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Half of all black gay men in U.S. will contract HIV in their lifetimes, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that half of all black gay men residing in the US at present will contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
U.S. Republican Party urges members to reject LGBT drive for transgenders' use of opposite-sex bathrooms
The Republican party's leadership recently urged its members to reject the effort of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and other school facilities designed for members of the opposite sex.
Christian bakers in Texas won't make wedding cake for gay couple since they 'run a business that honours God'
Standing up to their religious beliefs, a Christian family running a bakery in Texas declined to bake a wedding cake for a homosexual couple.
Ben Carson drops out of GOP race after dismal showing on Super Tuesday: No 'political path forward'
After finishing second-to-last or last in all of the races on Super Tuesday, Ben Carson ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday.
Chinese government to take control of ordination from Catholic Church
Ordination in China will come under the authority of the government, after two government-controlled Catholic organisations endorsed the plans.
Calais 'Jungle' demolitions: Why is the camp being destroyed, and where will the refugees go?
Over the past two days, demolitions have begun in the so-called 'Jungle' camp outside Calais, which is home to thousands of refugees and migrants.
India: Salvation Army pastor jailed for rape of 12-year-old girl
A Salvation Army pastor in the Indian state of Kerala will serve 20 years in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Ancient documents reveal the 'incorrigible' abbot and other pestilences of medieval Christian England
More than 10,000 individual handwritten parchment folios that belonged to the Archbishops of York between 1225 and 1650 have been digitally scanned and put online in the York Registers.
Christian vigilante group in Myanmar attacked during anti-poppy raid
Members of a Christian vigilante group in Myanmar have been attacked with machetes during a drug eradication drive that involved destroying opium poppies.
Pope Francis: Burn 'dirty money', don't give it to the Church
The Catholic Church does not want people to donate "dirty money" earned by abusing low-paid workers, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.
Religious leaders condemn Pakistan law protecting women
A new law in Pakistan's Punjab state aimed at protecting women has been condemned by religious parties.
Colombia: Christians targeted for extortion, forced to fight for paramilitaries
Warring factions in Colombia are targeting Christians for extortion and forced military service, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Why Pakistani Christians want murdered minister Shahbaz Bhatti to be declared a martyr
Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan minister for minorities murdered in 2011 for his opposition to the country's oppressive blasphemy law, should be declared a martyr by the Church, Catholics there say.
Trump scores huge wins on Super Tuesday, taking 7 states as Cruz wins 3 and Rubio 1; Clinton wallops Sanders, 7-4
Despite doomsday scenarios laid out by evangelical and conservative critics, Donald Trump scored smashing victories on Super Tuesday, winning at least seven of 12 states in the U.S. Republican presidential primaries.
We want a meeting with Pope Francis, say Australian Catholic Church abuse victims
Australian victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic Church clergy have called for a meeting with Pope Francis after watching a high-ranking Vatican official testify that senior clergy lied to him to cover up abuse in the 1970s.
Pope Francis' pregnant receptionist found dead inside her room: Shadow over Vatican as police probe cause of death
Vatican City, the smallest state in the world, is usually perceived as a holy and peaceful place, being the place where the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. These days, however, a tragic death is casting on this religious city, involving no less than Pope's seven-month pregnant receptionist.