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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
U.S. President Obama underscored that he stands firmly alongside Muslims in America against those who "seek to divide" the country â 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
"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
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
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
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
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?
Scientists hope they can create a pig-human hybrid in which a pig has a human heart, or kidneys, or pancreas â at least, human enough to be transplanted without rejection.

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

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

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
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 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.