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Spanish High Court protects pharmacists' conscience right not to sell contraceptives
Spain's Constitutional Court has ruled that requiring pharmacists to sell morning-after pills can be against their belief, protecting the conscience rights of pharmacists.
Pope Francis: Love of money is 'the devil's excrement'
"The service of the common good fades into the background" when ambition predominates, said Francis in Bolivia.
Surprise, surprise... Baylor University isn't OK with gay sex after all
Baylor University is a conservative institution which didn't even lift a ban on dancing until the 1990s and still retains a ban on alcohol on campus.
Vincent Nichols plans to turn thousands of churches into 'missionary parishes'
The most senior Catholic cleric in England and Wales has announced plans to turn thousands of churches in England and Wales into "missionary parishes".
Mark Driscoll's return to high-profile ministry continues with string of public appearances
The return of controversial pastor Mark Driscoll to high-profile ministry is continuing with appearances at churches and conferences in the US and abroad.
Passionate Pope calls for new economic order, denounces unfettered capitalism
Pope Francis yesterday urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order.
Franciscans call for prayers for safe return of priest abducted by militants in Syria
Franciscan missionaries spreading the Word of God in the Holy Land have asked the faithful to pray for the safe return of Father Dhiya Aziz. who was taken by militants in Syria on Saturday.
Five pastoral errors that can kill a ministry
Ministers are called, trained and equipped for ministry, but the training and equipping sometimes fall short.
Justin Welby: Why I'm a Christian
The Archbishop of Canterbury said that Jesus is an "inescapable reality" in his life
New church plant bishop will be Rev Ric Thorpe
The Rev Ric Thorpe is to become bishop of the revived See of Islington in north London, with a special focus on planting new congregations.
TB Joshua's church will be charged over building collapse that killed 116 people
A coroner has indicted the church of Nigerian preacher, "Prophet" TB Joshua, after 116 people were killed when a six-storey building collapsed last September.
'Commitment to God first': Pastor wants Christian flag to fly above American flag
A pastor in North Carolina has begun a campaign that urges church believers to fly the Christian flag above the American flag in a bid to revive the traditional Christian values in the United States.
Pope Francis praises Bolivia social reforms, warns against 'selfish' prosperity
Morales' strained relations with the Catholic Church have begun thawing under the Argentine-born pontiff's papacy.
Inspired by Christian missionaries, Boko Haram members convert to Christianity
Native Christian workers continue to preach the Word of God despite the terror campaign of Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, with some members of the Islamic State affiliate even converting to Christianity after being inspired by the missionaries' courage.
How young people do summer festivals differently
Krish Kandiah has returned from Summer Madness festival in Northern Ireland feeling inspired by the young people he met.
Why the leader of Britain's Catholics thinks immigration is a good thing for Britain
Christian immigrants are bringing "new hope" to a weary, secularised culture in the UK, the country's most senior Roman Catholic archbishop said yesterday.