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Gay pride inside the White House: Obama hires first openly transgender staff member
In support of the LGBT community, the White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member.
Iranian Christian converts beaten and detained by police
Christian converts were beaten and arrested when the Iranian police raided their house church in the city of Karaj last month.
More educated people in China embracing Christianity to find true meaning of life
Two academics believe that more Chinese intellectuals are becoming Christians because Christianity fits in very well with modern scientific technology.
Islamic State militants behead 82-year-old archaeologist in Palmyra
Islamic State (IS) militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria's antiquities chief said on Tuesday.
'Only God can take life': Bishops welcome US court ruling against assisted suicide
Standing firm on their belief that only God has the power over life and death, Catholic bishops from New Mexico welcomed a Court of Appeals ruling striking down a decision of a lower court which considered assisted suicide as a constitutional right.
Chinese Catholics first on the scene in Tianjin relief effort
Catholic volunteers were among the first to respond to the explosions in Tianjin last week.
Foetal tissue sale in US going on for years since moratorium lifted in 1993 â report
The foetal tissue sales have been happening for years and the business has ballooned into a $85 billion industry.
Pastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station narrowly escapes death in bomb blast
The pastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station has narrowly survived a bomb blast in Baghdad.
Same-sex marriage movement knocking on Australia's door, archbishop warns faithful
An Australian archbishop has lambasted efforts to bully the public into accepting gay marriage in the wake of legalizing same-sex unions in the United States and Ireland.
John Oliver versus the televangelists: Why does it take a comic to do the Church's job?
The comedian set up his own "church", Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, inviting donations via its website.
Texas man marries fiancée after judge says the alternative is prison
Texas Judge Randall Rogers is facing a misconduct complaint after making the order.
Bangkok bombing: Death toll rises to 22 as authorities seek answers
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which eight tourists died.
Ukraine: Fighting flares between government forces and Russian-backed rebels
The clashes near Mariupol and at rebel-held Horlivka further frayed the ceasefire.
'A terrible idea': Amnesty draws intense fire for its move to decriminalise sex trade
Following the lead of some Christian groups, anti-human trafficking advocates, medical practitioners and famous celebrities have spoken in one voice against non-government organisation Amnesty International's decision to approve a new policy seeking to decriminalise global sex trade.
Should churches change open-door policy for security's sake? Leaders express doubts
Two months after the deadly church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina that claimed nine lives, churches in the US are considering whether to change their open-door policy for all.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan declares: White people 'deserve to die'
Even using God's name in between racial slurs, the leader of Islamic religious movement, Nation of Islam, said death is only rightful for white people for their supposed abuses to the black community.