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Church apologises for priest who said Jill Meagher could have avoided rape and murder by being more \'faith filled\'
Church apologises for priest who said Jill Meagher could have avoided rape and murder by being more 'faith filled'

A Catholic archdiocese today apologised and introduced new guidelines to train clergy in "cultural understanding" .

Major supermarkets under fire from Christians for not stocking \'Real\' Easter eggs
Major supermarkets under fire from Christians for not stocking 'Real' Easter eggs

A Christian chocolate company is urging shoppers to complain to leading supermarkets for refusing stock their chocolate Easter eggs.

ISIS release latest beheading video with child militants
ISIS release latest beheading video with child militants

Boys in their teens are shown leading eight men to their deaths in the latest brutal beheading video released by Islamic State.

Muslim charities could help tackle violent extremism, but instead are \'unfairly targeted\' by government
Muslim charities could help tackle violent extremism, but instead are 'unfairly targeted' by government

Muslim charities could do more to help tackle violent extremism – but they are being stifled by inappropriate action by Government regulators.

A well-known atheist visited three churches in one day... this is what he made of it
A well-known atheist visited three churches in one day... this is what he made of it

Leader of the Sunday Assembly Sanderson Jones spent Sunday attending three London churches and tweeting about his experience.

Hillsong\'s Cass Langton cannot wait to sing \'O Praise The Name\' on Easter
Hillsong's Cass Langton cannot wait to sing 'O Praise The Name' on Easter

Hillsong United's Cass Langton cannot wait to sing the song "O Praise The Name" on Easter, and she hopes the song will be used as a vessel by Christians to become closer to God.

Hard times pushed the duo behind For King & Country into music
Hard times pushed the duo behind For King & Country into music

Things have not always been easy for Luke and Joel Smallbone, the brothers behind the Christian duo For King & Country, but it was the hard times that actually pushed the two into music that propelled them into fame.

Four ways that God shapes our identity
Four ways that God shapes our identity

Bible scholar Paula Gooder tackled the subject of identity on Tuesday morning at Spring Harvest and gave four ways in which God shapes who we are as Christians.

Christian Today\'s election guide for the perplexed: Immigration
Christian Today's election guide for the perplexed: Immigration

Mark Woods looks at what you need to know before May 7.

Benny Hinn released from hospital: \'I have seen the hand of God at work\'.
Benny Hinn released from hospital: 'I have seen the hand of God at work'.

Televangelist Benny Hinn praised God for his swift recovery after he was admitted to hospital last week.

Light of the world—in darkness
Light of the world—in darkness

Light of the world—in darkness

Francis Chan: The importance of submission and authority
Francis Chan: The importance of submission and authority

Popular Christian speaker and author Francis Chan addressed the importance of submission and authority in a sermon entitled 'Be Subject to One Another'.

Germanwings crash: church in Andreas Lubitz\'s home town stands by his family
Germanwings crash: church in Andreas Lubitz's home town stands by his family

The pastor of the Lutheran church in Montabaur, the home town of the Andreas Lubitz, says the family belongs to the community.

Church in memory of 21 Copts killed by ISIS attacked with petrol bombs

A church being set up in memory of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS was attacked on the same day as a commemorative mass marked 40 days since their death.

Indiana governor defends religious freedom law
Indiana governor defends religious freedom law

Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Sunday defended a new state law that opponents worry may support discrimination against gay people, saying he had no plans to add extra protections but would consider new suggestions from state legislators.

UK election campaign begins
UK election campaign begins

Campaigning in Britain's closest national election in decades will start on Monday after Queen Elizabeth dissolves parliament at Prime Minister David Cameron's behest, teeing up an unusually fraught battle to govern the $2.8 trillion (1.9 trillion pound) economy.