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Mother of man killed in California bar shooting says she doesn't want any more prayers
Susan Orfanos, the mother of 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos who was killed in Wednesday's mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, after surviving last year's shooting in Las Vegas, said in a recent interview that she wants no more thoughts and prayers.
French and German leaders in show of unity a hundred years after end of World War One
One hundred years after the guns of World War One fell silent, the leaders of France and Germany held hands and rested their heads against one another in a poignant ceremony to mark the signing of the Armistice peace agreement.
Christians praying as out-of-control California wildfires bring devastation
Churches in California are praying for an end to the devastating wildfires that have burned thousands of homes to the ground.
Outcry after four Catholic priests kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria
Nigerian officials are condemning the kidnapping of four Roman Catholic priests by armed gunmen earlier this week.
Popular church worker among the victims of California bar shooting
A young church worker who 'loved serving people' has been confirmed as one of the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California.
Cinema chain rejects Bible Society film marking World War One centenary
A major cinema chain in the UK has rejected a short film showing how the Bible gave hope to soldiers during World War One.
UK withholding offer of asylum to Asia Bibi over 'security concerns', campaigner claims
The UK has decided not to offer asylum to a Christian mother in Pakistan because of concerns that it would be a threat to security, a human rights campaigner has claimed.
Is an armistice needed for divided nations and churches?
We have witnessed the rise in populism and nationalism, not least across Europe but wider afield too.
Church of Scotland releases eye-witness accounts of Kristallnacht
The newly-released document contains 'truthful observations and trustworthy accounts by eye witnesses' to the wave of Nazi-orchestrated violence on November 9-10, 1938.
The Spice Girls and Westlife can do it â sort of. Why can't Christians deal with comebacks?
Maybe some doors are too heavy to hold open? Maybe some burnt bridges can't be rebuilt?
Why did Christians support the First World War?
Why were the Christians of a century ago in general so hugely supportive of Britain's engagement in the Great War?
Magazines show a village at war
Parish magazines published in a Hertfordshire village from 1914 to 1918 reveal poignant insights into life in the rural community during the First World War.
80 years after Kristallnacht: Why Jews keep the 'commandments'
Even nowadays, some mitzvot can only be carried out in the Land of Israel, but that still leaves Jews in the Diaspora with a few hundred mitzvot that we should carry out daily.
MPs urge Mike Pompeo to ban Tommy Robinson from US fundraising tour
Robinson, a far-right activist and co-founder of the nationalist English Defence League, is currently banned from entering the US after being convicted in 2012 of entering the country on a false passport.
Satanic Temple sues Netflix over 'Sabrina' use of Baphomet deity
The Satanic Temple accused the defendants of copyright infringement, trademark violations and injury to its reputation.
Cameroon child kidnappers warned victims not to return to Christian school
Kidnappers freed about 80 school children and a driver in west Cameroon on Wednesday, but kept hold of a principal and one teacher, two days after snatching them in a school raid.