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VATICAN CITY

The Pope’s words on the economic interests behind wars
VATICAN INSIDER

Holy See to Recognize Palestinian State
ALETEIA

Honduran "Vice-Pope" symbolizes era of Pope Francis
CRUX

Vatican creates forum for African diplomats to discuss migration
RADIO VATICANA

See the Vatican 24/7
ROME REPORTS

NORTH AMERICA

Obama plans in tatters as Gulf leaders snub summit
—
“I don’t think they have a deep respect or trust for Obama and his promises,"
says professor of political science at Emirates University
TIMES OF ISRAEL

"Only a matter of time before 9/11 style attack from ISIS"
USA TODAY

How evangelicals are fighting big business — Conservatives are fed up with what they call meddling from the business community, and their presidential candidates seem to agree
CNN

Obama administration accused of deception in bin Laden raid
JERUSALEM POST

Google goes Islamic: Try typing "Prayer in ____" filling in the blank with the name of your city and see what comes up
RENEW AMERICA

Boston bomber confesses to Catholic Nun — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly expressed remorse for taking part in the act of terrorism that killed 3 and injured 264
CHL

Obama calls Jesus cynical
TRS

Hillary Clinton: Right to abortions more important than religious liberty
CHARISMA

Drop in numbers of Americans calling themselves Christian
ALETEIA NEW YORK TIMES

Nun to Congress: "ISIS’ Goal is Christian genocide"
CBN

The New America:
Supreme Court ruling on "gay marriage" may lead to Christian schools closing
CNEWS

Parishes will join creditors in Minnesota archdiocesan bankruptcy proceedings
CATHOLIC CULTURE

Catholic Bishop "too Catholic" to speak at Catholic school
WND

Tories deny plan to use hate crime laws against Israel boycotters
CBC

Grace Cathedral picks Los Altos priest as new Dean
SF GATE

Police State America:
Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24/7
ARS

Is prison the fate for Christians deemed intolerant? — Frank Wolf asks Harvard audience
CHRISTIAN POST

Sharia law comes to Toronto: Woman with guide dog refused service as Sharia law is upheld by restaurant
THE STAR

Benedictine nuns make their home on the range
CNS

Canadian immigrant posts picture of bank tower saying: "If I only had a plane"

NATIONAL POST

Edmonton Catholic school bans transgender child, 7, from girls’ washroom
CBC

ISRAEL

Injured Syrians cared for by Israel

CNN

China is destined to intervene in the conflict between Israel and Palestine
QUARTZ

What does Cameron’s re-election mean for Israel?
HAARETZ

Hezbollah may already have chlorine gas
ARUTZ SHEVA

Israel disappointed by Vatican endorsement of Palestinian state — (See Asquith’s Opinion at end of news)
JERUSALEM POST

Holy Land Christians celebrate Arab nuns’ sainthood
TIMES OF ISRAEL

Hezbollah hiding arms in Lebanese villages
HAYOM

"We love you IDF," say Arabs from across the Middle East
JERUSALEM POST

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BRITAIN & IRELAND

Aberystwyth university vote to ban Bibles from halls of residence
— (Welcome to the "New Britain")
DAILY MAIL

UK church leaders urge David Cameron to review benefit sanctions
CHRISTIAN TODAY

Secularists are as intolerant to faith as Tudor tyrants, says top British judge
CATHOLIC HERALD

Headteacher sacked for light-hearted comment about Muslims
DAILY MAIL

RAF fighters scramble to intercept Russian Bear heading for UK airspace — (What is Putin playing at?)
DAILY MAIL

British Jews far more likely to be victims of hate crime than Muslims
BREITBART

New Bishop of Nottingham announced
CATHOLIC HERALD

Student who banned white men from diversity event insists: "I can’t be racist .. because I’m not white!"
BREITBART

Irish government cuts funding for Catholic marriage agency Accord
IRISH TIMES

EUROPE

Norway repeals blasphemy law
— Move expresses solidarity with victims of Charlie Hebdo shooting
CATHOLIC CULTURE

Austrian Catholics and Protestants apologize to Jews
TIMES OF ISRAEL

Why we should be concerned about the proposed trade agreement between the EU and the US
IRISH CATHOLIC

Spain arrests Muslims for spreading terror propaganda, while US works hard to uphold rights of terrorists
SHOEBAT

Islam in Europe: At the crossroads between extremism and dialogue
VATICAN INSIDER

