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Coptic Pope tells young people on Australia visit: 'Fight for what is right' and oppose gay marriage
Coptic Pope Tawadros II is urging young Copts to 'fight for what is right' and vote against same-sex marriage in the upcoming plebiscite.
Loneliness in older people is a scandal. Here's what one church is doing about it
There is an epidemic of elder-loneliness on our doorsteps. Churches can set up memory cafes and do something about it â and create new communities at the same time.
'God does not love us without liking us': 9 quotes from Christian philosopher Dallas Willard
On this day in 1935 Dallas Willard was born in Buffalo, Missouri. He went on to become a leading American philosopher and one of the defining spiritual writers of contemporary Christianity.
Prince William and Kate are expecting their third child
Kensington Palace has announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child after Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The Queen is said to be 'delighted'.
Joel Osteen defends Lakewood Church over Harvey response
Under fire megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has hit back at critics who claim he initially refused to open his 16,000 capacity building to flood victims after Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Pakistan: Christian boy beaten to death in his classroom
A Christian Pakistani teenager was beaten to death by his Muslim classmates on his fourth day at his new school in the Vehari District of Punjab, Pakistan.
Donald Trump meets Christian leaders, asks for prayer after Hurricane Harvey
President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Christian community in the Oval Office and urged the nation to pray for the survivors of Hurricane Harvey and for the response and recovery efforts on Sunday.
Was Hurricane Harvey an instrument of God's wrath against our sinfulness?
Why has God allowed such devastation? Here are 4 wrong answers.
As Texans return to flood-hit homes, many say 'Our house is history'
As flood waters recede from Hurricane Harvey, thousands are set to return to their homes on Sunday to survey damage from unprecedented flooding that devastated densely populated areas of Texas, as worries mount about health risks.
North Korea says conducts 'perfect' hydrogen bomb test
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was a successful detonation of an advanced hydrogen bomb, in a dramatic escalation of the isolated state's stand-off with the United States and its allies.
Pope tells South Korean faith leaders to promote reconciliation
Pope Francis called on a delegation of South Korean religious leaders to promote reconciliation and spurn violence and fear on Saturday, amid a tense standoff on their home peninsula.
Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar's Rakhine
About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh from Myanmar, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR, as aid workers there struggle to cope.
Trump to visit victims of floods in Texas, Louisiana
US President Donald Trump travelled to Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana on Saturday to meet victims of catastrophic storm Harvey.
Video of Houston pastor playing piano in his flooded home goes viral
It's a stirring image: a pastor sitting quietly at a piano, ignoring for a moment the fact that his home is completely submerged in several feet of dirty water.
Donald Trump 'does not qualify to get into Jesus' kingdom,' says Rev. Jesse Jackson
Donald Trump is worried about who can enter the United States but civil rights campaigner the Rev. Jesse Jackson thinks he should be more worried about whether he can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Beyoncé working with her pastor Rudy Rasmus to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey
The Lemonade singer and her pastor Rudy Rasmus of St. John's church in downtown Houston to help people affected by the devastating hurricane.