VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - Before he became a Christian, minister Juozas Puodziukaitis was a self-described “metalist.”

“A Methodist?” asked a confused reporter.

“No, a metalist,” he repeated.

“A mentalist?”

“No, a metal-ist,” he said, searching for an English phrase to describe what he meant. “I listened to ... hard music.”

Perhaps “metalhead” would better describe Puodziukaitis’ former life. He and his friends raved to ear-splitting death metal bands, wore black clothes and drank plenty of alcohol. read more

Post-election riots in the Nigerian city of Jos claimed hundreds of lives recently.

In the midst of the killing, a few souls found new life. read more