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Student lynching spurs Pakistan parliament to call for reform of blasphemy laws
A Christian advocacy group has welcomed the Pakistani parliament's plans to reform its controversial blasphemy laws.
Middle East's only Christian President says his message is peace
In a region torn by conflict and hate, a Christian political leaderâthe only one in the regionâlit the light of hope and peace just before Easter, the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
The oldest person in the world is a Jamaican, church-loving Christian aged 117
The oldest person in the world is a Jamaican, church-loving Christian aged 117. Violet Mosse-Brown, born March 10, 1900, said that her faith, commitment to the church and respect for family have helped her live so long.
Canadian church celebrates Easter by hiring helicopter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs
A Christian charity in Canada hired a helicopter this Easter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs to children waiting below.
Evangelical Christians in India lament church truck crash that killed 16 and injured 50
Evangelical Christians in India are in mourning following a fatal traffic accident in which 16 Christians were killed and over 50 injured.
Inquiry begins into sainthood for Jacques Hamel, killed while celebrating Mass last year
A formal inquiry has begun into the cause for beatification of the French priest Fr Jacques Hamel, who was killed last July while celebrating Mass.
Thousands expected at UK's biggest Christian evangelism event for decades
Some of the world's top Christian evangelists will come together to lead nearly 50,000 people in praise and worship this July in one of the biggest Christian stadium events ever.
What is the key religious liberty case on Neil Gorsuch's desk this week?
Trinity Lutheran Church, which is located in Columbia, Missouri and runs a preschool and daycare centre, said Missouri unlawfully excluded it from a grant programme providing state funds to nonprofit groups
Iraq's Christians celebrate Easter, dream of returning home
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered on Sunday in a church damaged by Islamic State north of Mosul, celebrating Easter there for the first time since 2014.
Prince Harry sought counselling more than a decade after mother's death
Prince Harry sought counselling in his late twenties to help deal with the grief of losing his mother more than a decade earlier, he told the Telegraph newspaper.
Turkey's President Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents cry foul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result.
US won't tolerate more North Korea nuclear tests, says VP Pence
Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn also said they would strengthen anti-North Korea defences by moving ahead with the early deployment of the THAAD missile defence system.
Archbishop of Canterbury: The resurrection changed the world - because it happened
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a powerful Easter message today on the power of the resurrection to deliver hope even in the face of pain, despair and death.
Pope Francis prays to Jesus for peace to end the 'horror and death' of Syria
Pope Francis has used his traditional Easter homily to speak out against the horror of yesterday's bombing of a bus convoy in Syria that left more than 100 people dead.
'There was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb': Is this the true site of the Resurrection?
Tucked away off an inconspicuous side-street near the main bus stop in rowdy north-east Jerusalem is an oasis of a garden, one which organisers insist lays no claims to be even 'probably' the true location. But it is nonetheless an intriguing spot, where Christians come to meditate on the death and Resurrection of Jesus.
North Korea missile test fails just hours before Pence arrives in South
A North Korean missile 'blew up almost immediately' on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said.