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U.S. transgender row: School district freezes fed bathroom policy after father pulls out 3 sons from school over issue

A school district in Michigan has stopped implementing a policy that allows transgender students to use bathrooms according to their gender identity after a father pulled out his three sons from a school over the issue.

U.S. transgender row: Boy who identifies as girl draws backlash after outshining rivals in track meet

A transgender teen who is biologically a male is being questioned by female athletes and their parents after he outshone most of the competitors in a state track meet in Alaska.

Lesbian Episcopal priest rebuked for claiming that homosexuality is 'a good thing' for Christians

A Christian theologian and speaker maintained that homosexuals are committing a sin after a lesbian Episcopal priest made a bold claim that homosexuality is actually a good thing for Christianity.

Curtailment of religious rights? Christians told to pray silently in Italian church so as not to disturb Muslim migrants

Much to the surprise of several faithful, Christians hoping to practice their faith in a church in Italy were told by a Catholic charity group to "pray in silence" so as not to disturb Muslim migrants from Africa who were seeking temporary refuge there.

Hagia Sophia row: Turkey allows Quran readings during Ramadan

Ramadan has started, and in Istanbul there have been readings of the Quran in the ancient Church of Hagia Sophia for the first time in 80 years.

Muslim refugee converts to Christianity forgive their persecutors

Christian faith has brought new hope, forgiveness and a freedom from fear to Muslim converts to Christianity living in refugee camps, according to RT.

Charleston massacre: Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof's trial to begin November 2016

The federal death penalty trial for Dylann Roof, the white man accused of killing nine black members of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church in a racially motivated attack, will begin on November 7, a judge said Tuesday.

Pope Francis 'never ceases to amaze' as he gifts disabled elderly couple with electric scooter

Pope Francis did not earn the monicker "The People's Pope" for nothing, because the head of the Roman Catholic Church indeed takes time to listen to the people's needs and be a good friend to them.

ACLU official resigns over transgender bathroom issue, safety concerns for her children

The interim director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Georgia has resigned over disagreement on a case concerning a North Carolina law that prohibits transgenders from using bathrooms according to their gender identity and on her concerns about her children's privacy and safety.

7-year-old boy barred from sharing Bible verses in California school; sheriff visits family's home to issue warning

A seven-year-old student at a school in Palmdale, California has been barred by his school to distribute Bible verses during lunch time in school. The boy was also visited by a sheriff who told his family that their boy should stop the distribution of Bible verses because "someone might be offended."

Christian convert who helped pastor Saeed Abedini in Iran 'one step from death' in Tehran prison

Nasim Naghash Zargaran, a Christian woman who assisted Pastor Saeed Abedini while he was imprisoned in Iran, is just "one step from death" and in desperate need of prayers as she languished in a prison in Tehran.

'This is the Lord's doing': Pastor survives gunshot to the head as bullet inexplicably veers off

A pastor in Houston, Texas thought she was gone for good when a man started shooting outside a beauty salon in Minneapolis where she was having her hair done last week.

U.N. experts slam extremely 'irresponsible' comments by Philippine president-elect Duterte justifying the killing of journalists

Two United Nations human rights experts strongly condemned recent statements made by Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte suggesting that journalists are not exempt for assassination, urging the incoming leader to immediately stop instigating deadly violence.

The devil goes shopping? Video shows woman allegedly possessed by \'evil spirit\' inside supermarket in China