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South Sudan\'s child refugees in mental health crisis: 150,000 need therapy for post-conflict trauma
South Sudan's child refugees in mental health crisis: 150,000 need therapy for post-conflict trauma

More than 150,000 child refugees in northern Uganda require mental health therapy after fleeing intense violence in South Sudan.

Pope Francis makes surprise call to rubbish collector who lost both his legs in collision
Pope Francis makes surprise call to rubbish collector who lost both his legs in collision

Pope Francis has made a surprise phone call to an Argentine rubbish collector who lost both his legs in a serious accident.

Prince William and Kate meet Salvation Army anti-trafficking worker in Poland
Prince William and Kate meet Salvation Army anti-trafficking worker in Poland

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met a Salvation Army representative working against human trafficking at a garden party in Royal Lazienki Park, Warsaw to mark the Queen's birthday.

How this passionate Christian from Samaritan\'s Purse is helping to save lives in war-torn northern Iraq
How this passionate Christian from Samaritan's Purse is helping to save lives in war-torn northern Iraq

For seven tumultuous years, Matthew Nowery has been sustained by his infectiously strong faith as he worked for Samaritan's Purse (SP) in northern Iraq.

You aren\'t coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline
You aren't coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline

A group of Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania is resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by building a makeshift chapel along the proposed route and, citing religious freedom, launching a legal challenge.

ISIS receipt surfaces in Mosul for sale of 20-year-old woman to jihadi for $1,500
ISIS receipt surfaces in Mosul for sale of 20-year-old woman to jihadi for $1,500

The 'bill of sale' for a young sex slave sold for around $1,500 was discovered in the recently liberated Iraqi city of Mosul.

16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan\'s blasphemy law
16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan's blasphemy law

A Pakistani boy has been charged with blasphemy for speaking with a colleague about Jesus, according to World Watch Monitor.

More than 9 in 10 British kids don\'t go to church: Here\'s how Scripture Union is helping change that
More than 9 in 10 British kids don't go to church: Here's how Scripture Union is helping change that

Christian charity Scripture Union England & Wales laid down a call to churches to increase their outreach work with children and young people, as part of The 95 Campaign.

Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?
Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?

An astonishing choral performance of all 150 Psalms in one weekend is coming soon. Tido Vasser, managing director of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on what inspired him to embark on this ambitious project

Middle East is 'going backwards' and Syria will get worse, warns head of SAT-7

The Middle East is 'going backwards in development terms,' according to the founder and head of the Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7, Dr Terence Ascott.

Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless
Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless

A would-be bride turned her $30,000 non-refundable wedding reception into a banquet for the homeless after her fiancé cancelled their marriage.

Two Catholic priests kidnapped in troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Two Catholic priests kidnapped in troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Archaeologists find clues in search for the Ark of the Covenant
Archaeologists find clues in search for the Ark of the Covenant

Archaeologists searching for the Ark of the Covenant at Shiloh in the West Bank say they have discovered ancient clues that suggest they're getting closer to determining whether the site really held the stone tablets bearing the 10 Commandments.

Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim

An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.

Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

Trump\'s relationship with Putin \'will help save human lives,\' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop
Trump's relationship with Putin 'will help save human lives,' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop

Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.