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Gay scout leader Geoff McGrath dismissed as his plans to re-open debate on BSA\'s LGBT policies emerge
Gay scout leader Geoff McGrath dismissed as his plans to re-open debate on BSA's LGBT policies emerge

McGrath said that he had been hoping his move would force the BSA to re-open its LGBT policy.

Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory apologizes for building $2.2 million mansion; Locals urge him to sell and live like Pope Francis
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory apologizes for building $2.2 million mansion; Locals urge him to sell and live like Pope Francis

The Atlanta Archbishop's new residence is about 6,400-square-foot (595-square-meter) and the funds to help construct the home came directly from the nephew of Margaret Mitchell, who is author of the 1936 Civil War novel, "Gone With The Wind," a body of work that brought her family fortune.

Man Swept Into Ocean During Baptism; Coast Guard Calls Off Search in California Beach

The search for 43-year-old- Benito Flores, a man swept to sea during a baptism, has now come to an end.

Easter food parcels for Iraqi Christians
Easter food parcels for Iraqi Christians

AMAR International is fundraising to be able to provide Iraqi Christians to eat well this Easter holiday.

Is the Holy Grail in Spain?
Is the Holy Grail in Spain?

A new book claims that the Holy Grail is not lost, destroyed or buried as is often thought, but is in fact on full display in a Spanish church.

Washington mudslide death toll rises to 28, local churches remember victims

Local churches offer prayers for the dead and missing, as the death count of the March 22 Washington Mudslide continues to rise.

Holy Grail found? Church overwhelmed with visitors after Spanish Historians\' claim
Holy Grail found? Church overwhelmed with visitors after Spanish Historians' claim

Spanish historians believe they have recovered the cup Jesus drank from at The Last Supper

8-year-old girl pushed out of US Christian school for being a tomboy?

8-year-old Sunnie Kahle withdrew from Timberlake Christian Academy after administrators warned that she wasn't feminine enough to attend the school.

Calls for prayer ahead of presidential elections in Afghanistan
Calls for prayer ahead of presidential elections in Afghanistan

Afghans head to the polls on Saturday for the third presidential elections in the country since the fall of the Taliban in 2001

UK, Syria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia feature in Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin
UK, Syria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia feature in Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin

Jihadists have driven Armenians from Kessab; 33 North Koreans have reportedly been sentenced to death for having contact with a South Korean Baptist missionary

UK churches pray for peace in Ukraine
UK churches pray for peace in Ukraine

Christians are uniting at the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manchester on Sunday to pray for Ukraine

UN council\'s call for action on North Korea human rights abuses welcomed
UN council's call for action on North Korea human rights abuses welcomed

The United Nations Human Rights Council has called upon the Security Council to take action in the face of strong evidence of widespread human rights abuses in North Korea

\'Jesus is Muslim\' billboards concern Christians
'Jesus is Muslim' billboards concern Christians

The billboards have been funded by the group behind the website Ask-A-Muslim.com and come with straplines like "Muslims love Jesus too" and "Jesus is Muslim"

Calls to repeal blasphemy laws after latest death sentence for Christian
Calls to repeal blasphemy laws after latest death sentence for Christian

The Glasgow-based Global Minorities Alliance has called upon Pakistan to repeal its notorious blasphemy laws following Thursday's death sentence for a Christian street sweeper.

Washington mudslide: Oso church reaches out

Oso Community Chapel is the only church on a 30-mile stretch of State Route 530, the roadway sliced in half March 22 by a massive landslide in Oso, Washington, that killed at least 14 people and destroyed some 50 homes.

3,000 Syrian Christians flee Armenian village as Islamist rebels take control
3,000 Syrian Christians flee Armenian village as Islamist rebels take control

Reports of desecrated churches, looted houses: locals blame Turkish complicity