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Rio 2016: Triple Jumper Christian Taylor wants to give God the glory as he goes for Gold

The reigning Olympic and world champion in the men's triple jump, Christian Taylor, has soared through to the final in Rio tomorrow, and credits his faith with keeping him grounded.

 Pope Francis is offering beach trips and pizza to Rome\'s homeless
Pope Francis is offering beach trips and pizza to Rome's homeless

Pope Francis has offered seaside trips to those who cannot afford a holiday this summer as part of his ongoing "year of mercy" efforts.

Greece: Shocking reports of children being sexually abused in refugee camps
Greece: Shocking reports of children being sexually abused in refugee camps

Young children are being groomed and sexually assaulted and women are afraid of sexual attacks in government-run refugee camps in Greece, according to reports.

Joshua Wong: Christian activist who took on the Chinese government sentenced in Hong Kong
Joshua Wong: Christian activist who took on the Chinese government sentenced in Hong Kong

The teenage Christian leader of Hong Kong's pro-democracy 'Umbrella' movement, which protested against Beijing's grip on the city's electoral system, has said he does not regret his involvement after being handed a community service sentence.

ISIS jihadi brides encourage British women to launch terror attacks
ISIS jihadi brides encourage British women to launch terror attacks

Jihadi brides are being used to encourage UK women to launch terror attacks, experts have warned as the risk of lone-wolf attacks remains high.

Judge not or you will be judged: Marco Rubio warns Christians over treatment of gay people
Judge not or you will be judged: Marco Rubio warns Christians over treatment of gay people

The conservative Republican Marco Rubio has told an evangelical conference in Florida not to judge the gay community and said that Christians have failed to represent Jesus when they have alienated homosexuals.

Police search for cleric shooter, New York mayor says Muslims are living with bigotry
Police search for cleric shooter, New York mayor says Muslims are living with bigotry

New York City police are searching for a gunman who killed a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens on Saturday.

Australia: Church stormed by anti-Islam protestors
Australia: Church stormed by anti-Islam protestors

A church was stormed by anti-Islam protestors in Australia on Sunday as part of a "racist stunt" against support for Muslims and multiculturalism.

Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls
Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of school girls kidnapped two years ago, and saying some of them have been killed in air strikes.

Pro-lifers in U.S. plead with mothers not to abort unborn babies afflicted with Zika virus
Pro-lifers in U.S. plead with mothers not to abort unborn babies afflicted with Zika virus

Advocates of the life of the unborn are strongly opposing moves to allow abortion in areas in the United States, such as Miami in Florida, which have already been affected by the Zika virus.

Christians asked to pray hard to counter planned Satanic activity in Oklahoma
Christians asked to pray hard to counter planned Satanic activity in Oklahoma

A local Roman Catholic archbishop has called on Christians in Oklahoma to pray hard to counter a planned black mass and an additional Satanic ritual timed to mock a Marian fest and even desecrate an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Bishop warns of different form of Islamic aggression in Nigeria that persecutes Christians
Bishop warns of different form of Islamic aggression in Nigeria that persecutes Christians

In Nigeria, Islamic aggression is taking on a different form, and a Roman Catholic bishop has raised concern that this is further persecution for the almost half a million Christians in the African nation.

Everybody suffering in Syria as war destroys nation and families, bishop says
Everybody suffering in Syria as war destroys nation and families, bishop says

The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo—the Syrian city now at the center of firefights—recently lamented how armed conflict has left residents like him with a "destroyed country and destroyed families."

'People of darkness' want to destroy Germany, says woman who claims God spoke to her about her country's future

She had a vision of the refugee "disaster" now engulfing Germany even before the first signs of trouble broke out.

\'I saw Jesus in heaven and He knew my name,\' says doctor who had near-death experience
'I saw Jesus in heaven and He knew my name,' says doctor who had near-death experience

As a doctor in a Texas hospital, Dr. Gerry Landry, 55, knew he was having a heart attack one day at home when he felt overwhelming fatigue and crushing pain in his chest.

Muslim children embrace Christ — only to be beaten up and cast out as \'infidels\' by their own families
Muslim children embrace Christ — only to be beaten up and cast out as 'infidels' by their own families

In this African country, even children who turn to Jesus Christ are punished as severely as adults, with their parents as the culprits.