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Gay couple already got their marriage licence but still want more punishment for jailed Christian clerk Kim Davis
For a gay couple in Kentucky, getting a Christian county official in jail is not enough punishment for refusing to issue them their marriage licenceâeven if they eventually received such licence.
Iran arrests newly baptised Christian mother and her son for their faith, seizes Bibles in crackdown
Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christiansâa mother and her sonâseizing their Bibles and other Christian books.
Boost for conservative Anglicans as South Carolina join ACNA
Conservative Anglicans in America received a major boost last week when South Carolina voted to join a breakaway traditionalist grouping.
Many Asian Christian women working as maids in Mideast suffer abuse, treated like slaves by their Arab 'owners'
Many Asian Christian women are being treated as slaves as they work as nannies and housemaids in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arabian Peninsula.
Part gig, part worship: Irish church gathers for Elvis Presley tribute
A church in Ireland recently gathered for a tribute to a different King than Jesus â the rock and roll legend Elvis Presley.
First ever Anglican Evensong service takes place at St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Anglican Choral Evensong was celebrated in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for the first time yesterday afternoon.
Young Americans less likely to divorce, older Americans at least twice as likely to split
The divorce rate in the US has doubled for couples aged over 50, and tripled for those over 65, according to new research.
Trump envoy to meet Palestinian President as US tries to kickstart peace talks
Donald Trump's Middle East envoy will meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow, after spending five hours with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
Don't expect married priests from Pope Francis, Cardinal Vincent Nichols declares
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said that the Catholic Church's 'strong, firm' tradition of priestly celibacy is unlikely to change despite Pope Francis's recent comment that the Church should reflect on married priests.
7 ways to cultivate great worship in and out of church
'Worship is so much more than singing songs in church - it's a lifestyle.' This phrase has been so well-used it has become a cliché. Yet our experience tells us that most churches struggle to connect what they do on Sunday morning with the way people live out their faith, Monday to Saturday. Here are 7 ways you can make it work.
Workers can be banned from wearing any religious symbol, top EU court rules
Workers can be banned from the 'visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign' including Islamic headscarves, Europe's top court has ruled.
The Palestinian ballet star who is fighting ISIS with dance
A Palestinian ballet dancer has won wide acclaim using dance in a defiant stance against ISIS in the Middle East.
'Wrong' for Theresa May to block second independence vote, says Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland is backing calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
'I have their blood with me': new documentary charts plight of Syria's many missing men, women and children
A hard-hitting documentary broadcast next week will lay out the damning case of Syria's missing: tens of thousands of men, women and children who have been disappeared into secret detention centres.
Pope Francis victim of 'fake news' story that God ordered him to change the Ten Commandments
The fact-checking website Snopes is reporting that a story headlined: Pope Francis: 'God Has Instructed Me to Revise the Ten Commandments' on the Real News Right Now website is untrue.
'My daughter is a Christian and I'm not.' Atheist mom shares her story
A 'committed atheist' mother has shared about her positive experience of sending her child to a Christian school, where her daughter could challenge the 'atheist indoctrination' from her mother.