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Bomb threats, sex scandals and protests: Pope Francis faces trouble in South America

Pope Francis heads to South America today for a visit that is supposed to be about peace, supporting indigenous people and protecting the environment. But instead he has facing bomb threats, protests and anger about clerical sex abuse.

Jehovah's Witnesses: 3 things I learned from these eager evangelists

I had a religious experience this week: I met a Jehovah's Witness. We don't share the same religion, but do they have something to teach the Church?

Bath Abbey's pew row rages on: Heritage charity launches last ditch attempt to save them

A last-ditch attempt to save the pews in Bath Abbey is being launched by a heritage charity after permission was given to replace them with folding chairs.

Pope Francis could meet sex abuse survivors as protests loom in Chile visit

Pope Francis is set to meet with victims of Chile's oppressive military dictatorship on his upcoming visit to the country. As protests over the clerical child abuse scandal continue to flare in the Chilean Catholic Church, the Vatican said the Pope hasn't ruled out meeting with clerical sex abuse survivors too.

Kidnapped nuns freed after Nigerian police operation

Six women religious have been have been released from captivity in Nigeria after being abducted last November.

Senior staff leave as trouble hits Moody Bible Institute

The troubled Moody Bible Institute has shed three of its most senior figures after accusations of financial and other impropriety rocked the venerable evangelical institution.

Vatican takes control of scandal-hit conservative Catholic movement

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican takeover of a conservative Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of sexually and physically abusing children and former members of the group.

Andy Savage scandal: Highpoint Church leader dropped from conference speaker line-up

The scandal around Andy Savage's abuse is developing pace with the lead pastor at Highpoint Church, where Savage works, being removed from the speaking line-up of an upcoming Christian conference.

Chinese state destroys Christian megachurch as religious crackdown continues

The Chinese government this week demolished with explosives a notorious Christian megachurch in its Shanxi province, heightening tensions between Chinese Christians and the government's atheistic communist regime.

Pastor Andy Savage's marriage book canceled after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenager

A Christian publisher has canceled the publication of Andy Savage's marriage book after it was revealed that the pastor sexually assaulted a teenager.

Russell Moore warns of second coming of Christ & Judgment Day facing fraud preachers

Ethicist Russell Moore advised people keep in mind how terrible theocracies are, citing the ongoing protests in Iran against the hardline Islamic government. Moore also reminded his readers of how Jesus warned about those claiming messianic authority.

Trump adviser Paula White says send money to her for blessings â or face divine consequences

Donald Trump's spiritual adviser Paula White has told people to send her money â ideally their January salary â in order to receive blessings, or face divine consequences.

'A wound in the Church': Pope Francis blasts hypocritical pastors with 'double lives'

Pastors who preach one thing and do another are harmful and, like the scribes and Pharisees of old, they end up leading a double life when they detach themselves from God and his people, the Pope said in his sermon yesterday during Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae in the Vatican.

'It's disgusting' says victim of Andy Savage's sexual assault after church applauds him