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THE Apple Corporation has recently pulled from its iTunes store a mobile app created by Setting Captives Free, a nondenominational ministry which offers free courses aimed at helping users battle "habitual sins," such as sexual impurity, substance abuse, self-injury, and gambling.

RELIGIOUS college students reported less alcohol consumption than non-religious students, which is partly influenced by how they see their parents handle stress, according to a new study by a Michigan State University professor.

Pope Benedict XVI's surprise announcement on Monday that he will resign on February 28 sets the stage for a succession battle that is likely to determine the future course of a church troubled by scandal and declining faith in its traditional strongholds around the world.

POPE Benedict surprised the world on Monday by saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to cope with the demands of his ministry, becoming the first pontiff to step down since the Middle Ages and leaving his aides "incredulous".

TODAY, teenagers are bombarded with these images like never before through the Internet. They're growing up in a world awash in X-rated material.

IT has turned out to be a dark joke. But it used to elicit quite a laugh when friends in New Delhi told young priests “Father, if you observe your vow of chastity as you observe your vow of poverty, God help the Church”.

MONSIGNOR William Lynn became the first US church official convicted of a crime for mishandling abuse claims in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial. He was, however, acquitted of conspiracy.

ACCORDING to a news report in Haaretz, Elem has recorded a five-fold increase this year in the number of young people working as prostitutes, though it says that some of the rise can be attributed to the group's stepped-up efforts to find victims of prostitution.

AN Indian-origin attorney in the US, identified as Reema Bajaj, has been charged with prostitution for allegedly 'offering to perform a sex act on man for 50 dollars.'

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