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Ben Carson to stay in White House race \'until I win,\' says he\'s not keen on VP job
Ben Carson to stay in White House race 'until I win,' says he's not keen on VP job

Despite faring badly in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said he's staying in the race "until I win."

How to start a compassion revolution
How to start a compassion revolution

Krish Kandiah says it starts with 'echoes of compassion'.

Catholics and the Zika Virus: Why abortion and contraception are very different issues
Catholics and the Zika Virus: Why abortion and contraception are very different issues

Because of its stance on abortion and contraception, secular writers are portraying the Church as a callous institution uninterested in the welfare of thousands of mothers and their potentially disabled children. These attacks are missing the point.

Fighting priest to set Australian boxing record
Fighting priest to set Australian boxing record

An Anglican minister is about to set a record as Australia's oldest professional boxer.

Moving scenes as Marius Bodnariu sees sons for first time in three months
Moving scenes as Marius Bodnariu sees sons for first time in three months

The father whose five children were removed from the family home by Norway's Barnevernet or child welfare services, has been able to see his sons for the first time in three months.

Abducted, raped, then forcibly married: Christian woman escapes ordeal
Abducted, raped, then forcibly married: Christian woman escapes ordeal

A Christian woman who was abducted, raped and forcibly married to a Muslim man in Pakistan has escaped.

Beheadings in Libya: One year on forgiveness trumps hatred
Beheadings in Libya: One year on forgiveness trumps hatred

On 15 February 2015, a video was released depicting masked ISIS militants dressed in black marching 21 Coptic Christians in orange jump suits along a beach in Libya.

Swiss Catholics accuse Pope\'s representative of disloyalty
Swiss Catholics accuse Pope's representative of disloyalty

The Pope's representative in Switzerland, US Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, has been accused by 12 Catholic reform groups of publicly criticising him.

Love is more than a Valentine\'s card: 10 Bible verses that tell the truth about love
Love is more than a Valentine's card: 10 Bible verses that tell the truth about love

Scripture reveals the depths of love and its wide-ranging aspects that encompass more than just romantic feeling

70,000 US teachers aren\'t telling their students the facts about climate change
70,000 US teachers aren't telling their students the facts about climate change

Thousands of US middle and high school teachers are telling their student climate change has nothing to do with human activity.

What can we learn from Elijah? #5 God sometimes speaks in whispers, not shouts
What can we learn from Elijah? #5 God sometimes speaks in whispers, not shouts

Sometimes God doesn't give us what we want; he gives us what we need, writes Mark Woods.

Ted Cruz campaign defends endorsement by pastor who believes Jews brought Holocaust on themselves
Ted Cruz campaign defends endorsement by pastor who believes Jews brought Holocaust on themselves

Ted Cruz' campaign has been forced to defend an endorsement he received from a prominent pastor who has made highly controversial statements about Jews.

10 questions to help strengthen your marriage
10 questions to help strengthen your marriage

Are you building and strengthening your marriage, or are there behaviours which are causing harm?

Archbishop of Canterbury: Church has key role in London\'s future
Archbishop of Canterbury: Church has key role in London's future

Justin Welby was speaking alongside politicians, planners, theologians and developers at Lambeth Palace. The group had been brought together for the launch of From Battersea to the Barrier. The initiative seeks to use the "Church's history, lived experience and rootedness in community to bear" on the future of London – and particularly the riverside area in the heart of the city.

UN call for Zika abortions is like King Herod\'s slaughter of the innocents, says Peru Cardinal
UN call for Zika abortions is like King Herod's slaughter of the innocents, says Peru Cardinal

The Archbishop of Lima in Peru has compared the United Nations to King Herod because the organisation has encouraged Latin American governments to allow women affected by the Zika virus to have abortions.

Richard Dawkins\' stroke prompts Twitter debate on praying for him
Richard Dawkins' stroke prompts Twitter debate on praying for him

Richard Dawkins has suffered a 'minor stroke' and Twitter is debating whether to pray for him.