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'If you ignore your neighbour, you're ignoring God': Nine Bible verses on loving others
The close proximity that loving your neighbour has to the first and greatest commandment is evidence of its significance. It's one instruction that we can't afford to ignore. Here are eight Bible verses which illustrate why we should love our neighbour:
Northern Ireland: Catholic bishops tell voters to avoid pro-abortion candidates
Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland have urged voters away from candidates who may support a change in the region's conservative abortion laws.
Practising Muslims will surpass Christians in Europe very soon, says Belgian minister
Belgian Minister Koen Geens has said that the number of practising Muslims in Europe will "very soon" surpass those of practising Christians.
ISIS fighter gets only $50 a month but can get more if he has more wives, children and sex slaves
Contrary to claims that Islamic State (ISIS) fighters are given attractive pay for rendering dangerous services, new documents released by a scholarly journal reveals they only get a pittance monthly salary of $50 but could be given subsidies if they have more wives, children and even sex slaves.
Donald Trump says ISIS will be 'gone very quickly' once he takes White House as he outlines his foreign policy
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump vowed to launch a "new American foreign policy" which will see the Islamic State (ISIS) "gone quickly, very quickly" once he is elected president.
Threatened with throat-slitting and slaughter: Christian persecution in Swedish asylum centres
Christians and other religious minorities are being persecuted in Swedish refugee camps, and provisions must be made for their safety, campaigners say.
Philippines' Aquino vows to crush Abu Sayyaf, bares foiled plot to bomb Manila, kidnap Manny Pacquiao, sister Kris
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III vowed to crush a band of well-armed Muslim militants hiding in the jungles of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao even as he revealed the militants' foiled plots to launch terrorist bomb attacks in the capital Manila.
Vietnam: Wife of detained pastor 'beaten and tortured' by local authorities
The Vietnamese government must investigate allegations that a Christian human rights campaigner has been tortured by local authorities, campaigners have said.
Three children among more than 27 dead as hospital hit by strikes in Aleppo
At least three children are among more than 27 dead after an air strike hit a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Americans and the Sabbath: Appreciative but non-committal
American attitudes towards the Sabbath: Publicly appreciative but privately non-committal
Persecuted Christians in Eritrea: 'The guards offered to let us go if we renounced Jesus. We said no'
Hangings, torture and concentration camps: the brutal reality for Christians in Eritrea.
Politician slammed over 'more Muslims than Christians in Europe' comments
Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens told the EU Parliament the reason was not, "because there are too many Muslims" but because Christians practise their faith less.
Low pay, no savings and financial stress: The reality for evangelical pastors
Most evangelical pastors in America struggle to make ends meet but will not open up about their financial difficulties, according to a new survey.
Church wins land dispute after pastor's wife bulldozed during church demolition protest
Chinese authorities have ruled that a church in Henan province does own the right to its own land, less than two weeks after the pastor's wife was killed while protesting the church's demolition.
Bono: Why isn't Christian music more honest?
U2 musician Bono has criticised modern Christian music for its lack of honesty as part of a wider discussion with theologian Eugene Peterson.
Melissa Joan Hart: 'Jesus shouldn't be an uncomfortable name to say'
Christians should be free to talk about Jesus without fear of it making others uncomfortable, according to Melissa Joan Hart, the star of God's Not Dead 2.