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Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK's first to host same-sex weddings
A cathedral in Scotland has become the UK's first Anglican cathedral to host same-sex weddings.
You aren't coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline
A group of Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania is resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by building a makeshift chapel along the proposed route and, citing religious freedom, launching a legal challenge.
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says ignoring all the criticism that comes with her job would be harder if it weren't for her Christian faith
Conway, who was a prominent conservative pollster before becoming Trump's campaign manager in August 2016, said a lot of the criticism of her was 'gender-based'.
ISIS receipt surfaces in Mosul for sale of 20-year-old woman to jihadi for $1,500
The 'bill of sale' for a young sex slave sold for around $1,500 was discovered in the recently liberated Iraqi city of Mosul.
Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses
The influential US evangelical institution Fuller Theological Seminary is closing several of its locations because of the growing for online education and the increase in online enrollment. The seminary said it was 'retooling for a different world'.
16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan's blasphemy law
A Pakistani boy has been charged with blasphemy for speaking with a colleague about Jesus, according to World Watch Monitor.
More than 9 in 10 British kids don't go to church: Here's how Scripture Union is helping change that
Christian charity Scripture Union England & Wales laid down a call to churches to increase their outreach work with children and young people, as part of The 95 Campaign.
Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?
An astonishing choral performance of all 150 Psalms in one weekend is coming soon. Tido Vasser, managing director of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on what inspired him to embark on this ambitious project
Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?
Representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches have agreed to disagree on the legacy of controversial wartime cardinal â seen as a criminal by Orthodox Serbs, and a saint by Catholic Croats.
Middle East is 'going backwards' and Syria will get worse, warns head of SAT-7
The Middle East is 'going backwards in development terms,' according to the founder and head of the Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7, Dr Terence Ascott.
Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus' last day on earth
From witnessing and experiencing the energy of the power of prayer and being part of painting'Golgotha', his version of the Stations of the Cross, Derek Culley came through two heart attacks and cancer with an inner calm and serenity that he has to this day when engaged in art and art making
Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless
A would-be bride turned her $30,000 non-refundable wedding reception into a banquet for the homeless after her fiancé cancelled their marriage.
Did the Church of England cross the line in York?
'People think that stories are shaped by people,' said the great Terry Pratchett. 'In fact, it's the other way around.'
Two Catholic priests kidnapped in troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames 'culture of silence'
At least 547 at a German Catholic choir school in Germany faced physical or sexual abuse in conditions likened to 'prison, hell and a concentration camp' over a period of 60 years, a damning report has found.
US Archbishop hits back at Pope Francis allies over Catholics' 'ecumenism of hate' with evangelicals
An American Archbishop has hit back at allies of Pope Francis who recently attacked US conservative Catholics and evangelicals for their 'ecumenism of hate,' with the Archbishop arguing that the groups are 'merely for fighting for what their Churches have always held to be true'.