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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.
Evangelical Christians in India lament church truck crash that killed 16 and injured 50
Evangelical Christians in India are in mourning following a fatal traffic accident in which 16 Christians were killed and over 50 injured.
Inquiry begins into sainthood for Jacques Hamel, killed while celebrating Mass last year
A formal inquiry has begun into the cause for beatification of the French priest Fr Jacques Hamel, who was killed last July while celebrating Mass.
Thousands expected at UK's biggest Christian evangelism event for decades
Some of the world's top Christian evangelists will come together to lead nearly 50,000 people in praise and worship this July in one of the biggest Christian stadium events ever.
What is the key religious liberty case on Neil Gorsuch's desk this week?
Trinity Lutheran Church, which is located in Columbia, Missouri and runs a preschool and daycare centre, said Missouri unlawfully excluded it from a grant programme providing state funds to nonprofit groups