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3 years later, child Christian fellowship finally wins lawsuit against U.S. school district over fees
3 years later, child Christian fellowship finally wins lawsuit against U.S. school district over fees

A Christian fellowship has won a three-year-old lawsuit against a school district in Ohio state over the imposition of fees for the use of its facilities.

U.S. university sued for ordering campus Christian group to get permit before it can talk about Jesus to students
U.S. university sued for ordering campus Christian group to get permit before it can talk about Jesus to students

The North Carolina State University is facing a lawsuit from a Christian student group over its policy that requires students to get a permit before they can talk to anyone about Jesus.

Brother of pastor declared mentally competent to stand trial for murder
Brother of pastor declared mentally competent to stand trial for murder

An Ohio judge has declared that a man charged with shooting his pastor brother last February is mentally competent to stand trial.

Harvard journal refuses to retract fake 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' papyrus story

A Harvard University journal has refused to retract its article published in 2014 about the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife' papyrus fragment despite that its author has admitted that the scrap of paper is a forgery.

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear family pharmacy\'s religious claim
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear family pharmacy's religious claim

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Christian-family owned pharmacy in Washington that refused to sell contraceptives to women because of their deeply held religious beliefs.

10 albums to make you feel better about the world
10 albums to make you feel better about the world

Here's 10 records, some Christian, some not explicitly so, which will give your soul a lift...

International Justice Mission lawyer found dead with client in Kenya
International Justice Mission lawyer found dead with client in Kenya

Willie Kimani has been found dead in Kenya along with his client and a taxi driver following their abduction in the capital city of Nairobi.

Bangladesh: Hindu priest hacked to death while preparing morning prayers
Bangladesh: Hindu priest hacked to death while preparing morning prayers

Shaymanonda Das, 45, was killed in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter, 300 km south west of the capital Dhaka.

US giving hundreds of millions to countries that recruit child soldiers
US giving hundreds of millions to countries that recruit child soldiers

The US is giving hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to countries that use and recruit child soldiers.

Pope Francis wants \'prayers and tears\' not a sermon at Auschwitz death camp
Pope Francis wants 'prayers and tears' not a sermon at Auschwitz death camp

Pope Francis wants to mark the deaths of six million Jews and millions of other minorities with tears and prayers when he visits the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland at the end of this month.

Egypt: Islamic State claims responsibility for Coptic priest murder
Egypt: Islamic State claims responsibility for Coptic priest murder

Rev Rafael Moussa, 46, was outside a car repair shop near his church in El Arish, the region's main town.

Russia: Evangelicals pray, fast and lobby Putin as severe restrictions placed on evangelism
Russia: Evangelicals pray, fast and lobby Putin as severe restrictions placed on evangelism

The law will prohibit evangelism anywhere outside a church or religious site – including private homes and online – and those in breach of it will be fined.

Belgian Catholic nursing home has to pay damages for refusing euthanasia
Belgian Catholic nursing home has to pay damages for refusing euthanasia

A Catholic nursing home in Belgium is reported to have fallen foul of the country's courts after refusing to permit a resident to access euthanasia.

Word of Life trial: Father testifies against daughter
Word of Life trial: Father testifies against daughter

Bruce Leonard, the father of the boy beaten to death by a church counselling session, has testified in court against his own daughter.

No more settlements on Palestinian land, Middle East Quartet to tell Israel
No more settlements on Palestinian land, Middle East Quartet to tell Israel

The draft report by the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations said the Israeli policy "is steadily eroding the viability of the two state solution".

\'I\'ll skin you alive\':  Chinese official threatens Christian farmer after taking away his property
'I'll skin you alive': Chinese official threatens Christian farmer after taking away his property

After Chinese authorities seized a three-acre soybean field from a Chinese farmer on June 12, an official warned the poor farmer that "I'll skin you alive if you dare to complain again," the non-profit Christian human rights organisation China Aid reports.