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President Obama says he fully supports Muslims in U.S. against those who \'seek to divide\' the country, alluding to Trump
President Obama says he fully supports Muslims in U.S. against those who 'seek to divide' the country, alluding to Trump

U.S. President Obama underscored that he stands firmly alongside Muslims in America against those who "seek to divide" the country — an apparent reference to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Philippine Catholic Church breaks silence on Duterte attacks; president-elect urges public to shoot drug dealers
Philippine Catholic Church breaks silence on Duterte attacks; president-elect urges public to shoot drug dealers

"Mine is the silence of Jesus before the arrogance of Pilate." This was the explanation given by the head of the Catholic bishops' organisation in the Philippines on why he and the Church resorted to keeping quiet for days after a series of profanity-laden verbal attacks against him and the entire Catholic Church by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

Thieves steal \'irreplaceable\' relic of Pope Saint John Paul II
Thieves steal 'irreplaceable' relic of Pope Saint John Paul II

German police are appealing for anyone with information about the theft of the cloth with a drop of blood of the late Pope to come forward.

ISIS news: Iraqi Christian captive says she was \'married and divorced\' 9 times a night by militants to justify rape
ISIS news: Iraqi Christian captive says she was 'married and divorced' 9 times a night by militants to justify rape

An Iraqi Christian mother in her 30s who fled the ISIS stronghold of Mosul has told the horror she endured in the hands of the terror group wherein she was "married and divorced" as many as nine times a night only to give her tormentors a twisted justification for rape.

Set apart: 10 Bible verses that show how Christians can live differently
Set apart: 10 Bible verses that show how Christians can live differently

The Bible is clear that Christians are supposed to live out their faith in word and deed. Here are 10 Bible verses that point to how and why Christians should live differently.

Nigerian Muslim leaders condemn murder of elderly Christian pastor\'s wife
Nigerian Muslim leaders condemn murder of elderly Christian pastor's wife

Leading Muslims in Nigeria have joined in condemnation of the mob murder of pastor's wife Bridget Agbahime, who was aged 74 years old.

Crossing the line: Should scientists create pig-human hybrids?
Crossing the line: Should scientists create pig-human hybrids?

Scientists hope they can create a pig-human hybrid in which a pig has a human heart, or kidneys, or pancreas – at least, human enough to be transplanted without rejection.

ISIS burns 19 Yazidi women to death for refusing to have sex with militants
ISIS burns 19 Yazidi women to death for refusing to have sex with militants

Islamic State militants have burned to death 19 young Yazidi women in Mosul for refusing to have sex with jihadists, ARA News reports.

Christian converts pretend to fast during Ramadan to avoid persecution
Christian converts pretend to fast during Ramadan to avoid persecution

Living in constant fear of persecution for their faith, Christians in Southeast Asia will pretend to observe Ramadan this month.

Christian asylum seekers denied entry to UK if they cannot recite ten commandments
Christian asylum seekers denied entry to UK if they cannot recite ten commandments

Christian asylum seekers are being rejected from the UK if they cannot recite all ten commandments.

Does this YouTube video show a demon-possessed woman?
Does this YouTube video show a demon-possessed woman?

"I'm going, she's going to hell!" she says. "This girl doesn't exist now. It doesn't exist."

Nun who saved Jews during WW2 canonised by Pope Francis
Nun who saved Jews during WW2 canonised by Pope Francis

Pope Francis has canonised a nun who is recognised by world Jewry as "Righteous Among the Nations" because of the Jewish lives she saved during the genocide of the Nazi Holocaust.

Ramadan around the world: In pictures
Ramadan around the world: In pictures

Muslims all across the world are in the last preparations for Islam's holiest month – Ramadan.

Harambe the Gorilla gets six times more media coverage than Christians beheaded by ISIS
Harambe the Gorilla gets six times more media coverage than Christians beheaded by ISIS

The death of Hamabe the gorilla has been given six times more coverage on major US TV networks than the Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS last year, new research has shown.

Plans to register and inspect churches \'profoundly misconceived\', warn evangelical charities
Plans to register and inspect churches 'profoundly misconceived', warn evangelical charities

The Welsh government faces pressure to abandon plans that would force church youth groups to register and outlaw "unregistered churches".

Donald Trump is a \'lost person\' who needs Christ, says Russell Moore
Donald Trump is a 'lost person' who needs Christ, says Russell Moore

Donald Trump must "repent of sin" and turn to faith in Christ, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has said.