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Who founded the Church?
Who founded the Church?

Why it isn't who you think it might be.

Australia: Muslim cleric leaves country after anti-gay controversy
Australia: Muslim cleric leaves country after anti-gay controversy

A British-born Shia Muslim cleric who toured Orlando this year and previously preached that "death is the sentence" for homosexual acts has left Australia, after the government launched an urgent review of his visa.

How a story of the prophet Elisha challenges our faith today
How a story of the prophet Elisha challenges our faith today

This is one of a number of stories that speak to us of God's abundant care for his people.

Bishop Angaelos: \'The Church is defiant and alive\', despite brutal persecution in the Middle East
Bishop Angaelos: 'The Church is defiant and alive', despite brutal persecution in the Middle East

Angaelos called for Christians leading within the church and outside it to work together to overcome the current situation, which he described as "greater than us all".

Orlando: The images that show the world remembering a tragedy
Orlando: The images that show the world remembering a tragedy

All around the world national monuments were lit up in the rainbow colours of the LGBT community, as people gathered for vigils marking the tragedy.

Syriac patriarchs: Two years on from ISIS\' capture of Mosul, Iraq is \'still bleeding\'
Syriac patriarchs: Two years on from ISIS' capture of Mosul, Iraq is 'still bleeding'

On the two-year anniversary of the ISIS invasion of Mosul, patriarchs release a joint statement mourning the "ethno-religious genocide" of their people, and calling for the liberation of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain.

More Americans think abortion is \'morally wrong\' than \'morally acceptable,\' Gallup poll shows
More Americans think abortion is 'morally wrong' than 'morally acceptable,' Gallup poll shows

The number of residents in the United States who think that abortion is "morally wrong" increased over the past year, a recent survey by the research-based consulting company Gallup revealed.

Pro-life advocates criticise UN for \'championing\' abortion in Ireland
Pro-life advocates criticise UN for 'championing' abortion in Ireland

Pro-life groups and individuals are joining forces to criticise a recent ruling from the United Nations human rights committee describing the ban on abortions imposed by the Irish government as a violation of women's rights.

Franklin Graham\'s \'Decision America\' rally to face protests
Franklin Graham's 'Decision America' rally to face protests

A group of local churches has put together an alternative service entitled 'Neighbors in Faith' which will celebrate religious diversity and the common good.

\'The Armageddon Code\': Book sheds light on how Christians think the world will end
'The Armageddon Code': Book sheds light on how Christians think the world will end

Seeking to give clarity to a subject that has been debated for so many years, Billy Hallowell, faith editor for multiplatform news and entertainment network "The Blaze," came out with a book called "The Armageddon Code: One Journalist's Quest for End-Times Answers."

Afghanistan: Catholic human rights worker abducted in Kabul
Afghanistan: Catholic human rights worker abducted in Kabul

Judith D'Souza, 40, had been working for the Aga Khan Foundation promoting the economic empowerment of women when she was abducted in the Qala-e-Fatullah area of Kabul on June 9.

What are the Ten Commandments, and do Christians still have to follow them?
What are the Ten Commandments, and do Christians still have to follow them?

Harry Farley looks at the Ten Commandments and asks do they still matter for Christians?

Terrorist groups working to paralyse cities with just one click, warns head of British intelligence
Terrorist groups working to paralyse cities with just one click, warns head of British intelligence

The United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) chief, Robert Hannigan, warned that terrorists and rogue states are building up their technical capabilities to paralyze urban areas in an instant.

Evangelicals show it\'s possible to believe in God and evolution at the same time
Evangelicals show it's possible to believe in God and evolution at the same time

A group of evangelicals want to prove that it is possible to believe in God, while subscribing to the theory of evolution at the same time.

Last Catholic priest to survive Dachau Nazi concentration camp dies aged 102
Last Catholic priest to survive Dachau Nazi concentration camp dies aged 102

Fr Hermann Scheipers was arrested by the Nazis for his staunch Catholicism.

Belgium: More than 100 churches at risk of closure under archbishop\'s plan
Belgium: More than 100 churches at risk of closure under archbishop's plan

The Brussels Catholic diocese reportedly plans to merge parishes and close local churches, moving Sunday mass to larger central churches.