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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
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?'
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'
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
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'
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
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
Insurgents effectively broke a month-long government siege of eastern, opposition-held Aleppo on Saturday.
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
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
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
Gunmen dressed as priests have killed three Nigerian soldiers in the oil-producing Niger Delta, a military source and residents have said.
Refugee swimmer wins hearts at Rio Olympics
A Syrian refugee who won her heat in the 100 metres butterfly at the Olympics in Rio swam pulling a boat full of 20 people in the ocean between Turkey and Greece when fleeing her home country last year.
Should the next US president be offensively blunt about Islamism? Republicans think so, Democrats don't
The findings come in a Pew survey that reveals widely differing attitudes towards Islam among Americans.
British Iranians protest Sunni executions, urge UK government to hold Iran to account
Twenty Iranians have today entered their third day of a hunger strike in protest against what they say are brutal violations of human rights laws by their country's government.