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  • Only 57 Churches Left in Iraq; From 300 in 2003

    Iraq had 300 churches and 1.4 million Christians in 2003, but now only 57 churches and about half a million Christians remain with members of the minority fleeing Islamist attacks, according to local reports.

  • Obama Visits Nativity Church in Bethlehem; Called 'Messenger of Peace'

    Obama Visits Nativity Church in Bethlehem; Called 'Messenger of Peace'

    President Obama toured the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, the last day of his three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The Patriarch of Jerusalem welcomed Obama as "a messenger of peace and reconciliation."

  • Boy Scouts Members Form National Coalition to Retain Gay Policy

    Boy Scouts Members Form National Coalition to Retain Gay Policy

    Boy Scouts leaders and parents are announcing the launch of a national coalition on Saturday to keep openly gay individuals out of the organization even as the Boy Scouts of America is scheduled to decide in May whether or not to allow open homosexuality.

  • Nearly Half of All First Births in America Out of Wedlock, Study Says

    The age at which men and women in America marry is now at historic heights, and as a result the number of children born out of wedlock has also increased, says a new study by a group of family researchers, who have found that 48 percent of all first births are happening outside of marriage.

  • Six Men Arrested for Gang-Rape of Swiss Tourist in India

    Six Men Arrested for Gang-Rape of Swiss Tourist in India

    Three days after a 39-year-old Swiss woman was gang-raped, assaulted and robbed at gunpoint while cycling with her husband in Central India, six accused appeared in court Monday. The attack came three months after a woman died after being brutally gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi.

  • Pope Francis in First Public Blessing: Be Merciful Like Jesus

    Pope Francis in First Public Blessing: Be Merciful Like Jesus

    Pope Francis delivered his first Angelus blessing to a crowd of about 300,000 people at the Vatican on Sunday, calling for mercy as Jesus demonstrated in the biblical account of the woman caught in adultery. However, back in his native country, Argentina, accusers continued to raise questions about his past.

  • Boehner, Ryan Say Debt Crisis Not 'Immediate' But Coming

    Boehner, Ryan Say Debt Crisis Not 'Immediate' But Coming

    House Speaker John Boehner and House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan agree with President Obama that the nation does not have an immediate debt crisis, but they see it coming and want lawmakers to deal with it before it's too late.

  • Pastor Saeed's Wife: 'No Heart to Tell Kids Daddy Might Never Survive'

    Pastor Saeed's Wife: 'No Heart to Tell Kids Daddy Might Never Survive'

    Naghmeh, the wife of U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is serving eight years in a deadly prison in Iran for his faith, broke down as she testified on Capitol Hill, saying she has no heart to tell their kids that daddy might never survive if the government fails to protect him.

  • Obama Proposes $2 Billion Clean-Energy Fund; Calls it 'Bipartisan'

    Obama Proposes $2 Billion Clean-Energy Fund; Calls it 'Bipartisan'

    President Obama has called for Congress to create a clean-energy research fund, pulling $2 billion in royalties from oil and gas leases over 10 years. While he touted the idea as "bipartisan," approval from Republicans appears doubtful.

  • Pope Francis: Jesus, Not Pope at the Center of the Church

    Pope Francis: Jesus, Not Pope at the Center of the Church

    The newly elected pope addressed the media for the first time on Saturday, reminding Catholics that Jesus, not the pope, is at the center of the Church, which he said should be "poor, and for the poor." The pontiff also explained his choice of the name Francis.

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