Church leaders call for peace in South Sudan
The Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury and Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly have called on the leaders of South Sudan to halt the bloodshed after years of civil war.
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France moves closer to enshrining abortion in constitution
The French Senate has approved plans to enshrine abortion in the constitution.
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Amid spread of ISIS, US warns of potential attacks on churches, soft targets in Tanzania
Amid the spread of the Islamic State in southern an eastern Africa, the U.S. government has warned about the potential for terror attacks in Tanzania, an East African country largely seen as being among the region's most peaceful.
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Homeless man seeks to end life through Canada's assisted suicide programme
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Church leaders embark on historic peace pilgrimage to South Sudan
The Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland have today embarked on a historic peace pilgrimage to South Sudan.
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Suspected herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Nigeria's Benue State
The assailants attacked Ichembe and Mbaigbe villages in Kwande County and wounded dozens of others.
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More Christians arrested in Eritrea
The total number of Christians in Eritrean prisons is now believed to stand at over 400.
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Ukraine refugees still at risk of human trafficking, Christian group warns
Christian campaigners have issued a fresh appeal for action to protect Ukrainian refugees from human trafficking.
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Church attack suspect spoke about witchcraft and 'the devil' before attack, says roommate
A Moroccan man who allegedly stormed two Spanish churches in the southern port city of Algeciras on Wednesday, killed a church official and wounded a priest with a machete allegedly thought a stuffed animal was "the devil" and spoke of witchcraft in the weeks leading up to the attack, according to one of his roommates.
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Church leaders condemn radical Jewish attack on Armenian restaurant in Jerusalem's Christian quarter
Christian leaders in the Holy Land have condemned an assault on an Armenian restaurant in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem by a group of radical Israelis, warning that the "radical aggression" is aimed at imposing an exclusively "Jewish character" on the city.
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Leprosy in paradise
It's World Leprosy Day on 29 January and in the beautiful tea gardens of Sylhet, Bangladesh, the condition is all too painful a reality.
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Suspected Islamic extremists kill four Christians in Sudan
Four others were wounded in the pre-dawn attack.
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Ex-gay prosecution in Malta is globally significant for free speech
The case against Matthew Grech will send out signals to governments everywhere to be more intolerant of speech they don't like.
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