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The Italian government will appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which decided this past week that hanging of crucifixes school classrooms violates religious and education freedoms.

The spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians met with President Obama on Tuesday and raised the issue of climate change, following up on a conversation they had engaged in during the president’s visit to Turkey.

Clashes broke out in a southern Egyptian village Saturday after Muslim youth began throwing stones at Coptic Christian churches and homes in the area in response to the extended detention four Muslim murder suspects.

While much of the attention following Typhoon Ketsana’s landfall has been upon the Philippines, where the death toll is nearly 900 and still climbing, a network of Christian groups is drawing attention to Cambodia and Vietnam, where the typhoon had also wrought havoc.

Congregations and faith communities around the United States are taking this Sunday to focus on the principles of Jubilee – a time when those enslaved because of debts are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community is restored.

People in more than 150 countries worldwide are being inspired to raise awareness on the plight of the world’s hungry and encourage action against hunger today as part of World Food Day.

Over six million people have been affected by the two devastating storms that recently hit the Philippines, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations.

U.S. Evangelist Franklin Graham had a "friendly conversation" Wednesday with North Korea's foreign minister, the reclusive nation's news agency reported.

Hundreds of thousands, meanwhile, are still displaced, and the damage from the worst flooding in 40 years is adding extra weight to already strained NGOs.

Representatives from faith communities nationwide met recently with the director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to discuss the ongoing violence in the northeast African nation of Sudan.

Days of torrential rain in southern India have left vast tracts of land devastated and displaced million of people, officials said Monday as the death toll from flooding rose to 222.

The Philippines is calling for developed countries to make "deep and early cuts” of greenhouse gas emissions to stem the impact of climate change in the wake of its worst flooding in decades.

The United Nations' humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people, while a government official said at least 777 people have been found dead.

Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph, disaster officials reported.

Massive flooding in the Philippines set off by a tropical storm over the weekend has left at least 140 dead and prompted quick action from Christian relief groups.

Christian anti-poverty advocates had mixed feelings about this past week’s G-20 summit but unanimously called upon leaders of the world's largest national economies to act on the promises they have made regarding hunger, health, and development.

More than 40 Calif.-based groups are backing a new effort to strike out language in the state constitution that defines marriage between a man and a woman.

At least 100 people were likely killed by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java last week, an official said Monday.

The father of the late Terri Schiavo, whose right-to-life case drew attention from around the world, died from heart failure this past weekend at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Admirers of 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce remembered him Monday – the 250th anniversary of his birth date – by reflecting on his life and carrying on the British statemen’s call for the end of slavery.

A U.S. government agency's decision to place India on a list of potential religious freedom violators is "regrettable," said India's foreign ministry.

The father of a teenage girl who ran away from home because she feared her Muslim family would kill her for converting to Christianity denies ever threatening his daughter and says she's being "coached" by the pastor of a church in Orlando, Fla.

Somali Islamic extremists beheaded four Christians recently after kidnapping them last month, according to eyewitness accounts reported to International Christian Concern (ICC).

Over 152 Christian leaders and development professionals from 38 countries are rallying church leaders, CEOs, and NGO and parachurch group directors around the world to join their call to world leaders ahead of critical climate change negotiations in Copenhagen this December.

The trial of a Uyghur Christian man is expected to commence Tuesday, nearly 19 months after China detained and charged him for "revealing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations."