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Although Sudan's civil war ended in 2005, slavery still exists in the country in spite of the peace treaty.

It was twenty years ago on June 4 that tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and troops opened fire on thousands of peaceful protestors.

Vikash and Deepa Patrick had been married for nearly four months before the young couple managed to take their honeymoon in Kathmandu. Now Vikash...

Twenty years after the massacre at Tiananmen Square, Chinese Christian leaders invite the international community to join them in a solemn...

The newly-elected Lutheran bishop of Stockholm says that being a lesbian means she wants to stand alongside people who feel powerless.

Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a “blasphemy” case against a...

Struggles against apartheid in South Africa are ongoing, as the World Alliance of Reformed Churches recently declined membership to one...

The California Supreme Court upheld a statewide ban on gay marriage on Tuesday but preserved the estimated 18,000 gay marriages that were performed...

Although the war has ended in Sri Lanka, strict government limits remain in place for relief agencies working with the country’s 250,000 displaced...

It is the newest technology arriving in contemporary church services. In fact, it's so new, and growing so fast, that there's no data to say just...

U.S. victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy say the Vatican should publicly rebuke the religious order that fought to keep abusers' names out...

An estimated 5,000 women a year are killed for “honor.” These killings happen all over the world – throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe...

"Christians and other minorities have spoken with a loud voice that abusing minorities is not the way to go," said Gospel for Asia President K. P....

An Islamic group in West Sumatra has issued threats against Dominikus Supriyanto, the only Catholic to win a seat in the district legislature in...

The body of a kidnapped 5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy was discovered riddled with gunshots May 11, according to a report by International...