Does the Catholic Church believe it is "above the law"?
Vatican refuses to provide documents to Australian commission on child sex abuse.
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British Medical Journal comes out in support of Assisted Dying legislation
Support from leading voice in academic medicine is significant in campaign for reform
Nigerian atheist "drugged on a daily basis"
A Q&A with the blogger campaigning for Mubarak Bala's release.
What is a caliphate?
ISIS has declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria - but has overstated its theological authority.
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Should companies have the right to religious freedom?
The US Supreme Court has upheld the right of a corporation to refuse to pay for contraception as part of healthcare plans. Campaigners fear the ruling could open the door to greater discrimination and further erosion of reproductive rights
Is this the end for compulsory collective worship in schools?
National Governors' Association says legal requirement for a daily "broadly Christian" act of worship should be removed.
9 things we learned this week
From attacks on press freedom in Egypt to football as a sign of moral decay, these are the subjects we've been talking about over the last seven days
Nigerian atheist detained in psychiatric ward
Mubarak Bala, of Kano state, is held after declaring he does not believe in God.
Sudanese Christian woman, on death row for apostasy, is released
Meriam Ibrahim has been freed after international outcry.
How Britain First aims to polarise communities
A new report shows how the far-right group, which has taken over the EDL's anti-Muslim activism, emphasises extreme Christian identity politics
A blow to free speech in Egypt as Al-Jazeera journalists are sentenced
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed sentenced under terrorism charges in Egypt
9 things we learned this week
From Christian decline to deep space travel, and emotional prawns to Twitter activism, these are the subjects we've been talking about over the last seven days