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'Anyone who speaks out about pro-life is automatically perceived as wrong': Student Union President faces call for 'impeachment'
More than 1,000 students at University College Dublin (UCD) have called for the impeachment of their pro-life student union president after she withdrew information about access to abortion services from a magazine for new students.
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'Glamping' pods could be the answer to cash-strapped churches' prayers
For churches struggling to get people through the doors on a Sunday morning, letting them stay overnight may be the answer.
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Teen told he was 'not welcome' at school for identifying as transgender
American teen claims he has been banned from the private Christian school he has attended since nursery because of his gender identity.
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'If you liked it then you should've put a ring on it': Does that mean I can marry myself?
A growing number of women are marrying themselves as a declaration of self-love. What can this trend tell us about how marriage is seen in contemporary culture, and how should Christians view it?
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Explainer: What's behind Ireland's abortion referendum?
As it stands, Ireland is one of the last European countries where abortion remains illegal in all cases, except those where the mother's life is clearly endangered.
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Nepalese Christians released after being imprisoned for praying for a mentally ill woman
Four Nepali Christians have had their sentence of five years' imprisonment for 'violence and witchcraft', after praying for a woman with mental illnesses, overturned.
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#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire is released after magistrate quashes charges
A court has ordered immediate release from police custody of Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire, who was arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government.
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Outspoken evangelical Roy Moore trounces Trump candidate in Alabama primary
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama supreme court and outspoken evangelical Christian, beat Donald Trump-backed candidate in the Alabama's Republican Primary election last night.
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Tolerance online: those with diverging opinions need not apply
The online abuse directed at BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg provides evidence of a failing capacity in our culture to tolerate what we do not like, let alone love.
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'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
Two Coptic Christians face charges of inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islamic leaders, after their comments on social media caused some Muslims in their village to riot.
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Russian Orthodox extremists arrested for violent campaign against forthcoming film about Tsar Nicholas II
Several Orthodox extremists have been arrested in Russia for arson attacks and death threats as part of their campaign against 'Matilda', a forthcoming film about the affair between a ballerina and Tsar Nicholas II, considered a martyr by the Orthodox church.
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Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
Iraqi Christians fear further violence just months after Mosul and the Nineveh Plains were freed from the control self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) as a result of the independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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BBC Strictly's Alexandra Burke and dancing vicar Richard Coles sing out about their Christian faith
The pop star Alexandra Burke and the celebrity vicar Richard Coles have discussed their faith as a means of getting them through the stress of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, in an interview with the Radio Times.
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