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  Christian School Teacher and Conservative Writer Who Accused LGBTQ People of 'Grooming' Kids Charged with Molesting Student

  A Christian school teacher and conservative writer who accused LGBTQ+ people of "grooming" children was arrested and charged with molesting a student.

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  Female Wisconsin Shooter Used Pistol To Kill 2, Injure 6 At Christian School

  A female shooter armed with a 9mm pistol opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin, killing two people and injuring six others, investigators confirmed.

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  Ex-CEO of Christian 'Family Values' Nonprofit Who Attacked LGBT People as 'Sexual Deviants' Charged with Child Porn Crimes

  The former CEO of a Minnesota-based Christian nonprofit who recently attacked LGBTQ community as sexual deviants has been charged with multiple felony counts of possession of child pornography.

• Southeastern Students Create Academic Society For Women

  Women at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern have created a new opportunity for academic encouragement and collaboration through the Society for Women in Scholarship.

• Chinese President Xi troubled of growing religious diversity in the country

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has been worried about the growing diversity of religion in the country. Xi is concerned that lawless elements might use religion as a means to spread extremist ideology.

• Texas Governor accuses State Bar of religious discrimination in legal course accreditation battle

  Texas Governor Greg Abbott accused the State Bar of religious discrimination following its refusal to award CLE credit to a Christian ethical perspective course sponsored by St. Mary's University. In response, the State Bar said it will hold a meeting with St. Mary's to achieve an acceptable solution.

• Divided Central African town a symbol of pre-election rifts

  In Dekoa, a town at a busy crossroads in the bloody heartland of Central African Republic, thousands of Christian residents squat in a churchyard under the gaze of U.N. peacekeepers, a short distance from their own homes.

• Charlie Hebdo stirs new controversy with migrant cartoons

  French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is courting controversy again by running cartoons deriding the response of predominantly Christian European countries to a flood of migrants from mainly Muslim war zones such as Syria and Iraq.

• Hundreds gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in gay marriage dispute

  Up to 500 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

• Pakistan Supreme Court to hear Christian woman's blasphemy case

  Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the death sentence of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, her lawyer said, in a case that hit global headlines after the murder of two politicians who tried to intervene on her behalf.

• China set to try jailed U.S. missionary near North Korea border

  China will begin the trial on July 28 of a Korean-American missionary arrested last year over a non-profit school he ran near the sensitive border with North Korea, his lawyer said, in a case that sparked outcry from international Christian groups.

• Protecting planet not a choice but a duty, pope says

  Pope Francis on Tuesday appealed to the world not to turn its back on the "reality" of environmental decay and its effects on the poor, saying protecting the planet was no longer a choice but a duty.

• Conservative Republicans question what's next after gay marriage ruling

  While some Republican presidential candidates urged action to counter the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage, grassroots activists at a conservative conference this weekend said they preferred to focus on limiting the damage.

• In Iowa for Faith & Freedom, Republican contenders face tricky balance

  When the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition plays host to nine Republican White House hopefuls this weekend, the conservative Christian group will simply be pursuing its stated mission to "take back our state and country."

• Al Shabaab kills at least 147 at Kenyan university; siege ends

  Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday, in the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. embassy was bombed in 1998.

• Nigeria election results due to start trickling in

  Results from Nigeria's elections, potentially the closest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due to start trickling in on Monday after a weekend vote marred by confusion, arguments and occasional violence.

• Obama calls on Iran to immediately release detained Americans

  U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran's government to immediately release three detained Americans - Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati and Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian - and to help find Robert Levinson, an American who disappeared in Iran eight years ago, the White House said.

• China arrests U.S. missionary near North Korea border

  China on Friday arrested Korean American missionary who was being held near the country's border with North Korea, signaling a toughening crackdown on Christian activists in the sensitive region.

• Central African militia says to lay down arms, become political party

  The 'anti-balaka' militia in Central African Republic, formed in response to abuses by mostly Muslim rebels who seized power last year, said it would lay down its weapons and become a political movement.

• Kabul police chief quits after attack that group says killed three staff

  The police chief of Afghanistan's capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third deadly Taliban attack in 10 days on foreign guest houses in Kabul.

• Leading Vatican cardinal says Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage

  A leading Vatican cardinal said on Thursday the Roman Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage, wading into a controversy over the issue in Italy and other countries.