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Vatican cardinal denies attempts to cover up child sex abuse
A high-ranking Vatican official said on Wednesday he should have done more to stop the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, acknowledging that he was told of at least one priest "misbehaving" with boys at an Australian school.
Chinese government to take control of ordination from Catholic Church
Ordination in China will come under the authority of the government, after two government-controlled Catholic organisations endorsed the plans.
Photo-essay: Photographer captures a year in the life of a parish priest, and reconnects with his own faith
A photographer who spent a year shadowing and documenting the life of a local parish priest in South London reconnected with his own faith as a result.
India: Salvation Army pastor jailed for rape of 12-year-old girl
A Salvation Army pastor in the Indian state of Kerala will serve 20 years in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
How the meaning of 'Father' and 'Son' has led to a split among Bible translators in America
Organisations devoted to translating the Bible into new languages have split over how far they should adapt translations to local conditions.
Ancient documents reveal the 'incorrigible' abbot and other pestilences of medieval Christian England
More than 10,000 individual handwritten parchment folios that belonged to the Archbishops of York between 1225 and 1650 have been digitally scanned and put online in the York Registers.
Christian vigilante group in Myanmar attacked during anti-poppy raid
Members of a Christian vigilante group in Myanmar have been attacked with machetes during a drug eradication drive that involved destroying opium poppies.
St Paul's Cathedral images support Darwin's theory of evolution
The three saucer-domes of the ceiling of the Quire of St Paul's Cathedral have long been known to depict the creation of the beasts as told in Genesis. Now it has been disclosed they also give Christian credence to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and the "survival of the fittest".
2.6 million British children set for poverty by 2020, new report reveals
Over 2.6 million British children will be living in poverty by 2020 due to benefit cuts imposed by the Conservative government, a new study has found.
'I thank God for secularism' says Irish Evangelical Alliance head
The head of the Evangelical Alliance in Ireland has written in defence of secularism in an article for the Irish Times.
Colombia: Christians targeted for extortion, forced to fight for paramilitaries
Warring factions in Colombia are targeting Christians for extortion and forced military service, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Why Pakistani Christians want murdered minister Shahbaz Bhatti to be declared a martyr
Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan minister for minorities murdered in 2011 for his opposition to the country's oppressive blasphemy law, should be declared a martyr by the Church, Catholics there say.
We want a meeting with Pope Francis, say Australian Catholic Church abuse victims
Australian victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic Church clergy have called for a meeting with Pope Francis after watching a high-ranking Vatican official testify that senior clergy lied to him to cover up abuse in the 1970s.
Christians shouldn't try to convert Muslim migrants they're helping, says cardinal: 'It's manipulation of conscience'
Roman Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller warned Christians against extending aid to refugees with the goal of changing their faith, saying this is equivalent to "practically a manipulation of the conscience."
Church and Christian buildings in Ethiopia torched and looted. 'The Lord is with us,' says bishop
A Catholic bishop in Ethiopia has spoken of his horror after local people torched and looted a church compound that had been working to help them.
Nigerian president orders inquiry into latest massacre of Christian farmers
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation after armed herdsmen attacked farmers, leaving hundreds dead and thousands more displaced.