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Pope Francis did not invite Bernie Sanders to Vatican event, papal spokesman says
A senior papal official has clarified reports that U.S Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders invited himself to speak at an event that is being hosted by Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
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States accused of discriminating against Mississippi by issuing travel bans in protest over freedom of conscience law
Mississippi's new law letting businesses refuse to serve gay people has annoyed many states in the United States, with Washington and New York being the latest to ban its citizens from traveling to the southern part of the region.
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Pope Francis' 'The Joy of Love' treatise on marriage and family draws mixed reaction
Pope Francis' ''The Joy of Love'', a 256-document released this week that addresses the new realities of the faithful but upholds church doctrines on some of the thorny issues of the century such as divorce and the LGBT life, drew mixed responses from some Catholics in the U.S and others.
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Pennsylvania governor issues orders banning discrimination against gays, transgenders
Pennsylvannia Governor Tom Wolf has signed two executive orders prohibiting state employees from turning down homosexuals for Commonwealth and those who contract with the Commonwealth from doing it.
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Atheists press demand for removal of cross memorial for war vets in Maryland despite court setback
After losing the battle against a cross-shaped memorial in Prince George's County, Maryland, to World War I veterans, a coalition of athiests remain insistent that the site should be demolished, according to news reports.
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Israel warns growing arms race in Mideast could threaten its qualitative military edge
The commander of the Israel Air Force (IAF) has cautioned that the growing international military deals by its neighbours could create "a potentially dangerous situation'' to Israel's military superiority in the region.
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Majority of Canadians reject euthanasia for patients with severe psychiatric condition, survey shows
A few more days before the euthanisia bill could be presented by the Liberal government, a new Angus Reid poll shows a majority of Canadians opposed to doctors or hospitals killing people with severe psychological suffering but no terminal illness, with an overwhelming percentage of these respondents in the older bracket.
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ISIS uses Christian families, other minority religious groups as human shields in Syria
The Islamic State is reportedly trying to use 43 Christian families, stranded in Raqqa with other minority religious groups, as human shields as U.S-led coalition forces intensifies its airstrikes on the group's headquarters in the region, according to reports.
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Gay adoption now allowed all over U.S. as Mississippi becomes last state to lift ban
Same-sex adoption is now legal in all 50 states after a federal judge struck down Mississippi's 16-year old anti-gay adoption law.
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Christians, Muslim group hail landmark court ruling in Malaysia on freedom of religion
Christians and even a Muslim group welcomed a recent landmark ruling by a High Court in Malaysia that recognised that freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. The court struck down a decades-long government policy that had made it tough for Christian converts to renounce their former Islamic faith without the consent of an Islamic court.
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Christian minister performs risky baptism ritual as Storm Katie batters U.K. beach
A Christian minister has come under fire after performing baptism on children on a beach despite extreme winds and strong waves.
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says ISIS can only be fought back with 'understanding, empathy and love'
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that the sickening atrocities going on around the world today can only be fought back with "understanding, empathy and love.''
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Bangladesh High Court keeps Islam as state religion, sparking fears of more terror attacks on religious minority groups
A top court in Bangladesh has ruled Monday that Islam shall remain as the country's official religion, scrapping a 28-year old petition that sought to change it. But religious minority groups fear the ruling would give a boost to Islamist forces inflicting terror in the country.
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Satan's image seen in Mexican rib steak cut sparks furore on social media
A devil's image that appeared in a rib steak cut has sparked a furor on social media last week where viewers have claimed to have the face and horns of Satan, according to reports.
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Only 41% of British 'Christians' say they believe in a Creator while 18% say they do not, new survey shows
Almost half of British people who affiliate with Christianity do not believe in God while an equal number of people believe in faith rather than destiny, according to a new survey.
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