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Yazidi girl who escaped ISIS: Militants \'sang happily\' as they entered Sinjar to massacre thousands
Yazidi girl who escaped ISIS: Militants 'sang happily' as they entered Sinjar to massacre thousands

24-year-old Fahima, who escaped ISIS in Sinjar two years ago, shares her story.

Catholic bishops to be trained in how to deal with sex abuse in the Church
Catholic bishops to be trained in how to deal with sex abuse in the Church

As part of efforts to root out sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, newly appointed bishops will take part in training on how to deal with child abuse, it was announced on Monday.

Chinese bishop arrested as tension with Vatican grows
Chinese bishop arrested as tension with Vatican grows

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin has been arrested by police and removed from his diocese in a town with a thriving Christian population.

Christians must not be \'harsh or vilifying\' in LGBT debate says Australian Archbishop
Christians must not be 'harsh or vilifying' in LGBT debate says Australian Archbishop

The Church "understands the desire of two people to express their commitment of love and self-sacrifice", and must accept a pro same-sex marriage vote should Australia vote for marriage equality in a plebiscite, the head of the Anglican Church has said.

Christian missionaries targeted by new government legislation in Nicaragua
Christian missionaries targeted by new government legislation in Nicaragua

Evangelical missionaries are being restricted under new laws in Nicaragua, which has seen hundreds of Christian missionaries affected.

Hajj 2016: 10 things you should know about the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
Hajj 2016: 10 things you should know about the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

On Friday, Hajj begins in Mecca. Each year, more than 3vmillion Muslims visit the desert valley in western Saudi Arabia for what has become one of the world's largest religious pilgrimages.

Cuban churches condemn US threat to Christian humanitarian group
Cuban churches condemn US threat to Christian humanitarian group

Pastors for Peace has defied Washington's sanctions by travelling to Cuba to deliver aid from the US since 1992.

Hundreds of thousands sexually trafficked every year in Africa - Archbishop of Jos
Hundreds of thousands sexually trafficked every year in Africa - Archbishop of Jos

Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year in Nigeria, and the majority of them sexually exploited, a senior church cleric has warned.

Algerian Christian sentenced to 3 years in jail for \'insulting Islam\'
Algerian Christian sentenced to 3 years in jail for 'insulting Islam'

Slimane Bouhafs, 49, was sentenced on Tuesday by an appeals court in the Muslim majority country, after being arrested on July 31.

Archbishop of Canterbury: Refugee children with UK family must be brought over immediately
Archbishop of Canterbury: Refugee children with UK family must be brought over immediately

The Archbishop of Canterbury has blasted the UK government over its failure to reunite unaccompanied refugee children in France with their families in Britain.

Catholic Church seeks to help refugees living in squalor in Calais
Catholic Church seeks to help refugees living in squalor in Calais

Refugees living in squalor in the 'jungle' refugee camp on the edge of Calais will now be given clothing and other vital belongings under a new initiative by a French Catholic charity.

Church condemns rumours Patriarch was accomplice to failed coup
Church condemns rumours Patriarch was accomplice to failed coup

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has condemned "false allegations" that its head was an accomplice in Turkey's failed coup on July 15.

Tanzania: One dead, two seriously injured in attack on Christian university
Tanzania: One dead, two seriously injured in attack on Christian university

The attack at midnight on September 2 saw armed men set fire to the campus at the Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University.

Nigeria: Families of missing Chibok schoolgirls to receive trauma counselling
Nigeria: Families of missing Chibok schoolgirls to receive trauma counselling

Victims of Boko Haram's reign of terror in northern Nigeria will be supported by a new trauma centre opened by persecution charity Open Doors.

Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years
Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) claimed on Saturday that ISIS militants had been driven out of Badaneh, a "traditionally Christian vilage" south of Mosul on September 1.

10 Bible verses that show why Christians should live generously
10 Bible verses that show why Christians should live generously

Christians are called to live generously. Jesus lived a radically generous lifestyle – giving freely with his time and gifts.