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Mars mystery unravelled: NASA finds reason why Red Planet can't support life
Solar wind carrying charged particles from the Sun may have triggered the thinning of Mars' atmosphere, eventually also causing the Red Planet to lose its ability to support life.

Florida school punishes student for giving 1-second hug to a friend 'having a bad day'
A family in Oviedo, Florida, has hired a lawyer to defend a girl who was punished by the school for hugging a classmate.

Green Bay Packers NFL news: Undermanned Packers struggle with injured players
The Green Bay Packers started off the season hot but with a lot of key players in sick bay, the team may have to find a way to survive until the injured players are given the green light to return.

Jessa Seewald gives birth to ... a boy! Seewald baby weighs heavier than cousin Israel David Dillard
Ben and Jessa Seewald are now the proud parents of a healthy baby boy!

Christian minister questions ouster from U.K. prison job: 'I simply said what the Bible says'
A Christian minister who worked as a gardener and volunteer at a prison in the United Kingdom was forced to resign from his job after he preached the bible to inmates that was seen as homophobic.

Montana draws flak for excluding religious schools in its scholarship programme
A state scholarship program in Montana has been branded as unconstitutional as it would exclude students of religious schools as beneficiaries.

Oprah Winfrey's 'Belief' series sparks more controversies as it tackles 'jihad' concept
Before it even aired, several evangelists and Christians have been pointing out that Oprah Winfrey's new miniseries "Belief" is wrong in proclaiming that there are actually several ways to get to God.

Ben Carson disagrees with Seventh-day Adventist Church on ordination of women, embrace of Catholicism
Contrary to the beliefs set by his Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Republican presidential hopeful and former neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has no problem with women being ordained as pastors.

Christians divided by beliefs but united in witness of martyrdom, says Pope Francis
The divide among Christians might be getting bigger and bigger, but Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis believes that there is still something that unifies God's people all across the globe - martyrdom.

Study says Christians are more selfish. Let's prove it wrong.
Maybe it's time that we redoubled our efforts to teach about the importance of serving others, writes Andy Walton.

Islamist vandals attack Spanish church, destroying religious objects and marking wall with the word 'Allah'
Vandals believed to be Islamic extremists attacked a church in Spain early this week, destroying religious objects and spray-painting the word "Allah" on the walls, reports said.

Catholic schools to teach Judaism alongside Christianity for first time
Recently the law was changed so that even faith schools must teach two religions at GCSE. At present, Catholic schools teach one faith, Catholic Christianity.

Sarah Bessey: Finding God where you least expect Him
Sarah Bessey speaks to Christian Today about faith, doubt, and finding God in the wilderness.

Nazism once again on the rise in Germany as German anger boils over government's open-door policy on migrants
As leading German magazine Der Spiegel succinctly put in its headline, "The hate is back" in the land that once saw the rise of a brutal fascist who ignited World War II, Adolph Hitler.

Reform Judaism moves to further embrace transgender people
The largest Jewish movement in North America has endorsed a ground breaking policy to embrace transgender people at their biennial conference on Thursday.

True Christianity means taking path of inclusion, not the opposite way which leads to war, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Thursday denounced modern-day Pharisees who are quick to judge other people and despise those who are not like them, saying the path they have chosen is "the root of all wars: all calamities."