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Germany: Church forces out sheltering Roma families, including 6 children
Germany: Church forces out sheltering Roma families, including 6 children

A Catholic church in Germany has forced out four Roma families from the Balkans including five children and a six-month-old baby who were sheltering there since early July.

Calais: Kids\' café faces demolition, hundreds of children at risk
Calais: Kids' café faces demolition, hundreds of children at risk

Hundreds of unaccompanied refugee children are at risk of even further suffering as French authorities threaten to demolish one of the only safe spaces for young people in the 'Jungle' camp on the town's outskirts.

US diving duo David Boudia and Steele Johnson proclaim Christ on TV after bagging Olympic silver
US diving duo David Boudia and Steele Johnson proclaim Christ on TV after bagging Olympic silver

American diving duo David Boudia and Steele Johnson thanked Christ on national TV after winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics on Monday.

Evangelical leaders: Texas has \'moral obligation\' to stop execution of death row prisoner
Evangelical leaders: Texas has 'moral obligation' to stop execution of death row prisoner

Four dozen evangelical leaders across the US issued an open letter today seeking to stop the execution of a death row inmate convicted of being an accomplice to a murderer who is scheduled to be executed on 24 August.

Iraq: Three young priests ordained in refugee camp to serve persecuted Christians who fled ISIS
Iraq: Three young priests ordained in refugee camp to serve persecuted Christians who fled ISIS

Exactly two years since ISIS militants forced 50,000 Christians to flee Qaraqosh in northern Iraq, three young priests from the city were ordained in a refugee camp in Erbil, and want to bring hope to the persecuted.

Grieving Philippine archbishop pleads for end to extrajudicial killings: \'What has happened to humanity?\'
Grieving Philippine archbishop pleads for end to extrajudicial killings: 'What has happened to humanity?'

The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is in a state of deep shock and grief amid the unabated extrajudicial killings in his country.

Christian schools rising in China: \'Chinese parents begging us to teach their kids about Jesus\'
Christian schools rising in China: 'Chinese parents begging us to teach their kids about Jesus'

There's no stopping the growth of Christianity even in a communist-ruled country like China with a leadership that does not tolerate religious freedom.

Nuns under siege in Syria cry for help: 'Please don't forget us. We need your prayers and your practical help'

The bombs are falling all around them and there is little food to eat, but these brave Carmelite nuns are staying put in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo to do whatever they can to help the city's suffering people.

Pakistan: Churches offer prayers after suicide bomb attack kills 70
Pakistan: Churches offer prayers after suicide bomb attack kills 70

A suicide attack at a hospital in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people on Monday has been condemned as an "inhuman act" by the Catholic Church in the country.

After Caleb Schwab\'s water slide death, pastor speaks: \'This has been devastating at every level\'
After Caleb Schwab's water slide death, pastor speaks: 'This has been devastating at every level'

The pastor of the Schwab family, whose 10-year-old son Caleb was killed in an accident on a water slide on Sunday, has spoken of the pain his death has caused.

Kosovo: British former priest accused of abuse should not be extradited - court
Kosovo: British former priest accused of abuse should not be extradited - court

A British former Catholic priest wanted on child sex abuse charges from the 1970s and 1980s should not be extradited to the UK because the crimes were committed too long ago, a court in Kosovo ruled on Monday.

Syria: War of words as US urges Russia to halt sieges, Russia slams aid politicisation
Syria: War of words as US urges Russia to halt sieges, Russia slams aid politicisation

Insurgents effectively broke a month-long government siege of eastern, opposition-held Aleppo on Saturday.

Manny Pacquiao uses Bible to defend death penalty
Manny Pacquiao uses Bible to defend death penalty

The former world champion boxer and now Philippines senator today used the Bible to justify his call for the reinstatement of the death penalty.

Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital
Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital

A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.

Algeria: Christian sentenced to five years in jail over Jesus post
Algeria: Christian sentenced to five years in jail over Jesus post

A Christian man charged with blasphemy has been sentenced to prison for five years after posting online about Jesus.

Men dressed as priests kill Nigerian soldiers in Delta attack
Men dressed as priests kill Nigerian soldiers in Delta attack

Gunmen dressed as priests have killed three Nigerian soldiers in the oil-producing Niger Delta, a military source and residents have said.