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UN Appoints Catholic, Pro-Refugee Secretary General
UN Appoints Catholic, Pro-Refugee Secretary General

António Guterres. Catholic activist and former Portugese Prime Minister, has been appointed as the new secretary general of the UN.

Four Christian Missionaries Abducted, Tortured And Shot Dead In Mexico
Four Christian Missionaries Abducted, Tortured And Shot Dead In Mexico

The four men were kidnapped on Saturday by an armed gang in La Ruana in the western state of Michoacan, according to InfoCatolica.

Scientology Is A \'Brutal Sect\' Which Drains Money From People, Says Russian Orthodox Church
Scientology Is A 'Brutal Sect' Which Drains Money From People, Says Russian Orthodox Church

Scientology is nothing more than a "brutal, totalitarian sect" which defrauds people out of money, the Russian Church has said.

Al Shabaab Claims Death Of Six Christians In Kenya Attack
Al Shabaab Claims Death Of Six Christians In Kenya Attack

Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in northeast Kenya on Thursday.

Miroslav Volf On Why Christians Should Back Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump

One of America's leading Christian thinkers says Hillary Clinton is the "more competent" candidate for President, while suggesting the Democratic nominee is, "more in line with the Christian faith than is Donald Trump".

Christian Leaders Gather Hundreds of Faithful in Jerusalem to Pray for Peace
Christian Leaders Gather Hundreds of Faithful in Jerusalem to Pray for Peace

Hundreds of Christians from all around the world gathered in Israel earlier this week to pray for peace for the nation which God calls His own in the Holy Bible, and where Jesus Christ was born and spread His teachings.

Muslim Refugees in U.S. Outnumber Christians 12,486 to 68: \'Social Engineering,\' Not Humanitarian Relief?
Muslim Refugees in U.S. Outnumber Christians 12,486 to 68: 'Social Engineering,' Not Humanitarian Relief?

The disparity in number is just too glaring: Out of the 12,587 Syrian refugees admitted in the United States this fiscal year, a whopping majority of them —12,486, or 98.2 percent, to be exact—were identified as Muslims, with the remaining 68, constituting just half of 1 percent of the total, being Christians, CNS News reports.

Hurricane Matthew track, path update latest 2016 (Map): South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina path update
Hurricane Matthew track, path update latest 2016 (Map): South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina path update

Hurricane Matthew, which is being touted as the strongest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, has been tracked powering towards the Bahamas and Florida early on Wednesday.

Polish Government Backs Down Over Total Abortion Ban
Polish Government Backs Down Over Total Abortion Ban

The Polish government has performed a U-turn on a proposed total ban on abortion following mass protests by which a minister described as a lesson in humility.

Four Kidnapped Christians Including A Child Released For Ransom In Egypt

Four Coptic Christians, including a child, who were kidnapped on Monday in the Egyptian town of Manfalout in Assiut, have returned home safely after a ransom was paid, according to the independent Cairo newspaper Watani.

Mike Pence and Tim Kaine trade blows on partial-birth abortion and the awkward intersection of faith and politics
Mike Pence and Tim Kaine trade blows on partial-birth abortion and the awkward intersection of faith and politics

"For me ... the sanctity of life proceeds out of a belief in that ancient principle of God," Pence said. "What I cannot understand is Hillary Clinton—how she can support a process like partial-birth abortion."

Christian Man Hacked To Death In Church In India
Christian Man Hacked To Death In Church In India

A Pentecostal Christian who was involved in politics has been hacked to death in a church, according to reports from India.

Helping Haiti \'In Jesus\' Name\': Christian Groups Move In After Hurricane Matthew Wreaks Havoc
Helping Haiti 'In Jesus' Name': Christian Groups Move In After Hurricane Matthew Wreaks Havoc

A church in Haiti has been destroyed and at least 11 people killed as Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm of kind in a decade, swept on towards Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida today.

Christian Persecution On The Rise In Uzbekistan Where Just Owning A Bible Is Illegal
Christian Persecution On The Rise In Uzbekistan Where Just Owning A Bible Is Illegal

Increasing numbers of Christians in Uzbekistan are being punished simply for the "crime" of having religious literature at home.

Pope Francis: \'Evil Does Not Have The Last Word\'
Pope Francis: 'Evil Does Not Have The Last Word'

The tireless work of churches and aid agencies in the Middle East is "a reflection of God's mercy" and a sign that "evil has limits", Pope Francis has said.

Columbine Mother Says She Forgives Daughter\'s Killers
Columbine Mother Says She Forgives Daughter's Killers

The mother of the first student killed in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 has spoken of how she has forgiven the murderers and met the mother of one of them.