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Pope canonises Fatima visionaries, giving Church new child saints
Pope Francis gave the Catholic Church two of its youngest saints on Saturday, canonising shepherd siblings believed to have seen the Madonna 100 years ago in a Portuguese town that is now a major pilgrimage site.
Hackers use stolen NSA tool in global cyberattack
A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, disrupting Britain's health system and global shipper FedEx.
The man who was beheaded by ISIS terrorists the day he became a believer
One of the Islamic State's victims was a man from Chad who had not been a Christian prior to the day ISIS cruelly executed him and 20 Coptic Christians from Egypt in cold blood.
Mormons pull thousands of youngsters from Boy Scouts
The Mormon Church announced plans to pull as many as 185,000 youngsters from the Boy Scouts on Thursday as it looks to start its own scout programme.
Is Franklin Graham selling #FakeNews on Christian persecution?
Is Franklin Graham selling #FakeNews about Christian persecution? There seems to be great confusion about the statistics on global Christian martyrdom. Persecution matters, but we undermine it if we over-sell it.
Can a pacifist ever be Britain's prime minister?
Can a prime minister ever be a pacifist? Is pacifism the 'Christian' way?
Why are evangelicals in Italy having to fight to keep their churches open?
In the Lombardy region alone, 27 evangelical places of worship have been closed. This affected around 40 Christian communities because some were used by more than one.
Walking by on the other side: Why we can't turn away from the world's biggest crisis
The refugee crisis should consistently be one of the top stories on news bulletins and front pages across the globe. Instead, it seems that as a society, we've half-forgotten about this cataclysmic event. We're only reminded when something truly horrific happens.
America is that 'shining city on a hill' where people of faith can worship freely â Vice President Mike Pence
In more than 100 countries spread to every corner of the globe â- from Iran to Eritrea, Nigeria to North Korea â- more than 215 million Christians confront intimidation, imprisonment, forced conversion, abuse, assault, or worse, for holding to the truths of the Gospel, Pence said after speaking at Franklin Graham's world summit on persecution of Christians.
#JusticeForAhok: Mass protests mark jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor for blasphemy
There has been flood of anger and upset in Indonesia and across the world following the imprisonment of a Christian politician for blasphemy.
Sudan Christians jailed with Czech aid worker have been released
Abdumonem Abdumawla and Pastor Hassan Abduraheem Taour, jailed with the Czech aid worker Petr Jasek, were released from prison in Khartoum yesterday,
'Devil' Trump mural appears in Rome, shows him kissing Pope Francis
A life-size mural depicting Pope Francis with a saintly halo kissing US President Donald Trump sprouting devil's horns appeared on a wall near the Vatican on Thursday, less than two weeks before they are due to meet.
Olive trees are a sign of hope as rebuilding starts in devastated Nineveh towns
Ceremonies in three Christian towns in Iraq's devastated Nineveh Plain on Monday marked the start of work to rebuild up to 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed by fighting.
Quantas boss 'face-pied' by Christian campaigner over gay marriage support
The CEO of Australia's Quantas airline has said he'll continue to campaign for same-sex marriage even after a Christian objector rubbed a pie in his face at a business breakfast.
Pope travels to Portugal to canonise two children of Fatima who saw visions of the Virgin Mary
Pope Francis has sent a special video message to the people of Portugal as he prepares to travel to Fatima to canonise on Saturday two of the three children who saw six visions of a woman dressed in white, believed to have been the Virgin Mary.
Proof the Bible's Tower of Babel really existed found on ancient stone tablet
"Biblical scholars have long debated whether the Tower of Babel really existed. Now, a remarkable stone tablet never before shown on film appears to settle that question," the Smithsonian magazine says.