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Students protest as Missouri school allows transgender teen to use facilities for girls
Students protest as Missouri school allows transgender teen to use facilities for girls

Students at a Missouri high school are protesting a transgender woman's privileges to use the girls' locker and restrooms.

Pastor asks atheist critics of Georgia school football team\'s mass baptism: \'When did it  become illegal to say I\'m a Christian?\'
Pastor asks atheist critics of Georgia school football team's mass baptism: 'When did it become illegal to say I'm a Christian?'

The pastor of the First Baptist Church in Villa Rica, Georgia, has responded to a group of atheists who denounced the mass baptism of the football coach and players of the Villa Rica High School, asking: "When did it become illegal to bow your head and pray? When did it become illegal to say I'm a Christian?"

Kentucky county clerk jailed for same-sex marriage defiance as dispute goes on
Kentucky county clerk jailed for same-sex marriage defiance as dispute goes on

A Kentucky county clerk was jailed on Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, and a full day of court hearings failed to put an end to her two-month-old legal fight over a US Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage.

Bishop Angaelos: \'Hungarian PM is wrong. We cannot only support Christian refugees\'
Bishop Angaelos: 'Hungarian PM is wrong. We cannot only support Christian refugees'

A Coptic bishop has rebutted the claims of Hungary's Prime Minister who said that migrants are mainly Muslim and threatened Europe's Christian roots.

Refugees: Christian MPs pile on pressure to accept more
Refugees: Christian MPs pile on pressure to accept more

Pressure from Christian MPs for David Cameron to accept more refugees into Britain is mounting.

Refugees: Archbishop Welby speaks out on \'complex and wicked\' crisis
Refugees: Archbishop Welby speaks out on 'complex and wicked' crisis

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks as crisis deepens - says Church and Government working well

Church of England raises £100 million for clergy retirement homes
Church of England raises £100 million for clergy retirement homes

A charitable fund within the Church of England pensions board this week raised £70 million of bonds to pay for clergy retirement houses.

Refugee Crisis: Five things YOU can do to help
Refugee Crisis: Five things YOU can do to help

The refugee crisis has been worsening for over a year. It's time to step up and do something.

Cuban pastor released after 6 months behind bars
Cuban pastor released after 6 months behind bars

A Cuban reverend has been released after six months in prison without trial.

Vatican rules against transgender godparents
Vatican rules against transgender godparents

The Vatican has ruled against transgender people becoming godparents because they live in breach of Church teaching.

Vicar forced to sleep in church after thefts
Vicar forced to sleep in church after thefts

A vicar has been forced to sleep in a church after it was repeatedly targeted by scrap metal thieves.

The surprising beliefs of US Catholics
The surprising beliefs of US Catholics

Large majorities of Catholics in the United States believe the "new" forms of family life such as single or gay and lesbian parenting are acceptable.

Florida Presbyterian church defends hiring Tullian Tchividjian in wake of affair
Florida Presbyterian church defends hiring Tullian Tchividjian in wake of affair

The senior pastor of Tullian Tchividjian's new church has defended his appointment in the wake of controversy over hisextramarital affair.

Refugee crisis: Why the Bible doesn\'t allow us to turn our backs on drowning children
Refugee crisis: Why the Bible doesn't allow us to turn our backs on drowning children

Europe's refugee crisis is overwhelming not just the services but the institutions which are expected to deal with it.

Franklin Graham: \'Biblical morality is crumbling; we need to take a bold stand\'
Franklin Graham: 'Biblical morality is crumbling; we need to take a bold stand'

Reverend Franklin Graham is lamenting that America's walls of biblical morality are crumbling, and almost everyone he speaks with is distraught over the direction the nation is taking, what with Christianity being under siege and more and more people are removing God's Word from laws and education.

Has Jessa turned her back on her brother Josh Duggar after Ashley Madison exposé?
Has Jessa turned her back on her brother Josh Duggar after Ashley Madison exposé?

Jessa Seewald from the now cancelled show "19 Kids and Counting" firmly stood by her brother Josh Duggar's side when he faced criticism for molesting five underage girls, including his sisters Jill and Jessa when he was only 14 years old, but it looks like she is singing a different tune now that he has been exposed for cheating on his wife Anna using the website Ashley Madison.