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Ukrainian priests told to keep out of politics

As tensions rise ahead of the Ukrainian presidential elections at the end of May, the General Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church instructs its bishops and priests to stay out of the political arena.

Evangelicals admit struggling to find time for daily Bible reading and prayer

'Mobile' Christianity in vogue among evangelicals

Sun shines on Palm Sunday processions

With much of the UK basking in glorious sunshine, it was a great day for Palm Sunday processions

Game of Thrones: great or gratuitous? 'The best way for Christians to engage is critically'

Making a Christian version of something like the Game of Thrones would be a big mistake, believes Christian science fiction author Simon Morden. A much better way would be to engage critically and then go away and make our own stories, he says.

Bob Coy: You'll feel like dying, but choose life!

A fellow pastor's words of encouragement to Bob Coy after his resignation over "moral failing"

'We can hardly complain if we didn't vote': Christians urged to get involved in European Parliament elections

The European Parliament elections have a long tradition of failing to attract large numbers of voters, but British Churches are urging their members to participate

Higher education at risk of becoming 'private good'

Cuts to university funding could limit access for some students, warns Bishop of Winchester

Carrying the cross for unborn children

Pro-life advocate Juan Rios Perez will be carrying an 8ft cross with him over the next few weeks to raise awareness of the rights of unborn children.

Jesus comes to Brighton

Seasoned Jesus actor James Burke-Dunsmore will be leading an amateur cast in a Passion play this Easter Sunday

Dreams and diligence: Helping people to help themselves in Cambodia

Bloggers Rich Wells, Danny Webster and Anita Mathias spent nine days in Cambodia seeing first hand how communities are using the modest resources they have to change their lives for the better

Easter 2014: Share the miracle through random acts of kindness

The idea is the brainchild of Dan Usher, who, in Easter 2013, bought 100 eggs and gave them away in his local community. He had such a great response that the vision has grown, Sharethemiracle was born and in 2014 the vision is to see 5,000 eggs given away nationwide.

Kathleen Sebelius speech [VIDEO]: Obamacare leader even fumbles resignation speech, misses a page

U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave her resignation speech on Friday, closing another rocky chapter in Obamacare's tumultuous history. However, the woman whose name will go down for bungling the Obamacare rollout, even managed to bungle her resignation speech, realizing mid-way through that a page of the speech text was missing.

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