are confirmed dead and 200,000 people are in urgent need of clean water, food, medical care and shelter.
Sudan releases thousands of Bibles held for years in shipping containers
A shipment of Bibles believed to have been held in a Sudanese port for six years has been cleared for distribution.