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A lesson from Luke 12: How I became the rich fool
That rich fool was a fool is because he thought he had the power to control his future
UK urged to press for global abolition of death penalty after dramatic fall in executions worldwide
As new figures reveal a dramatic fall in the number of executions worldwide, the Catholic Church is urging the UK Government to play a leading role in promoting the global abolition of the death penalty.
What's the point of Lent?
If we think Lent is just about having less, we're missing the point
Mike Pence's wife says religious liberty should be respected after Pete Buttigieg challenges his marriage views
"What's kind of funny is I don't think the vice president does have a problem with him but I think it's helping Pete to get some notoriety," she said
Joni Eareckson Tada thanks God after being released from hospital
She is thanking God for healing her lungs just two weeks after she was hospitalized for severe pain and difficulty breathing.
Christian Easter eggs are coming to Downton Abbey
The Real Easter Egg is coming to Highclere Castle, better known as the home of the Crawley family in the hit TV show Downton Abbey.
Quakers join in criticism of Westminster Abbey over nuclear weapons ceremony
The Quakers have become the latest critics of a service taking place at Westminster Abbey next month to commemorate 50 years of nuclear deterrents in British waters.
Schools in Brighton and Hove to start giving out gender pronoun stickers to students
School pupils in Brighton and Hove will soon be receiving gender pronoun stickers to make transgender children feel more supported.
Thousands of young people sign petition demanding stricter laws on prostitution in the Netherlands
Some 42,000 young people have signed a petition demanding that it be made illegal to visit a prostitute in the Netherlands.
Parents have no veto right on LGBT lessons, says Damian Hinds
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said that parents who are unhappy about LGBT lessons in schools have no right of veto.
Britain's housing crisis is 'hitting the poorest the hardest', says Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby said that any way forward on Britain's housing crisis "must involve building communities, not just houses".
'The global economic system is broken,' says Christian Aid
The head of Christian Aid Amanda Khozi Mukwashi is in Washington DC and New York this week to urge world financial leaders to make the global economic system fairer for all.
How UK asylum system creates perfect conditions for modern slavery and exploitation to thrive
Asylum seekers in the UK receive £37.75 a week to live on, and most are prohibited from working. But this small amount of money often fails to allow people to meet their basic needs.
Music streaming has a far worse carbon footprint than the heyday of records and CDs, study finds
Intuitively you might think that less physical product means far lower carbon emissions.
Spouses will no longer be able to contest a divorce following changes to the law
Spouses who do not want to divorce will no longer be able to contest it under changes to the law being announced by Justice Secretary David Gauke today.
Government drive to promote abortion overseas is 'deeply troubling'
Pro-lifers have hit back at the Government's plans to invest millions in increasing access to abortion worldwide.