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Prince Charles Offers \'Special Prayers\' For Victims Of Cairo Bombing
Prince Charles Offers 'Special Prayers' For Victims Of Cairo Bombing

Prince Charles joined the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis in offering prayers and sympathy to the Coptic Pope Tawadros II after 24 Copts were killed in a suicide attack in Egypt.

Christian Pastor In Turkey Imprisoned And Accused Of Armed Terrorism Links
Christian Pastor In Turkey Imprisoned And Accused Of Armed Terrorism Links

A Christian pastor has been imprisoned and charged in Turkey with membership of an "armed terrorist organisation".

Nigeria Orders Probe After Dozens Die When Church Roof Caves In
Nigeria Orders Probe After Dozens Die When Church Roof Caves In

The builder and contractors responsible for the Reigners Bible Church in Nigeria that collapsed at an episcopal consecraton, killing and injuring dozens of people, are to face a police investigation.

Cairo Attack on Christians: State Funeral For Victims As Sisi Declares Three Days Of Mourning
Cairo Attack on Christians: State Funeral For Victims As Sisi Declares Three Days Of Mourning

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi will attend a state funeral on Monday for the 25 Christians killed in a bomb attack as they worshipped on Sunday.

\'ISIS Is Here To Stay\': What Next For Christians in Qaraqosh?
'ISIS Is Here To Stay': What Next For Christians in Qaraqosh?

For decades, the Immaculate Conception Church in Qaraqosh was the heart of Iraq's largest Christian town. But just two years under Islamic State rule has left it scarred and desecrated.

BBC Admits To Unbalanced Report On What Wartime Pope Did To Save Jews
BBC Admits To Unbalanced Report On What Wartime Pope Did To Save Jews

The BBC has admitted a report that accused the Catholic Church of "silence" in response to the fate of the Jewish people under the Nazis was unfair, while at the same time the author of the book Hitler's Pope has robustly defended his thesis.

Syrian Rebels Offered Chance To Quit Aleppo, Jihadists Retake Palmyra
Syrian Rebels Offered Chance To Quit Aleppo, Jihadists Retake Palmyra

Syrian rebels have received a US-backed proposal to leave Aleppo along with civilians under safe passage guaranteed by Russia, rebel officials have said.

U.S. Lawmakers Put Pressure on India to Ease Funding Restrictions on Christian Group
U.S. Lawmakers Put Pressure on India to Ease Funding Restrictions on Christian Group

Lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States have united to call on the government of India to ease funding restrictions it imposed on a Christian organisation based only on an accusation that it is encouraging religious conversions.

Couple Says Doctors Pressured Them into Aborting Child with Down\'s Syndrome, But They Said \'No\'
Couple Says Doctors Pressured Them into Aborting Child with Down's Syndrome, But They Said 'No'

A couple from Australia has expressed criticism about how doctors they consulted in their country supposedly pressured them into aborting their child who was diagnosed with a genetic disorder.

Muslim Refugees in Germany Embrace Christianity to Feel Loved and Free, Pastor Says
Muslim Refugees in Germany Embrace Christianity to Feel Loved and Free, Pastor Says

More and more refugees from the Middle East in Germany are turning their backs on Islam and embracing Christianity because of their desire to feel loved and free, a pastor guiding the migrants through their conversions shared.

Boko Haram Training Boys, Telling Them to Return to School and Kill Their Christian Teachers and Fellow Students
Boko Haram Training Boys, Telling Them to Return to School and Kill Their Christian Teachers and Fellow Students

This terrorist group is sending young boys to school—not to get education but to kill Christian teachers and students as well.

Manny Pacquiao Files Bill Seeking \'Bible Day\' Holiday in the Philippines, Cites Scripture\'s Big Role in Nation-Building
Manny Pacquiao Files Bill Seeking 'Bible Day' Holiday in the Philippines, Cites Scripture's Big Role in Nation-Building

Manny Pacquiao, iconic Christian boxer and senator from the Philippines, wants a new holiday declared in his own country—a "National Bible Day."

Japanese Pilot Who Attacked Pearl Harbor Led to Faith by American Prisoner of War
Japanese Pilot Who Attacked Pearl Harbor Led to Faith by American Prisoner of War

They were sworn enemies but ended up as brothers in Christ spreading the message of love.

Meet The Christian Artist Working In Gaza
Meet The Christian Artist Working In Gaza

Only about 1,200 Christians remain in Gaza -- a tiny fraction of the population in a territory run by Hamas Islamists -- but artist Naser Jeldha is doing what he can to preserve its Christian heritage through art.

Attack On Cairo Cathedral Kills At Least 25
Attack On Cairo Cathedral Kills At Least 25

At least 20 people have died and 35 injured after an explosion hit Cairo's Coptic Cathedral on Sunday.

Officials in New Mexico Won\'t Remove Ten Commandments Monument Despite Court Order
Officials in New Mexico Won't Remove Ten Commandments Monument Despite Court Order

Officials of a city in the United States are standing up for their Christian faith and are poised to defy a local court ruling declaring a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of their city hall as unconstitutional.