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• 'You can be gay and Christian', says Orlando church leader

  "For so long the message has been wrong out there that we can't be both gay and Christian, and you really can. It's not oxymoronic," said Rev Terri Steed Pierce.

• North Korea warns Christian former detainee Kenneth Bae to stop 'babbling' about prison

  North Korea has demanded former detainee and Christian missionary Kenneth Bae stop "babbling" about his time in prison, warning that if he does not do so, it will not negotiate with the US over two American citizens it is still holding.

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  Pope Francis: I often have a 'crisis of faith'

  Even Pope Francis has doubts about the Christian faith, he admitted to a group of young people in Rome on Saturday.

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  Syrian refugees must not be sent back to Turkey, human rights campaigners warn

  Syrian refugees in Turkey are failing to access vital support and must not be returned there by EU countries, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

• 'Gospel of Jesus' wife' was probably forged, academic who discovered it concedes

  An ancient Coptic papyrus fragment which referred to Jesus' "wife" is almost certainly fake, the Harvard professor who discovered it has admitted.

• Syria: Three dead in suicide attack that 'targeted Christian leader'

  A suicide bomber on Sunday killed three people in an attack thought to have targeted the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II.

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  Pan-Orthodox Council: Historic summit goes ahead despite Russian withdrawal

  Leaders and representatives from 10 autocephalous or self-governing Orthodox Churches held Mass in Heraklion yesterday to mark the beginning of the meeting. T

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  Rape, prostitution and forced labour: Life for children in French refugee camps

  Sexual violence and forced prostitution is a constant threat for children in refugee camps in Northern France, and some young women exchange sex for the promise of passage to the UK, a new report has found.

• China: Bishop under house arrest who 'stood up to China' alludes to shock turnaround

  A Chinese bishop who has been under house arrest since rejecting the government's state-approved Catholic body has reportedly reversed his position in a shock turnaround.

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  Desmond Tutu, Benedict Cumberbatch and Helen Mirren join calls for action to help refugees

  Dozens of faith leaders and celebrities have today urged governments around the world to take immediate action on the growing refugee crisis.

• Charleston church massacre: One year on, congregation 'focuses on God'

  "Now is the time to focus on God," the husband of slain pastor Myra Thompson, who was murdered in the Charleston church massacre last year, said as the first anniversary of the shooting approaches.

• 'Living hell' of poverty is driving Brits to suicide, Christian debt charity warns

  More than a third of people helped by debt charity Christians Against Poverty considered or attempted suicide as a way out of the "living hell" of financial difficulty, and more than half are living below the poverty line, a new report has found.