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Anglican Church apologises for inhumane treatment of leprosy patients in Japan
The Anglican Church in Japan, the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK), has apologised for its participation in the inhumane treatment of leprosy patients.
Free.In.Deed campaign: Anglican mission agency to recruit 1,000 new missionaries
The Church Mission Society (CMS) in Oxford, England, is planning to recruit 1,000 new missionaries to help bring about change in different countries.
Muslim convert charged with attempt to bomb Jewish synagogue in Florida
A Florida man has been charged with attempting to damage a Jewish synagogue in addition to his previous indictment of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against a person or property.
Chaplain distributes Bibles after scripture is removed from U.S. Air Force base facility
A U.S. Air Force chaplain will continue to distribute Bibles at a military base despite complaint and legal threats from a group that is pushing the separation of church and state.
Pope Francis says Bangladesh terror attack an offence against God and humanity
Pope Francis condemned the terrorist attack at a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July that killed 28 people and injured others, saying it's an offence against God and humanity.
New York police reinstate Muslim police officer earlier suspended for refusing to shave his beard
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has reinstated a Muslim policeman who was suspended last month for refusing to shave his beard.
U.S. federal court blocks new Mississippi law that seeks to protect people's freedom of conscience
A U.S. District judge issued an injunction on Thursday blocking the implementation of a new law in Mississippi that aims to protect the freedom of conscience of state residents from government discrimination.
Charleston church massacre survivors sue FBI for allowing shooter Dylann Roof to buy a gun despite drug use admission
A lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by the families of the victims and survivors of last year's shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina over the agency's alleged failure to stop the suspect from buying a gun.
U.S. court blocks state law banning abortion of foetuses with Down syndrome
A U.S. District Court in Indiana has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a new state law that prohibits women from getting abortion because of the foetus's sex, race, colour, national origin, ancestry, or disability such as Down syndrome.
Atheists display anti-God billboard in Mississippi, the most religious state in America
Atheists will put up an anti-God billboard in Mississippi, which a study showed as the most religious U.S. state.
Court to decide on whether vacant Catholic Church property needs to be taxed as what atheist group demands
An atheist organisation has filed a brief in court supporting a city's decision to tax a vacant Catholic Church property in Madison, Wisconsin.
Court upholds decision not to accredit evangelical Christian law school for its alleged anti-LGBT policy
A top court in Ontario, Canada, has upheld a decision of a law society not to give accreditation to an evangelical Christian law school over the latter's alleged anti-LGBT policy barring students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
City council seeks to thwart Satanist's invocation with silent prayer plan
The Pensacola City Council in Florida will have a special meeting to decide whether to end its tradition of having invocations to stop a planned prayer on July 14 by a member of the Satanic Temple West Florida.
Financiers of Christian movies indicted for conspiring to defraud investors of $12 million
Three men who claimed to be movie financiers were indicted Tuesday for allegedly defrauding investors of $12 million given to fund at least two Christian film productions starring Harry Connick Jr., Willie Nelson and Nicholas Cage.
Presbyterian Church U.S.A. caught reciting Muslim prayer
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA) caused a stir after a Muslim prayer was recited at its General Assembly held last week in Portland, Oregon.
What reasons would draw Americans to church? Survey reveals
If invited by a friend, Americans who don't go to church said they would attend an event to help make a neighborhood safer that is sponsored by a local Christian church rather than go to a worship service, a survey said.