Sweden slammed for denying visa to murdered blogger
ZEE

AFRICA

Muslims ambush 21 innocent men as they try to look for food,
and kill them all

SHOEBAT

Nigeria: The Impact of Islam —
5,000 killed, 100,000 displaced, and 350 churches in ruins
ICN

Islamists targeting Catholics in Nigeria
IBT

Increase of Islamism in Libya sees rise in sex with underage children
IBT

Violence erupts in Burundi as female officer shoots unarmed protesters
DAILY MAIL

Angola crackdown on apocalyptic Christians turns deadly
CHRISTIANITY TODAY

Prostitutes swarm Kenyan town for beatification! — Sex workers evidently view event as business opportunity
DAILY MAIL

‘Bama don’t preach: Kenyan bishop tells Obama not to promote "gay marriage" on his next visit
LIFE SITE

MIDDLE EAST

Turkey and Saudi Arabia support al-Qaeda in Syria

INDEPENDENT

Iraq: "We priests and nuns will be the last to leave"
CATHOLIC LANE

Man attacked in Qatar shopping mall for allegedly posting negative comments about Islam
DAILY MAIL

Islamists devise new method of mutilating women who breast feed in public — “The Biter” is thought to be similar in design to the “Breast Ripper," another Islamic torture device
GATEWAY

ISIS executes 26 civilians, with 10 beheaded as its fighters swarm through village and reach the gates of ancient Palmyra
DAILY MAIL

Yazidi girl sold for $31
ABNA

ASIA & FAR EAST

Indian Catholic priest slashed with knives and beaten for admonishing youths for wasting electricity

NEW INDIAN

More churches attacked in India
CATHOLIC CULTURE

School principal helps Hindu girl’s rapist flee justice
HEO

Christian leaders receive death threats from Muslims in Pakistan for building churches instead of converting to Islam
CHRISTIAN POST

"Moderate" Malaysia to jail Muslims for skipping prayer
SUN DAILY

More "Moderate Malaysia": Muslim leader forbids Mother’s Day, because it honors Virgin Mary

JWO

Pakistan Christians demand right to visit Israel
UCA

Nepal earthquake exposes discrimination against country’s Christian minority
— Christians in Nepal are being overlooked in the distribution of aid and the provision of assistance — (Unsurprising, but very sad nonetheless)
CHRISTIAN TODAY

Muslims hack man to death in Bangladesh for blogging
SHOEBAT

Kim Jong-Un executes his defense minister with an anti-aircraft gun in front of hundreds of spectators
—
because he dozed off during a North Korean military ceremony
DAILY MAIL

FAMILY MATTERS

New tactic offered to Christian business owners who are being targeted by militant homosexuals

WND

School district says Feds forced policy allowing transgender kids to use any bathroom
CHARISMA

Nurse quits after witnessing abortion of a 4-pound baby girl
LIFE SITE

Woman files Federal lawsuit against ALL homosexuals
CHARISMA

PASSED! Pro-Life bill banning late-term abortions after 20 weeks
BCN

What kills intimacy in marriage? — Smartphones, romance novels and not wearing your wedding ring, suggests one expert
CHRISTIAN TODAY

Who is Jeffrey Sachs and why was he at the Vatican?
LIFE SITE

Pornography and video games are harming boys’ brains and bodies
LIFE SITE

Married At First Sight — Yet another swipe against the holy institution of marriage
DAILY MAIL

ADDITIONAL REPORTS

Kirsten Powers: The Rise of the Intolerant Left

CHRISTIANITY TODAY

Denzel Washington tells graduates: "Put God First"
THE BLAZE

Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s seven-point plan to help persecuted Christians
NCR

Robert Jeffress provides an opinion on the origins of Islam
CHRISTIAN POST

The new totalitarians: Change your religious beliefs or else!
LIFE SITE

With Islam rising, even media are questioning right to free speech
CHARISMA

Graham delivers case against Obama’s presidency — “I do know that the president defends Islam and chastises Christians, rebukes our allies and befriends our enemies, and fully supports gay marriages and abortion, but denies the religious freedoms of those who don’t agree”
BREITBART

Is it biblical for Christians to get tattoos?
CHRISTIANITY

Is Lindsay Lohan converting to Islam?
CHARISMA

The world is your ship and not your home
CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN

How to buy secret cookies baked by cloistered Spanish nuns
BOING

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