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Catherine Giudici says her heart goes out to all the women struggling with fertility

Former contestant of The Bachelor Catherine Giudici received a lot of flak recently after she posted a fake pregnancy photo back on April Fool's Day.

Lecrae to open for comedian Kevin Hart at Essence Fest 2015

Grammy-award winning Christian rapper and songwriter Lecrae is all set to open for comedian Kevin Hart at the Essence Fest 2015, which will be held on July 2 at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kirk Franklin doesn't think 'yo momma' jokes are funny

Christian artist Kirk Franklin does not think that "yo momma" jokes are the least bit funny, even though they are something of a cultural phenomenon.

Just weeks after cancer surgery, Casting Crowns announces April tour dates with Mark Hall

Christian band Casting Crowns is ready to rock the stage once again with lead singer Mark Hall as he continues to make a good recovery from surgery to remove his cancer.

America has an 'ugly, anti-Christian bias' says Franklin Graham

Influential evangelical leader Franklin Graham has issued a powerful warning of growing bias against Christians, which he says will lead to discrimination and loss of religious freedom.

40acts campaign sparks 2.9 million acts of kindness during Lent

Nearly 75,000 people signed up to Stewardship's 40acts campaign.

Yarmouk crisis has reached 'inconceivable levels of inhumanity' - UN official

The situation in Yarmouk has "slumped to even lower levels of inhumanity" since the infiltration of Islamic State militants last week, a UN official has told Christian Today.

World's oldest person Jeralean Talley credits her long life to God's will

Jeralean Talley from Michigan, aged 115, became the new oldest living person in the world, after the death 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver from Arkansas on Monday.

The Battle of Leviticus-based laws is on: 'Shellfish Suppression' proposed in response to 'Sodomite Supression'

Activists have filed a ballot initiative in California to ban shellfish in response to the 'Sodomite Suppression Act' which calls for the execution of gay people.

New 'Bible' replaces every mention of God with 'Kanye West'

Touted as 'A Bible for the Modern Day', the book replaces every mention of God with Kanye West's name. "For this generation, Generation Y, Kanye West is not only its greatest spectacle, but in some senses, a spiritual figure," the creators say.

Influential preacher and civil rights leader Rev Gardner C Taylor dies at 96

Rev Gardner C Taylor, the grandson of former slaves who became a leading voice in the civil rights movement and a highly respected American preacher, died on Sunday.

Nun 'stabs schoolboy in the hand to show him how Jesus felt'

A nun has been removed from teaching in Slovakia after allegedly stabbing a boy in the hand with a needle to help him empathise with Christ's suffering on the cross.

The Rapture list - Ten things every Christian should do before they die... or the Lord comes again

How the divide between UK politics and Christianity is beginning to close

Politicians are rediscovering God, and churches rediscovering their political voice, writes Gillan Scott.

Pastor of London church arrested after pregnant wife found dead in bathtub

Rev Eric Isaiah Adusah has been arrested after his wife Charmian was found dead in a bathtub in a Ghana hotel.

Australia 'failed to act' over child abuse at controversial refugee camp

Psychiatrists and social workers say allegations of abuse at the Nauru camp were ignored.