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Russell Wilson gives God thanks after Seahawks Super Bowl defeat
Seattle Seahawks quarterback and outspoken Christian Russell Wilson gave thanks to God in spite of his team's loss at the Super Bowl on Sunday.
We don't take rights of Christians seriously enough, says Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a report into discrimination against Christians.
'Symbolic moment' as first US all-female mosque is opened
Tired of feeling excluded from worship by strict gender rules, two Muslim women have opened their own mosque, where only women are allowed.
Stephen Sizer apologises for 9/11 Facebook post
The Anglican vicar who appeared to support 9/11 anti-Semitic conspiracy theories has apologised.
Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists.
Iran: Holocaust cartoon competition launched in Charlie Hebdo backlash
Two Iranian institutions have launched a cartoon competition centred on the theme of Holocaust denial following outrage over those published by Charlie Hebdo.
Wolf Hall is wrong: Thomas More was a saint, not a schemer, say Catholic bishops
Hilary Mantel's depiction of Henry VIII's chancellor fails to do him justice, two bishops say.
Canon Michael Saward found dead in hotel room
Prominent Anglican priest Canon Michael Saward was found dead in his hotel room in Switzerland on Sunday morning, Christian Today has learned.
Bishop-elect Philip North to be consecrated today
Traditionalist reverend Philip North is to be consecrated today in York Minster, a week after the first woman was elevated to the order of bishops in the Church of England.
Being accused of political bias is a risk you take for speaking out... but it's worth it
Speaking out on the issues that matter risks being accused of political bias, but that is infinitely better than staying silent, writes Gillan Scott.
China says opposed to any countries meeting Dalai Lama
China said on Monday it was opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama "in any form" after the White House said Obama would attend an event in Washington with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader whom Beijing brands a separatist.
China: two 'Christian' cult members executed for McDonald's murder
China on Monday executed two members of a banned religious cult, a father and his daughter, for murdering a woman in a McDonald's restaurant after she rebuffed an apparent recruitment attempt by the group, state media said.
Japanese PM: Working with global community is the only way to end terrorism
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan's military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist.
Influential Church of England evangelical comes out as gay
One of the Church of England's most influential evangelicals has come out as gay, reports Ruth Gledhill.
Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel
A 3-year-old boy shot and wounded his father and pregnant mother with a 9 mm handgun that he pulled out of the woman's purse while searching for an iPad.
Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces.