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John Oliver versus the televangelists: Why does it take a comic to do the Church's job?
The comedian set up his own "church", Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, inviting donations via its website.
Texas man marries fiancée after judge says the alternative is prison
Texas Judge Randall Rogers is facing a misconduct complaint after making the order.
Bangkok bombing: Death toll rises to 22 as authorities seek answers
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which eight tourists died.
Ukraine: Fighting flares between government forces and Russian-backed rebels
The clashes near Mariupol and at rebel-held Horlivka further frayed the ceasefire.
'A terrible idea': Amnesty draws intense fire for its move to decriminalise sex trade
Following the lead of some Christian groups, anti-human trafficking advocates, medical practitioners and famous celebrities have spoken in one voice against non-government organisation Amnesty International's decision to approve a new policy seeking to decriminalise global sex trade.
Should churches change open-door policy for security's sake? Leaders express doubts
Two months after the deadly church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina that claimed nine lives, churches in the US are considering whether to change their open-door policy for all.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan declares: White people 'deserve to die'
Even using God's name in between racial slurs, the leader of Islamic religious movement, Nation of Islam, said death is only rightful for white people for their supposed abuses to the black community.
President Obama holds anti-Semitic views, GOP presidential bet Ben Carson insists
United States President Barack Obama holds anti-Semitic views that has prompted him to abandon the people of Israel, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson maintained.
Donald Trump says all illegal immigrants in the US must be deported: 'They have to go'
Republican presidential bet said he will deport all illegal immigrants in the United States if he is elected president and rescind all President Obama's executive immigration orders.
Extinction of Christians in the Middle East is 'certainly a possibility'
As the Islamic State continues its mission to turn Syria, Iraq and the wider Middle East into a caliphate that is as radical as it is brutal, droves of Christians are making the heartbreaking decision to leave their ancestral homelands, knowing that they may never return.
Jimmy Carter vows to continue teaching Sunday School despite cancer diagnosis
Former President Jimmy Carter attended church as usual yesterday and has vowed to continue teaching Sunday School despite his advanced liver cancer.
Donald Trump says 'bad' deal reached by US with Iran could lead to nuke 'holocaust'
Republican presidential bet Donald Trump warned that the Iran nuclear deal that that is being trumpeted by the Obama administration can lead to nuclear holocaust with the amount of money the country is getting.
Kidnapped Syrian priest released but others still missing
A priest kidnapped in Syria a month ago has been released but others are still missing.
In this Alabama church, members praise the Lord, and then shoot at the gun range
A church in Jemison, Alabama has opened a gun range to lure people into the congregation and put to use a land that once was full of the invasive kudzu plant and snakes.
ISIS threatens sex slavery for three Christian women
ISIS has threatened that three Christian women, whose photos have been leaked on social media, will be sold as sex slaves.
Europe on trial: Migrant crisis is a test of the continent's cohesion
The influx of migrants has triggered a poisonous round of every-man-for-himself bickering.