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Catholic bishop compares homosexuality to Down\'s Syndrome
Catholic bishop compares homosexuality to Down's Syndrome

A Catholic bishop has compared homosexuality to Down's Syndrome and has also said rape victims should not have abortions as a way of getting back at the rapist.

Chinese pastor Yuan Zhiming accused of raping founder of Christian charity
Chinese pastor Yuan Zhiming accused of raping founder of Christian charity

A top Chinese Christian pastor who has been accused of rape has resigned from his ministry in order to "retreat in the Lord and seek renewal."

How to spring clean your relationship
How to spring clean your relationship

Sarah Abell looks at how we can evaluate and improve our relationships.

Rachel Held Evans: Church \'success\' is not defined by money, fame and power
Rachel Held Evans: Church 'success' is not defined by money, fame and power

Christians must learn to measure success by something other than money, fame and power, according to best-selling Christian author Rachel Held Evans.

Trouble ahead (or behind) for Greenbelt festival?
Trouble ahead (or behind) for Greenbelt festival?

Greenbelt festival, a summer Christian arts and justice festival, has experienced financial difficulty in recent months, and has had to shrink the size of this year's event.

Christians more likely to vote Conservative at the general election - poll
Christians more likely to vote Conservative at the general election - poll

Although the overall religious vote goes to Labour, Christians are much more likely to vote Conservative, recent surveys show.

Three things the church can learn from the Apple Watch
Three things the church can learn from the Apple Watch

Three things the church can learn from the Apple Watch

Ana Marie Cox: What I learned from \'coming out\' as a Christian
Ana Marie Cox: What I learned from 'coming out' as a Christian

A leading US blogger and political pundit who "came out" publicly as a Christian has said she regrets using the language of the LGBT movement to describe her avowal of faith.

70-year-old wartime mystery solved as wedding ring returns to pilot\'s family
70-year-old wartime mystery solved as wedding ring returns to pilot's family

The wreckage of a bomber which crashed in Albania was identified thanks to the faithfulness of a local family.

Kurdish forces drive back Islamic State near Kirkuk, face \'little resistance\'
Kurdish forces drive back Islamic State near Kirkuk, face 'little resistance'

Kurdish peshmerga forces have retaken around 40 square miles of territory.

Republicans warn Iran that nuclear deal might not outlast Obama presidency
Republicans warn Iran that nuclear deal might not outlast Obama presidency

Senators have written directly to Iran's leaders in an unprecedented breach with protocol.

India: Mob of thousands kidnap, kill rape suspect
India: Mob of thousands kidnap, kill rape suspect

A mob numbering in thousands broke into a prison, kidnapped, and killed a rape suspect in India on Friday.

Man burned by fajitas while praying at Applebee\'s receives no compensation
Man burned by fajitas while praying at Applebee's receives no compensation

A New Jersey man cannot seek compensation from Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar after being burned by fajitas, an appellate panel ruled last week.

Homeowner association reverses decision, allows Make-a-Wish playhouse for cancer-stricken child

Homeowner's association reverses decision, allows playhouse for cancer-stricken child

All-women\'s college to admit transgender students for class of 2020
All-women's college to admit transgender students for class of 2020

A Massachusetts all-women's university will admit transgender students, the school announced last week.

ISIS destroys three ancient cities over three days
ISIS destroys three ancient cities over three days

The Islamic State ransacked another ancient city at the weekend. Reports indicate that the Iraqi village of Khorsabad was targeted on Sunday in the latest in a series of attacks on ancient sites.