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Sale of human eggs 'wrong', says Church convener
A senior figure in the Church of Scotland has condemned the auctioning and selling of human eggs for IVF treatment.
Help for the poor comes from Sherwood forest
Itâs not quite the Robin Hood legend, but recently in Sherwood Forest there was a band of merry men â and women â helping those less fortunate.
Regulator keeps conscience clause for religious pharmacists
The General Pharmaceutical Council has decided to uphold the right of pharmacists in the UK to refuse to dispense treatments that conflict with their religious beliefs.
Lloydspharmacy reveals young women becoming more sexually active
According to new figures released by the sexual health team at Lloydspharmacy*, todayâs women have three times more sexual partners by the time they reach 24 than women of their grandmothersâ generation had by the same age.
Rend Collective Experiment and the ultimate Easter video
A few weeks ago the Collective found a hall, invited some friends and made themselves a short video for the epic track âYou Bledâ. Youâre going to love itâ¦
New ACT Alliance to improve coordination among Christian aid groups
More than 100 church-based relief and development organisations worldwide, including Christian Aid in the UK, have formally united under an umbrella group.
Darling plays safe with pre-election budget
Chancellor Alistair Darling has put off painful cuts in public services in favour of taxing higher earners in his pre-election Budget today.
English Heritage plans guide to help churches shoulder burden of maintenance
English Heritage has announced plans to compile a new guide to help congregations look after their historic church buildings.
MRDF seeks runners with a big heart
A charity is looking for volunteers to run in the British 10K in the summer and raise funds for its work with some of the worldâs poorest communities.
Lights to go out across every continent for WWF's Earth Hour
Lights to go out across every continent for WWFâs Earth Hour this Saturday The countdown to WWFâs Earth Hour has well and truly begun, with a record 118 countries and territories taking part in what is set to be the greatest climate change event ever.
PM and Archbishop praise outgoing Christian Aid director
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams have paid tribute to outgoing Christian Aid director Dr Daleep Mukarji.
New beginnings for Marc James
Marc James has a name that many already know: frontman, singer and songwriter with rock trio Verra Cruz; worship leader and songwriter from the UK Vineyard group of churches; gutsy session guitarist.
US pastors seek to quash prosperity gospel in black churches
A group of black pastors is looking to spread biblical teaching and quash the prosperity gospel teachings that have been proliferating in their churches.
Nigeria to prosecute hundreds of suspects in Christian slaughter
Hundreds of suspects arrested over the recent slaughter of Christians in Nigeria are scheduled to be prosecuted as early as this week.
Catholic billionaire makes good on 'pact with God'
British entrepreneur Albert Gubay will be giving at least £235 million to the Roman Catholic Church before he dies but hopes to push that amount to at least half-a-billion.
Black churches not welcome in white areas, says BNP leader
Black churches would not be welcome or receive grants from a BNP local or national government if their ministry and place of worship were to be in a âhistorically white areaâ, BNP leader Nick Griffin admitted on live TV last night.