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Da Vinci portrait of Jesus, 'Salvator Mundi', expected to sell for $100 million at auction
The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block
Living Without The Gods: Is Britain done with religion?
'Living With The Gods' will trace 40,000 years of believing and belonging.
Pope Francis to meet Buddhist monks, military and Aung San Suu Kyi in visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
Pope Francis will next month meet Myanmar's top Buddhist monks, its military generals and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits that country and Bangladesh, both of which are caught up in a crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority.
'Gender is sacred': Greek Orthodox Church in fury over new sex change law
Tuesday saw the Greek parliament pass a law that will increase the ease with which individuals can change their legally recognised gender.
Council in London first to introduce 'ground-breaking' ban on anti-abortion protests
A landmark decision by Ealing council could see pro-life protests banned nationwide.
Israel's ancient Solomon's Pools from time of Jesus to be restored
Three ancient pools that provided water to Jerusalem around the time of Jesus are to be restored under a $750,000 renovation funded by the US and announced yesterday, AFP reported.
'God you are worthy of my tears and pain': Detained Pastor Andrew Brunson pens heartfelt song from Turkish prison
The family of Andrew Brunson, a Protestant pastor accused of espionage, have shared a heartfelt song written during his time in prison to mark more than a year in captivity.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary adopts Nashville Statement on sexuality, transgender
The trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary have unanimously approved the adoption of the controversial Nashville Statement on sexuality and gender.
Bodies of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS to be returned to families
The bodies of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS on a beach in Libya will be returned to their families and given a proper burial after a mass grave was found near the town of Sirte.
Pastor at 40,000-member megachurch removed over 'moral failing'
Michael Hodges was removed as pastor from the Greystone campus of the 40,000 member Church of the Highlands in Alabama.
Disney star Tiffany Thornton defends marrying church worship leader after death of first husband
The star of Disney show Sonny With a Chance married Josiah Capaci, a worship pastor at Gospel Light Church and Teen Revolution in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Christians rally around dad left to raise 6 kids, including premature twins, after wife killed in car crash
The local church is offering its support after Katie Evans was killed in a car crash driving back from the hospital after visiting her premature baby girls.
How Christians can disagree â and still be kind to each other
What happens when Christians fall out about the different things we believe â or the things we believe differently?
This Iraqi Christian refugee family prayed and were rescued from drowning
'We were wearing life jackets but we didn't have hope. People were trying to bail out the water, but it wasn't working.'
Has Bono converted to Catholicism?
The star was pictured receiving Eucharist during Catholic Mass the morning after performing in Bogota, Colombia.
Refuge Coffee: How one church is combining great coffee with loving local refugees
The church wanted to do something that wasn't just 'within the walls of religious institutions' and with the high footfall of school runs and commuters passing the building, the idea of a coffee van was born.