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16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan's blasphemy law
A Pakistani boy has been charged with blasphemy for speaking with a colleague about Jesus, according to World Watch Monitor.
Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?
An astonishing choral performance of all 150 Psalms in one weekend is coming soon. Tido Vasser, managing director of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on what inspired him to embark on this ambitious project
Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?
Representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches have agreed to disagree on the legacy of controversial wartime cardinal â seen as a criminal by Orthodox Serbs, and a saint by Catholic Croats.
Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus' last day on earth
From witnessing and experiencing the energy of the power of prayer and being part of painting'Golgotha', his version of the Stations of the Cross, Derek Culley came through two heart attacks and cancer with an inner calm and serenity that he has to this day when engaged in art and art making
Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless
A would-be bride turned her $30,000 non-refundable wedding reception into a banquet for the homeless after her fiancé cancelled their marriage.
Did the Church of England cross the line in York?
'People think that stories are shaped by people,' said the great Terry Pratchett. 'In fact, it's the other way around.'
More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames 'culture of silence'
At least 547 at a German Catholic choir school in Germany faced physical or sexual abuse in conditions likened to 'prison, hell and a concentration camp' over a period of 60 years, a damning report has found.
US Archbishop hits back at Pope Francis allies over Catholics' 'ecumenism of hate' with evangelicals
An American Archbishop has hit back at allies of Pope Francis who recently attacked US conservative Catholics and evangelicals for their 'ecumenism of hate,' with the Archbishop arguing that the groups are 'merely for fighting for what their Churches have always held to be true'.
Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began
The Bible and Star Wars have a lot in common - and a New Testament professor has invented a card game to show you how.
Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are 'doing something right'
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said he doesn't feel marginalised as a Christian in the UK, but said that Christians should expect to struggle as they 'go against the grain' of society.
Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.
Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).
'We didn't start the fire': How Nero used Rome's tragic inferno to persecute Christians
On this day in AD 64 began a fire of almost apocalyptic proportions in the city of Rome. The inferno was tragic and decisive, not just for the ancient metropolis, but for the Christians who were blamed for it.
Trump's relationship with Putin 'will help save human lives,' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop
Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.
How the least perfect people are sometimes the most important for God's plan
You may not feel special or important, but as a Christian it is very possible that God may already have a plan that requires your assistance. It might be something big, or it might be something small; but whatever it is, if it is God's plan, it will be important, because you are important to God.
Muslims in Quebec denied cemetery despite Mosque shooting victims being sent abroad for burial
Muslims in Quebec City are protesting after being left without their own cemetery following a local referendum, despite an atrocity in January in which a gunman killed six members of a mosque, with five victims being sent abroad for their burial.