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Cardinal Burke: Gays, remarried Catholics, murderers all live in mortal sin despite being kind and generous
One of the Catholic Church's most outspoken conservatives had strong words for gays and remarried Catholics in an interview published last week.
Influential black-led coalition breaks with US Presbyterians over gay marriage
One of the world's most influential black-led church coalitions has broken with the US Presbyterian Church over its endorsement of gay marriage.
The wheat and the weed? First church of cannabis approved in Indiana
When the head of Apple, Tim Cook, warned of "something very dangerous" happening in states across the US after Indiana passed its controversial religious freedom bill last week, this was probably not what he had in mind.
Creflo Dollar gets shy about his finances
The American televangelist has repeatedly refused to be open about his finances.
Should Christians celebrate Passover?
A growing number of churches hold 'seders' based on the Jewish Passover in Holy Week. But is it right?
US Church leaders: Death penalty is 'profound evil'
Leading Church figures use Holy Week to call for an end to capital punishment.
Jewish Agency and International Fellowship for Christians and Jews fall out over Aliyah programmes
The Jewish Agency, a world leading organisation for immigration to Israel, has accused one of its former partners of sabotage by creating competitive arrangements for aliyah.
Libby Lane Easter interview: 'I try to inhabit the story physically, which can be transcendent'
The Church of England's first woman bishop is to give her first live act of Christian worship to the nation on Easter Sunday, when BBC Radio 4 broadcasts its early morning service from Chester Cathedral.
Vatican defends appointing Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse
The Vatican has strongly defended appointing Bishop Juan Barros despite protests by critics who have accused him of covering up sexual abuse.
Southern Baptists confront the past, look to the future
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) discussed its racist past during the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's Gospel and Racial Reconciliation summit last week.
Michael Green: If we want to see revival, it starts with prayer, holiness and suffering
We sing about it and pray for it, but what can we be doing if we really want to see a revival of God in our nation?
Women should be fully included at all levels of leadership in the Church - Anglicans tell the UN
"Gender equality applies to all human beings and should be a discussion for all women and men, girls and boys," the Anglican Communion delegation to a UN commission has concluded.
Why is it so hard to prove God is there? Just think of the alternative
God wants us to choose him freely, says Tom Price of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
Missouri Presbyterian churches receive threats over acceptance of same sex marriage and ministers
At least four Presbyterian churches in the state of Missouri have received threats in response to the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s decision to embrace same-sex marriages.
Anglican bishops call for divestment from fossil fuels
Climate change is an "unprecedented crisis" and the Church must divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible, a group of influential Anglican bishops have said.
Most Americans think church attendance is admirable, even if they don't go themselves
Despite fears about a decline in church attendance, the majority of Americans believe that going to church is an admirable thing to do, a new study has found.