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US religious freedom report focuses on growing restrictions in China
Persecution against believers in China was front and center as the US Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 20th annual report Monday morning.
Attack on church in Burkina Faso leaves six people dead
Six people, including the priest, were killed when a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso was attacked on Sunday.
Christians stand with California's Jewish community after deadly attack on synagogue
Christian leaders have condemned a deadly attack on a synagogue in California on Saturday as the Jewish community was marking the last day of Passover.
'There could be another wave of attacks,' says Sri Lankan security official
Security officials in Sri Lanka have warned that the Islamist militants behind the Easter Sunday suicide bombings are planning more attacks.
Welsh Muslims in show of solidarity with Christians after Sri Lanka church attacks
Muslims gathered outside Bangor Cathedral in Wales today as the morning service was taking place in order to greet worshippers as they left the building.
How 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' inspired the cathedral's 19th-century revival
Originally completed in 1345, by the early 19th century Notre Dame stood in a state of dire disrepair.
Anglican churches in Sri Lanka told to 'prayerfully discern' whether to go ahead with Sunday services
They said that churches could consider "creative means" to observe Sunday worship if the usual services were cancelled.
Pakistani Christians targeted in aftermath of Sri Lanka church bombings
Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Sri Lanka are fearing for their safety after the suicide bombings of churches and hotels on Easter Sunday.
Pastor of church bombed in Sri Lanka forgives attackers
The pastor of an evangelical church bombed in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday has offered forgiveness to the attackers.
'Extremism in all its forms must be defeated,' says Prince William
The Duke of Cambridge said that a "warped ideology that knows no boundaries" is fuelling acts of violence around the world as he called on people to united against extremism.
The baking school that means freedom for girls trapped in Thailand's sex industry
For millions of men who travel to Thailand each year, its brothels and sex clubs are a playground. For the girls working in them, they are a place of degradation and hopelessness.
Notre-Dame roofing contractor admits workers broke rules on smoking
The company hired to fix the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral before it went up in flames last week has admitted that some of its workers flouted no-smoking regulations on scaffolding around the building.
Sri Lanka bombers were young and well-educated
Details began to emerge in Sri Lanka on Wednesday of a band of nine, well-educated Islamist suicide bombers, including a woman, from well-to-do families who slaughtered 359 people in Easter Sunday bomb attacks.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka church and hotel bombings
The Islamic State has claimed that it was behind the horrific suicide bombings of churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka over the Easter weekend.
After years of religious nationalism, Sri Lanka's Christian minority faces a new threat
Bomb blasts are not the style of Buddhist nationalist extremists.
Westerners more likely to say religion is less important now than 20 years ago
People in north America, Europe and Australia are more likely to believe that religion plays a diminished role in society compared to 20 years ago.