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The 'right thing to do'? Guernsey debates assisted dying as California court rules against 2015 legalisation
A judge in California has ruled that the state's assisted suicide law was wrongly passed in a special legislative session in 2015.

Michael Curry: 4 great sermons from the Royal wedding preacher
Michael Curry, the first African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, is renowned for his engaging, entertaining, and sometimes lengthy preaching.

Marvel has plans for a Muslim teenage superhero on screen: it's about time
Marvel Studios has revealed plans for a film portraying the story of Kamala Khan. aka Ms Marvel â a Pakistani Muslim teenage superhero â on the big screen. With comic book movies largely dominated by white men â and rarely engaging religion â her inclusion will be a welcome move.

10 killed in attack on South Sudan Christian college
At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a Christian college in South Sudan, with the Sudan People's Liberation Army blamed for the attack.

Who is David Conner, the vicar who will lead the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Rt Rev David Conner will lead the wedding service for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

CAR archbishop condemns sectarian violence at service mourning church massacre
The archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) has called for an end to retaliatory violence in an address to Christians mourning a church massacre two weeks ago.

Joy @ Kempton Park: How a Surrey church is taking the gospel to the racetrack
'Be bold, stop faffing about and crack on for Jesus. That's my message to the global church.'

Michael Curry: Brits will fall in love with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal wedding preacher
Michael Curry, the first African-American head of the US Episcopal Church, could be the unexpected hero of the Royal wedding

A story for our times: Jesus, friendship and a hole in the roof
One of the most moving healing stories in the Gospels is the healing of the paralysed man.

'Darkness can always be broken by the light of Christ': Coptic bishop hails return of bodies of 20 Christian martyrs beheaded by ISIS
The lead coptic bishop in the UK has hailed the 'bittersweet' return of the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in Libya by ISIS in 2015 to their families.

Meghan Markle receives outpouring of support from children's charity
Meghan Markle received an outpouring of support and affection today from a children's charity amid reports that she is extremely distressed at the prospect of her father not attending her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday.

How can the Southern Baptists solve their Paige Patterson problem?
Patterson has been under heavy fire since a recording emerged from 2000 where he appears to argue that abused women should stay with violent husbands and submit to them.

Ruth the proselyte: Conversion versus subversion
This weekend the Jewish community enjoys a double celebration: Shabbat as usual, followed immediately by the pilgrim festival of Shavuot.

Pope Francis auctions custom-made Lamborghini to raise money for Iraqi Christians
Pope Francis has auctioned off his custom made Lamborghini, raising nearly $1million for charity at an auction in Monaco on Saturday.

Can Mormon Mitt Romney still become US president after labelling Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress a 'bigot'?
The extent to which evangelical leaders' support will continue to influence who occupies the White House after Donald Trump was tested today after senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah said that Baptist minister Robert Jeffress should not be giving the opening prayer at the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem because he's a 'religious bigot'.

Extreme baptism: Does this Orthodox priest go too far?
This Orthodox baptism has caused no small amount of online outrage, with one Twitter user likening the priest's technique to 'child abuse'.