Church depicts Mary and Joseph as Muslims in Nativity Scene

A parish priest in the south of Italy enraged parishioners by dressing the Virgin Mary in a Muslim burqa for his church’s Christmas Nativity scene, adding a boatful of refugees and a rainbow flag in place of the star of Bethlehem. The pastor of the parish of Saints Joachim and Anne in Potenza, Father Franco Corbo, found himself face to face with an angry mob of demonstrators gathered outside his church on Wednesday to protest his provocative display.

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Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not "a magician with a magic wand"

The theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand”, Pope Francis has declared.

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Some 100,000 Christians killed per year over faith

A staggering 100,000 Christians are killed annually because of their faith, according to the Vatican and several human rights groups claim such anti-Christian violence is on the rise in countries like Pakistan, Nigeria and Egypt.

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Malls across America break out in chaos and violence

Malls across America descended into chaos and violence on Monday as bargain-hungry shoppers engaged in mass brawls, fought in food courts and - in one instance - led to a SWAT team being deployed.

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One million moms protests transgender cartoon superhero

The Australian-Canadian cartoon, marketed toward children between the ages of 2 and 11 years old, comes from the creative mind of Obie Scott Wade, who told Zap2it.com that the idea for the animated series was inspired by a cartoon from his youth, "Shazam!", and his general love for superheroes. Wade denies that the show pushes any particular agenda, other than to entertain kids.

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Texas Megachurch turns Into Circus

A megachurch in Texas recently turned its annual Christmas production in its worship center into a circus—literally, complete with a ringmaster, tricks and trapezes.

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Christians denounce gay tree ornaments depicting nativity scene

A gay Christmas decoration showing a nativity scene with two Josephs has been slammed by outraged Christians.

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Shots fired at American Embassy in Turkey

A man who opened fire with a shotgun outside the US embassy in Ankara - just hours after a Russian ambassador was shot dead in a nearby art gallery - has been arrested.

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Putin vows to obliterate ISIS after assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey

Putin said the assassination of his country’s ambassador to Turkey was “clearly a provocation” and vowed vowed to make those responsible “feel the heat”.

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The World burns while Obama Golfs

With the dual breaking news events surrounding potential terrorism and a foreign diplomat being shot to death, White House pool reports showed that President Barack Obama headed to a country club in Hawaii near his rental house, where he is vacationing.

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Berlin: 12 dead 48 injured in Christmas Attack

A refugee is thought to have been behind the wheel of a 25-tonne articulated lorry which mowed down and killed 12 people - and injured 48 others - as it sped at 40mph through a busy Christmas market in Berlin.

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National Geographic promotes trans kids

As part of its January 2017 issue exploring our evolving understandings and definitions of gender, National Geographic is featuring nine-year-old transgender rights activist Avery Jackson on its cover—the first time a trans person has made the cover of the magazine.

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Oklahoma girl, 13, accused of plotting mass attack on school

Police have arrested a 13-year-old girl suspected of plotting a mass shooting at her northern Oklahoma high school.

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Kids As Young As 8 Suspected In Violent, Morning Robbery

Police say the suspects in a violent crime that took place in Brooklyn, are children.

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Blasphemous Film Depicts God & Holy Spirit as Women

"The Shack," a film based on a novel of the same title that depicts God as a woman, will be released in March 2017.

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Colombian Soccer Player Survives Plane Crash With Bible in Hand

Helio Neto was traveling with the Colombian soccer team and other passengers when the plane crashed, killing 71 people. Although Neto is still in the hospital recovering from serious injuries, he thanks God for keeping him safe.

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American deaths from drugs, alcohol and mental disorders have TRIPLED since 1980

Deaths from alcohol, drugs and mental disorders have almost tripled in the United States since 1980, a new federal study reveals.

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Nurse fired for offering prayer before surgery

A nurse with 15 years’ experience has been sacked after discussing Christianity and offering to pray with patients before operations.

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Government defends sex reassignment surgery for 4-year-old

Editorial

It is unimaginable that parents would support changing the sex of their 4-year-old children. This is the worst form of child abuse, especially when the governments supports this.

