Religion
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Mohammed Ali Zonoobi, a carpenter from the Iranian city of Shiraz, converts to Christianity with his family
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The chair Pope Francis will use when he celebrates mass in New York was unveiled on Wednesday
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In both Israel and the US, the sensual portraiture genre popular with brides is making surprising inroads among women in the Orthodox Jewish community
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Kim Davis's denial of same-sex marriage licenses is not what Jesus would do
The Rev Broderick GreerWhile Jesus opened himself to be changed by people who were different, the Rowan County clerk is using religion as a social bludgeon -
Giving priests permission to offer absolution to women who had abortions will, however, rankle conservatives and help the Church compete with evangelicals
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The anti-Islam group says it will carry on its protest against the construction of the Victorian city’s first mosque
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Letters: In places where it has been legalised, the number of people seeking it actually drops, as people know that, if their suffering becomes terrible, they can ask for help
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Jeremy Pemberton is taking Church of England to tribunal in Nottingham over alleged unlawful discrimination after bishop refused him a licence to officiate
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Pontiff overrules traditionalists within Catholic church, before Vatican clarifies it does not condone abortion
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The question doctors fear most: 'Do you believe in God?'
Ranjana SrivastavaIf they balk at the mere mention of God, do doctors miss an opportunity to comfort patients in their most trying times? -
Beating movies with stars including Zac Efron, the critically panned Christian family drama has underscored the popularity of faith-based films in America
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The hip-hop biopic is the first film to sit atop the US box office charts for three weekends in a row since Jurassic World
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The temple in Palmyra, believed to have been destroyed by Islamic State, is reported to have survived explosions
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The government says the extremist group is trying to extend its campaign of violence, after being driven out of 25 towns held in its declared caliphate
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Pope Francis uses his Sunday address in St Peter’s Square to condemn the deaths of 71 migrants in Austria, found suffocated in the back of a lorry
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Pontiff invites faithful in St Peter’s Square to pray silently with him for people who die ‘on their terrible journeys’
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Could gamblers do with a little help from God? Would a rich spiritual life improve a rugby team? And does faith have a place in the theatre? With church attendance in decline, Tom Lamont meets the chaplains putting themselves into everyday lives
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Attitudes towards dying are shifting – and there’s even an Ideal Death Show coming up. What’s behind the emergence of a new spirit of openness?
Loose canon Christian politicians won’t say it, but the Bible is clear: let the refugees in, every last one