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Should we apologise for slavery?
Is it our duty to make reparations for the slave trade that devastated millions of lives, asks David Robertson.
Priest blesses football club... and it wins for the first time in eight months
After eight months without a home win, Leeds United beat Cardiff City 1-0 on Tuesday, all thanks â according to club chairman Massimo Cellino â to a Catholic priest.
No HERO for Houston: Transgender people will have to keep using the 'wrong' lavatories
The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was backed by outgoing Mayor Annise Parker.
Hunt is on for pastor who force fed snakes to his congregation
A hunt is on for a man known as the "snake pastor" in South Africa after the cultural, religious and linguistic (CLR) rights commission is searching for him.
Vincent Nichols criticises government's slow response to refugee crisis: 'Their plight doesn't wait'
The Archbishop of Westminster today criticised the British government's slow response to the refugee crisis, claiming that it is compromising the dignity of those in need.
'The Good Thief': Stolen Jesus statue returns in glory!
The Bible does talk about Jesus returning in glory but for one gift shop owner this happened in an unexpected manner.
Richard Dawkins calls Ben Carson a 'disgrace' for belief in creationism
Richard Dawkins has slammed the Rupublican primary candidates for their belief in creationism and labelled Ben Carson a "disgrace."
Bishop warns against Iraqi law that children of Muslim converts must be Muslim
A law forcing children of converts to Islam to be regarded as Muslims will contribute to the extinction of Christianity in Iraq, a bishop has warned.
Woman accused of adultery stoned to death in Afghanistan
A young woman was stoned to death in Afghanistan after being accused of having an adulterous relationship, officials said on Tuesday.
The 'Muslim invasion' of Europe: Do the numbers add up?
People are worried: is the Islamification of Europe really a thing?
Man claims he was 'sexual slave' for depraved people protected by Church
The distressing testimony of Paulino, a former member of a Barcelona Catholic religious group, The Missionary Community of Saint Paul the Apostle and of Mary (MCSPA), has been published this week by the Spanish newspaper El PaÃs.
Doctor guilty of sex-selective abortion suspended for three months
A doctor found guilty of carrying out an abortion simply because the foetus was a girl has been suspended for three months.
Older teenage girls most at risk of sexual abuse, but scared to report it
Older teenage girls are most at risk of sexual abuse, a new report has found.
Guantanamo closure: Obama's counterterrorism chief makes final push
Senior administration officials told Reuters the plan would be unveiled in early November.
Vatican department may have been used for money laundering
Information in a confidential document has been passed on to Italian and Swiss investigators.
Chinese and Taiwanese leaders to hold first meeting since civil war
The meeting coincides with rising anti-China sentiment on Taiwan.