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Security Breach at Glendale Adventist Hospital

Editorial

The medical records with private information including names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers were illegally accessed at Glendale Adventist Medical Center.

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Satanic display causes controversy in Florida

A Satanic display is causing controversy in Boca Raton on the day the city will celebrate its holiday parade.

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ISIS has flooded Europe with 1,500 highly-trained terrorists ‘ready to launch attacks’, chilling EU report claims

As many as 5,000 European ISIS fanatics have travelled to fight in Syria and Iraq. MORE than 1,500 jihadists fighting with ISIS in Syria and Iraq have returned to Europe with orders to “carry out attacks”, an EU report warned.

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Ecumenical Congress promoted ‘unity’ between Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, several Orthodox Churches, Protestant denominations and free evangelical denominations (including some Baptists and Pentecostals) debated for 3 days about how to walk towards “encounter, reconciliation and hope in a better future.”

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Religion the real reason behind Sunday swim ban

A Croundfunding campaign has been launched to “stop Sabbatarians spoiling Sunday swimming” on the Isle of Lewis. The National Secular Society (NSS) is appealing to Scots to help raise £11,400 to pay for a 12-month trial of Sunday opening after councillors ruled out swimming on the Sabbath.

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Web giants to remove extreme content

Web giants YouTube , Facebook , Twitter and Microsoft will step up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database.

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Oakland Fire that killed 36 people was a club for wild sex parties

"There was a sex orgy, like a swingers party held here on New Year's Eve 2014/15. They rented the place out for it and I said no, other people said no but they still went ahead and there was like 2-300 people, two floors of people" Tenant Shelley Mack, who disclosed.

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Argentine judge rules woman can marry her own stepdaughter

An Argentinian judge created quite a precedent, and an uproar, when he overrode the country's Civil Code and authorized a woman to marry her stepdaughter.

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Lawsuit: Adventist Health System Underfunding Pensions By $134M

Adventist Health System is being sued under a class action lawsuit, alleging the company has underfunded its pension plans by $134 million dollars.

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Germany: Sharia police imposing Muslim rule

A German court has ruled that a group of Islamists did not break the law when forming a ‘Sharia police force’ in 2014. The group caused public outrage after patrolling a western city in orange vests, instructing residents to abide by the strict Muslim code.

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Israel will have mandatory biometric ID

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri published a memorandum on Thursday recommending that all Israeli citizens be required to obtain a biometric identity card, with personal details stored on a digital database.

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Partygoers feared dead after massive fire in club

Several party-goers are believed to have died in a massive fire that has destroyed a northern California warehouse during a party early Saturday morning. It is believed that more than 20 people who were attending the party in Oakland, advertised as a 'Rave Cave', are unaccounted for.

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Fires in North Carolina burn more than 66,000 acres

As of Wednesday, the North Carolina Forest Service says 8 fires in the state have burned over 66 thousand acres and more than 18 hundred personnel are involved in fire fighting operations.

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11 Deaths Confirmed as Wildfires Devastate Tennessee

Four more people have died in the ferocious wildfire that erupted across Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park, authorities said Thursday, raising the death toll to 11 as officials continue to assess the damage.

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102 million dead California trees 'unprecedented in our modern history,' officials say

The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million in what officials described as an unparalleled ecological disaster that heightens the danger of massive wildfires and damaging erosion.

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13 tornadoes touch down in US South leaving at least five dead

Tornadoes that dropped out of the night sky killed five people in two states and injured at least a dozen more early Wednesday, adding to a seemingly biblical onslaught of drought, flood and fire plaguing the South.

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Spiritual healer tricked woman into sex to save her marriage and then took her money

A spiritual healer tricked a woman into having sex with him to solve her marriage problems — and then made her pay $7,500. Syed Shah conned the 28-year-old mom into believing he could “purify” her relationship.

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Massive explosion could create a toxic cloud across European continent

There has been a massive explosion at an Italian oil refinery, amid fears that thousands of tonnes of fuel could ignite. The blaze, at plant in the Italian town of Sannazzaro dei Burgondi, north of Milan is engulfed in flames following the blast earlier today. A huge cloud of black smoke that can been seen miles away has covered the area.

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