Mark Yapching
Rick Warren's Saddleback Church to open new campus pastored by Moses Camacho
Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback church extends its reach to Costa Mesa as it launches a new campus in the community of Newport Mesa.
Catholic church in California bans girls from being altar servers
A Catholic priest who has been newly assigned to a church in San Francisco has banned girls from serving in the church altars during Mass.
Religious extremists believed to be behind theft of Celtic god statue
Police in Northern Ireland believe that the theft of a fibreglass-and-steel statue of Celtic god of the sea Manannan Mac Lir in County Derry, Ireland, may have involved religious motivations.
'Mass mobs' come to the rescue of churches suffering from dwindling attendance
New Yorkers on Sunday flocked to hear Mass in a Roman Catholic Church that has been scheduled for closing by the Archdiocese of New York because of dwindling attendance.
Kid Rock on his new music: Jesus and Hank Williams Jr 'help me to live my life'
Kid Rock is coming back with his tenth studio album, First Kiss, and he hopes to come back with a bang.
Teen's letter to dad in 'heaven' gets a response
A teenager from Whittier, California sent a balloon to her late father in "heaven," and got the response she asked for.
Father can only save one of his sick twin girls and is desperate to find a liver donor for the other
A father of twin girls in Ontario, Canada has started a passionate campaign to find a suitable liver donor for one of his daughters in order to save her life.
ISIS fighter who appeared alongside child in execution video is dead, say officials
The ISIS fighter featured in a recently-released video of a child executing two men suspected to be "Russian spies" has allegedly been killed in the battlefield.
107-year-old Facebook user: Think about others before yourself
The oldest living alumni of the University of Chicago who is also Facebook's oldest user has a message for everyone, and it's worth thinking about.
Bill Nye: Ken Ham's creationist world view is 'obviously wrong'
Celebrity science educator Bill Nye revealed in an interview that he worries about the indoctrination of the current generation of science students to a worldview that he states is "obviously wrong."
Steven Furtick buys entire shopping mall to house his church
Charlotte-based Elevation Church will no longer lease space in the Matthews Plaza Shopping Center in Independence Boulevard.
Julianne Moore reveals she doesn't believe in God: 'There is no 'there' there'
Award-winning actress Julianne Moore believes in almost anything, except the existence of God as revealed in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
Cat comes back to life five days after it was buried
Nothing can be more heartbreaking than the death of a beloved pet, but owners of a cat hit by a car in Tampa, Florida were in for a surprise when their cat re-appeared in their neighbourhood alive.
Stories of Boko Haram survivors are 'too hard to listen to'
Nigerian refugees in the border with Chad are telling harrowing stories of the large-scale murder of unarmed civilians committed by members of the terrorist organisation Boko Haram when they attacked the town of Baga and its surrounding villages on January 3.
Secularist group give Catholic school students 'get out of religion class' coupons
A secular humanist group in Ottawa, Canada, is preparing to hand out coupons to students in Catholic high schools to tell them that religion classes are optional and not compulsory.
Boko Haram releases pictures apparently showing child soldier training camp
Shocking images of what appears to be a child soldier training camp being operated by Boko Haram have surfaced in the Internet.