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Freed grandmother Alice Johnson says Kim Kardashian's help was a miracle of God
Freed grandmother Alice Johnson says Kim Kardashian's help was a miracle of God

"I know that only God could have touched Kim Kardashian's heart like that," said Johnson

California University think-tank teaches medical students how to discuss abortion with religious women
California University think-tank teaches medical students how to discuss abortion with religious women

A think-tank in the University of California-San Francisco has released a guide teaching medical students how to help religious women reconcile an abortion with their religious beliefs.

Indiana teacher claims he was pressured to quit after refusing to abide by school's transgender name policy
Indiana teacher claims he was pressured to quit after refusing to abide by school's transgender name policy

A former orchestra teacher in central Indiana has claimed that he was pressured to quit because he refused to comply with a policy that required teachers to call transgender students by their preferred name instead of the name given to them at birth.

Fox News apologizes for showing photo of Eagles Players kneeling in prayer while reporting about anthem protests
Fox News apologizes for showing photo of Eagles Players kneeling in prayer while reporting about anthem protests

Fox News has issued an apology for showing members of Philadelphia Eagles football team kneeling in prayer during a segment about National Anthem protests.

Supreme Court challenges Northern Ireland abortion law – but shuts down bid to change it
Supreme Court challenges Northern Ireland abortion law – but shuts down bid to change it

Britain's Supreme Court said today that Northern Ireland's strict abortion legislation was incompatible with human rights, but that the court did not have the powers to rule that the law be changed.

Appeals court declines to hear petition of Satanist seeking removal of 'In God We Trust' from US currency
Appeals court declines to hear petition of Satanist seeking removal of 'In God We Trust' from US currency

The Seventh Circuit Court of U.S. Appeals has upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a case filed by a self-described Satanist seeking the removal of the motto "In God We Trust" from the U.S. currency.

Abortion survivor shares how she became friends with the mother who had thought she was dead
Abortion survivor shares how she became friends with the mother who had thought she was dead

Melissa Ohden was already 14-years-old when she found from her adoptive family that her birth mother had tried to abort her. Years later, she was able to meet with her birth mother who had spent most of her life believing that her daughter did not survive the abortion procedure.

Report: Membership in PCUSA dropped by 5 percent in 2017
Report: Membership in PCUSA dropped by 5 percent in 2017

The Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) has released its latest report showing a five percent drop in membership in 2017.

Toddler dies of suspected overheating in hot car two hours after church trip
Toddler dies of suspected overheating in hot car two hours after church trip

A 3-year-old girl from Indiana was found dead after apparently being left in a hot car for two hours after her family returned home from church.

May tells Netanyahu of concern over Gaza deaths

Britain is concerned about the deaths of protesters in Gaza, Prime Minister Theresa May told Israel's premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, saying that the situation had deteriorated.

'One part suffers, every part suffers': The church and the UK's knife crime
'One part suffers, every part suffers': The church and the UK's knife crime

In parts of the UK there is an rising risk of being unlawfully killed. Steve Clifford says the church has a crucial role to play in this crisis.

Gazans send fire-starting kites into Israel; minister threatens lethal response
Gazans send fire-starting kites into Israel; minister threatens lethal response

Palestinians are sending kites dangling coal embers or burning rags across the Gaza border to set fire to farmland and forests, in a new tactic that an Israeli minister said should be countered with 'targeted assassinations'.

Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island
Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island

A growing river of molten rock flowing from a fissure at the foot of Kilauea Volcano is believed to have demolished scores of additional homes and filled in a small bay at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, civil defense officials said on Tuesday.

Now televangelist Jesse Duplantis says he never asked followers for new $54m private jet, just to 'believe in God with me' for it
Now televangelist Jesse Duplantis says he never asked followers for new $54m private jet, just to 'believe in God with me' for it

The televangelist already owns three plans and says he's been "burning them up for the Lord"

Minister and family charged with 12 counts of assault after brawl with police
Minister and family charged with 12 counts of assault after brawl with police

A minister, his wife and his 17-year-old son have been charged with 12 counts of aggravated assault after an altercation with police officers at a church in Lilburn, Georgia last month.

Psychiatrist says demonic possession is real, recalls encounter with cult priestess
Psychiatrist says demonic possession is real, recalls encounter with cult priestess

Columbia University professor Dr. Richard Gallagher said he once met the high priestess of a cult who was able to say exactly what a priest was doing even though she was nowhere near him at the time