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Egyptian police kill ISIS militant involved in Sinai monastery attack, with Bedouin help
With the help of Bedouin tribesmen, Egyptian police have tracked down and killed one of the Islamist militants involved in an attack near the St Catherine's monastery in Sinai, according to the country's Interior Ministry.
Father's grief as 16-year-old Coptic boy is murdered in Egypt's 'war on Christians'
An Egyptian Christian boy found murdered on Maundy Thursday was killed by Islamic extremists hoping to intimidate Christians, say his family.
It's taken 8 years, but the UN finally recognises Christian anti-persecution charity
Christian Solidarity Worldwide, one of the UK's leading anti-persecution organisations, has been given long-awaited UN accreditation. The organization, which is based in London, but camapigns for the protection of Christians across the world, had been waiting for eight years to receive the accreditation.
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen blasts Pope Francis and Church for political 'interference'
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she is 'angry' at the Catholic Church and criticised Pope Francis and Bishops for getting involved in political issues while ignoring 'what [they] should really be concerned with'.
ISIS' new propaganda video shows 6-year-old boy helping in beheading of two captives
The Islamic State (ISIS) has released another sickening propaganda video showing a six-year-old boy assisting in the beheading of two captives.
Nepal's Catholics suffer arson attack weeks before elections
An arson attack struck the first Catholic cathedral in Hindu-majority Nepal on Tuesday leaving the building and priest's housing damaged.
Christian governor in Jakarta faces election defeat while on trial for alleged blasphemy
Jakarta's Christian governor today looked set to lose office to a Muslim former government minister in a highly divisive election that has been going on while the Christian is on trial for blasphemy.
Ancient Sinai monastery targeted by Islamic militants in Egypt a week after Coptic church bombings
Islamist gunmen attacked security forces near St Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's south Sinai yesterday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others outside one of the world's most important and oldest Christian sites.
The hunt for Jesus' DNA: What does it actually tell us?
Scientists may be on the verge of discovering the DNA of Jesus Christ. So what?
Hope that 'something good will come': How victims of rape and conflict in Uganda are being aided by this Christian charity
In northern Uganda, the leading Christian charity World Vision is helping victims of rape and conflict.
When North Korea's capital had so many Christians it was called the 'Jerusalem of the East'
Though Christians remained a small minority of the overall North Korean population, Pyongyang was a different story, and at its high point, three out of 10 people there were practising Christians.
Less than half of German Christians believe in heaven
Less than half of German Christians will defend the idea of heaven and hell, a new poll has revealed.
Student lynching spurs Pakistan parliament to call for reform of blasphemy laws
A Christian advocacy group has welcomed the Pakistani parliament's plans to reform its controversial blasphemy laws.
Middle East's only Christian President says his message is peace
In a region torn by conflict and hate, a Christian political leaderâthe only one in the regionâlit the light of hope and peace just before Easter, the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
The oldest person in the world is a Jamaican, church-loving Christian aged 117
The oldest person in the world is a Jamaican, church-loving Christian aged 117. Violet Mosse-Brown, born March 10, 1900, said that her faith, commitment to the church and respect for family have helped her live so long.
Canadian church celebrates Easter by hiring helicopter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs
A Christian charity in Canada hired a helicopter this Easter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs to children waiting below.