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MPs attend church service in memory of Jo Cox MP
The House of Commons and Lords have paid moving tributes to Jo Cox MP who was killed in her constituency last week.

Britain has a duty to help refugees says Christian human rights lawyer
Baroness Helena Kennedy said the campaign around the refugee crisis has been "a horrible toxic brew".

'You can be gay and Christian', says Orlando church leader
"For so long the message has been wrong out there that we can't be both gay and Christian, and you really can. It's not oxymoronic," said Rev Terri Steed Pierce.

Pope donates thousands in cash to new campaign to help refugees
The Pope has given more than £75,000 to a new campaign to help refugees, prisoners, battered women and victims of terror attacks and persecution.

North Korea warns Christian former detainee Kenneth Bae to stop 'babbling' about prison
North Korea has demanded former detainee and Christian missionary Kenneth Bae stop "babbling" about his time in prison, warning that if he does not do so, it will not negotiate with the US over two American citizens it is still holding.

ISIS reportedly beheads 4-year-old girl who didn't do as she was told by her mother
The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group beheaded a four-year-old girl in Syria after she refused to obey her mother's wish for her to go home, according to a report.

Pope Francis: I often have a 'crisis of faith'
Even Pope Francis has doubts about the Christian faith, he admitted to a group of young people in Rome on Saturday.

Hundreds drown out Westboro Baptist Church's protest at Orlando funeral
While many Christian churches expressed grief and offered free funeral services for the victims of the Orlando shooting, the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church held an anti-gay protest during the funeral of the victims.

Britons favour Jewish migrants over Muslims, Roma - study
Muslims migrants are less preferable than Jewish migrants in Britain and Roma migrants are least desired of all.

3 lessons in life from the book of Ecclesiastes
The Preacher says: money won't bring you happiness. I read philosophy and didn't learn anything worth knowing.

Syrian refugees must not be sent back to Turkey, human rights campaigners warn
Syrian refugees in Turkey are failing to access vital support and must not be returned there by EU countries, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Donald Trump calls for profiling of Muslims
Donald Trump has called for racial profiling to combat terror in the United States.

'Gospel of Jesus' wife' was probably forged, academic who discovered it concedes
An ancient Coptic papyrus fragment which referred to Jesus' "wife" is almost certainly fake, the Harvard professor who discovered it has admitted.

Refugee numbers at record levels, more than 63 million worldwide - UN
There has never been more refugees than at the current time.

Syria: Three dead in suicide attack that 'targeted Christian leader'
A suicide bomber on Sunday killed three people in an attack thought to have targeted the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II.

Suicide bombers kill more than 20 as Taliban onslaught continues in Afghanistan
Two separate suicide bombs killed more than 20 people in Afghanistan on Monday as the Taliban continued its insurgency against the Western-backed Kabul government.