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Bestselling author and pastor Francis Chan spoke at Liberty University's convocation Monday, admitting to students at the Lynchburg, Va., school that his years attending a Christian college were full of hypocrisy.

Officials in Switzerland were plowing ahead with a controversial sexual education program for school children as young as four despite outcry from parents furious over the candid program and the use of a "sex box."

A Catholic high school is being criticized for administering an exam about homosexuality that required students to address "myths and stereotypes" statements, such as: "One can become a homosexual by associating with homosexual people."

An online petition that has amassed more than 4,000 signatures is calling on producers of venerable children's show "Sesame Street" to have Bert and Ernie tie the knot.

The Christian group affected by Apple's decision to pull its iTunes service from its charity website is fighting back accusations that it is "anti-gay." It also said that Apple is sending the message that it doesn't want to do "business with Christian people" if it continues to cater to every petition by gay rights activists.

Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old man who has admitted to killing nearly eighty people and injuring dozens of others in a violent rampage across Norway last Friday, has been painted in some media reports as a “Christian terrorist,” yet the alleged killer has claimed he is not a religious man.

Christians, Jews, Hindus, and other parties have been up in arms after the recent, widespread exposure of a Canadian school's policy allowing an imam to lead Muslim students in prayer on campus.

Hundreds of Hmong Christians are said to have been gunned down by security forces in Vietnam after the group had gathered near a mountain to await the rapture and return of Jesus Christ. The group of believers apparently learned of the rapture's timing from Family Radio broadcaster Harold Camping.

The United Nations has issued a dire warning over the lack of rain along the Horn of Africa that has made the food crisis in the region even more cirtical for residents of several nations fighting for survival.

An Iranian pastor has been ordered by the country’s officials to either recant his faith in Jesus Christ or to expect to be executed. The 33-year-old Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been charged with apostasy for turning from Islam and converting to Christianity.

A 12-year-old girl, who had grown distressed over her father's poor eyesight and brother's failing kidney, has taken her own life so she could act as their organ donor.

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are set to spend three days in the U.S. beginning on Friday, as part of a stopover tour from their Canada visit.