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Megachurch pastor Kong Hee asks for forgiveness as he starts prison sentence, says he feels 'peace'
Singapore's City Harvest Church pastor Kong Hee has finally apologised for what he called "unwise decisions," as the megachurch leader gets set to start serving his three-and-a-half year prison sentence on Friday.
Lion saves Christians as they are being attacked by militants, says pastor
In what appears to be a story of Biblical proportions, a pastor secretly ministering in the Middle East claims lions came to rescue him and his group from armed Islamic militants.
Pastor burns thousands of Bibles at church for 'misleading' his congregation
A pastor in Uganda burned thousands of copies of the Bible claiming the sacred book "misleads" his congregation.
Bill Gates is right â we must keep the UK's commitment to foreign aid
Withdrawing aid would cost lives - which is reason enough to continue it, say Bill Gates. He's right...
Egyptian police kill ISIS militant involved in Sinai monastery attack, with Bedouin help
With the help of Bedouin tribesmen, Egyptian police have tracked down and killed one of the Islamist militants involved in an attack near the St Catherine's monastery in Sinai, according to the country's Interior Ministry.
Father's grief as 16-year-old Coptic boy is murdered in Egypt's 'war on Christians'
An Egyptian Christian boy found murdered on Maundy Thursday was killed by Islamic extremists hoping to intimidate Christians, say his family.
It's taken 8 years, but the UN finally recognises Christian anti-persecution charity
Christian Solidarity Worldwide, one of the UK's leading anti-persecution organisations, has been given long-awaited UN accreditation. The organization, which is based in London, but camapigns for the protection of Christians across the world, had been waiting for eight years to receive the accreditation.
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen blasts Pope Francis and Church for political 'interference'
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she is 'angry' at the Catholic Church and criticised Pope Francis and Bishops for getting involved in political issues while ignoring 'what [they] should really be concerned with'.
ISIS' new propaganda video shows 6-year-old boy helping in beheading of two captives
The Islamic State (ISIS) has released another sickening propaganda video showing a six-year-old boy assisting in the beheading of two captives.
Nepal's Catholics suffer arson attack weeks before elections
An arson attack struck the first Catholic cathedral in Hindu-majority Nepal on Tuesday leaving the building and priest's housing damaged.
Christian governor in Jakarta faces election defeat while on trial for alleged blasphemy
Jakarta's Christian governor today looked set to lose office to a Muslim former government minister in a highly divisive election that has been going on while the Christian is on trial for blasphemy.
Ancient Sinai monastery targeted by Islamic militants in Egypt a week after Coptic church bombings
Islamist gunmen attacked security forces near St Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's south Sinai yesterday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others outside one of the world's most important and oldest Christian sites.
The hunt for Jesus' DNA: What does it actually tell us?
Scientists may be on the verge of discovering the DNA of Jesus Christ. So what?
Hope that 'something good will come': How victims of rape and conflict in Uganda are being aided by this Christian charity
In northern Uganda, the leading Christian charity World Vision is helping victims of rape and conflict.
When North Korea's capital had so many Christians it was called the 'Jerusalem of the East'
Though Christians remained a small minority of the overall North Korean population, Pyongyang was a different story, and at its high point, three out of 10 people there were practising Christians.
Less than half of German Christians believe in heaven
Less than half of German Christians will defend the idea of heaven and hell, a new poll has revealed.