Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Sep 26, 2015

  Pope Speech to Congress Reactions From Baptist Senator, Catholic Seminary President, and Argentinian Immigrant Activist

  As Pope Francis delivered the first-ever papal address to a joint session of Congress Thursday, Catholics who gathered on the Capitol lawn praised the content of the pontiff's speech, while Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, expressed disappointment that the pope did not explicitly condemn abortion.

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  Sep 24, 2015

  Pope Francis Tells Congress: 'Protect and Defend Human Life at Every Stage of Its Development'

  In the first ever papal address issued to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Thursday, Pope Francis urged Americans to share their wealth, stand up against religious and minority persecution, defend life at every stage of development, welcome immigrants seeking better lives, abolish the death penalty and protect the planet.

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  Sep 23, 2015

  Huckabee: Muslim Can Be President; Obama 'Pretends to Be' Christian, Makes Living Out Faith Difficult

  A Muslim can be president, Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said, but he is more concerned about the authenticity of President Barack Obama's Christian faith.

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  Sep 23, 2015

  Pope Francis 'Reminds Us, People Are Only Free When They Can Practice Their Faith Freely,' Obama Says on First-Ever White House Visit

  With over 11,000 ticketed guests gathered on the South Lawn, Pope Francis made his first-ever visit to the White House Wednesday morning, and called on the world to defend religious liberties and take better care of the environment before going to the Oval Office for a private meeting with President Barack Obama.

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  Sep 23, 2015

  Europe Has the Wrong Refugees at 'Front of the Queue,' Vicar of Baghdad Warns

  With thousands of migrants arriving on European shores each day, Rev. Canon Andrew White, also known as "the Vicar of Baghdad," is criticizing European governments for focusing their attentions on migrants within their own borders instead of helping poor Iraqi and Syrian refugees stuck in the Middle East.

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  Sep 22, 2015

  CCCU Reaffirms Commitment to 'Christian View of Marriage' After Colleges Part Ways Over Gay Marriage

  The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced Monday that two member schools have withdrawn their memberships in order to avoid creating significant division within the consortium over the institutions' recently adopted policies that allow for the hiring of openly gay and lesbian faculty.

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  Sep 22, 2015

  Christian Man Fired for Sharing 'Audacity' Film With Lesbian Co-Workers on Facebook

  A dedicated Christian steel worker in Ohio has been fired after he shared his faith and the faith-based movie "Audacity" with two lesbian co-workers, leaving a him, his wife and two kids without any income.

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  Sep 21, 2015

  Pakistani Mob Sets Christian Family's Home on Fire to Burn Them Alive

  A mob of radicals in the capital city of Pakistan torched the home of a Christian family and attempted to burn them alive by locking them inside before setting it on fire, a Christian aid group is reporting.

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  Sep 21, 2015

  ISIS Using Churches as Torture Chambers, Forcing Christians to Convert or Be Killed

  The head of a Christian humanitarian organization reports that the Islamic State terrorist organization in has turned captured church buildings into torture chambers that are being used to coerce Iraqi Christians into renouncing Christ and converting to IS' brand of radical Islam.

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  Sep 20, 2015

  Christians Rally in Tennessee for Religious Freedom From Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

  Hundreds of Christian conservatives gathered in the blistering heat in Nashville on Constitution Day Thursday, to rally for religious freedom in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling and called on the state to uphold its definition of marriage as being a union between one man and one woman.