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European Court asked to rule on deportation of Afghan Christian convert facing execution
An Afghan Christian convert in Switzerland may face persecution and execution if his extradition back to Afghanistan is successful.
Pope Francis accuses sex abuse victims of slandering bishop
Pope Francis has launched a stunning attack on clerical abuse victims in Chile, accusing them of slandering a bishop they accuse of protecting a paedophile priest.
Lebanon bans Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' from local theaters
A report on the The Post getting banned from being shown in Lebanese theaters.
UK should follow Trump and give aid directly to Middle Eastern churches, says former cabinet minister
A former cabinet minister has called on the UK government to follow Donald Trump's example and divert aid for the Middle East away from the United Nations and directly to persecuted religious groups on the ground.
'Behold the life-giving cross': Reformation symbol placed in World Council of Churches chapel
A Salvadoran cross from Lund, the Swedish city where Lutherans and Catholics met at the end of 2016 to commemorate the 500th Reformation anniversary, has been placed in the World Council of Churches' (WCC) chapel in Geneva, Switzerland.
Chinese pastor who was 'hooded and tortured' ordered to hand over $1 million in church donations
A court in China's southern Guizhou province has ordered a house church pastor who had been hooded, detained and tortured to hand over more than a million US dollars worth of donations from Christians which officials have branded 'illegal income'.
Pope Francis denounces violence in Chile: 'You cannot assert yourself by destroying others'
Pope Francis in Chile urged peace and denounced the use of violence in the struggle for indigenous rights yesterday, while celebrating Mass just hours after assailants fire-bombed churches and other targets.
More than 100 killed as militia violence spikes in Central African Republic; bishops warn of country 'sinking into the abyss'
Militia-led violence has spiked in the Central African Republic, claiming more than 100 lives in the past month. Catholic Bishops have condemned the atrocities, warning of 'anarchy' and a country 'sinking into the abyss'.
Humanist asylum seeker turned away after he didn't know about Greek philosophers
A Pakistani man who left Islam to become a humanist has been denied asylum in the UK after failing to correctly answer questions about ancient Greek philosophers.
Nigerian student 'arrested after converting to Christianity from Islam'
A Nigerian university student who converted from Islam to Christianity has been arrested by state security forces along with the man who introduced her to Christianity, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).
Ex-Muslims blast Pope Francis for saying Islam is a good religion
Thousands of Muslim converts to Catholicism and their allies have written an open letter to Pope Francis demanding to know why he praises Islam as a good religion and pointing out they risked their lives to become Christians.
Pope Francis weeps with sex abuse victims as protests continue in Chile
Pope Francis met with victims of clerical sex abuse in Chile on Tuesday, his spokesman told reporters last night.
California couple accused of starving and chaining 13 children are 'devout Christians', claims family
A couple accused of starving their 13 children and chaining them to beds had so many kids because it was God's calling on them, the children's grandparents are claiming.
Western Europe's transgender policy is a 'tragedy', says Russian Orthodox spokesman
Western Europe's gender policy in which individuals can choose their sex is 'an enormous tragedy and next generations will see its repercussions,' according to the Russian Orthodox Church's spokesman on foreign affairs.
Church in Central African Republic 'devastated' by violence
A Catholic cardinal in the Central African Republic has lamented the devastation caused to the Church by the violence and instability of the country.
Stephen Hawking believes the Earth could soon turn into Venus
In the second episode of the original documentary series "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places," the theoretical physicist used the planet Venus to explain how things could go wrong for a planet.