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#BringBackOurGirls prayer vigil to be held in Washington
A vigil is being held outside the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC today as campaigners step up their call for the safe return of 276 girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Borno state on April 14.

Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination: 'I'm so bitter against God'
Letters written to a priest in Dublin have revealed Jackie Kennedy's struggle with God in the aftermath of her husband JFK's assassination.Â

Anger in Cambridge over leaflets calling homosexuality 'sin'
Leaflets distributed in Cambridge that call homosexuality "a sin" has prompted a police manhunt for a 'Sinister Monk'
Robert James Campbell execution stayed; says 'Lord prevailed'
The execution of Robert James Campbell, scheduled to take place on Tuesday 13 May, has been stayed following an appeal from his lawyers claiming that he is mentally impaired.

Templeton Prize winner Tomáš HalÃk: 'The world is full of Zacchaeuses but Jesus is calling them by name'
Roman Catholic priest Tomáš HalÃk was once classed as an enemy of the state

EU allows citizens to remove unfavorable Google, Bing, Yahoo search results
European Union gives citizens more control over Google, Bing, Yahoo search results.

ACLU protests the distribution of Bibles to South Dakota students
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is protesting a South Dakota school board's decision to distribute Bibles to fifth-graders.

Ken Costa: the Church must be 'radical and real'
Former investment banker and Chairman of Alpha International Ken Costa gave a rousing talk at HTB Church in London on Sunday, in which he discussed the characteristics of a growing church.

Jim Kelly and wife Jill dance on Mother's Day as NFL legend continues to battle cancer
Cancer fighter Jim Kelly and wife Jill dance on Mother's Day

Harvard satanic black mass moved off campus to Chinese restaurant after 60,000 signed petition to protest
Satanic black mass moved off Harvard campus after protests

Nigeria schoolgirls video released by Islamist Boko Haram group gives families hope; Nigerian government explores all options to secure safe release
After the release of the first purported video footage of the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria, the government announced that it is weighing all options to secure their release.

Confusion over whether churches must perform gay marriages
Essex County Council wrote to churches saying they needed to be licenced to perform same-sex marriages

Conchita Wurst's Eurovision win is one more step in Europe's 'rejection' of Christian identity, Russian Orthodox Church says
A spokesperson for the Russian Orthodox Church has condemned the Eurovision contest; branding its choice of winner an 'abomination'.

Call to pray for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
As the rescue effort for the abducted teenage girls in Nigeria continues, Dr Jonathan Oloyede has issued an urgent call to Christians to hold them in prayer.

Bishop and school children lay foundation stone for Durham's new £2m diocesan centre
The foundation stone has been laid for the Diocese of Durham's new £2m headquarters.

Why don't we talk about death?
A new survey reveals that most people still do not want to talk about dying