Christian Today staff writer

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  Truth at risk of being auctioned to the highest bidder – Archbishop

  Truth is becoming a commodity, up for auction to the highest bidder, says Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell in an article published in the Christmas edition of Radio Times.

• Truly vulnerable people aren't getting protection, says Christian debt charity

  A new report from debt charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has claimed companies and financial organisations are labelling too many people as 'vulnerable'

• CofE bishop slams Home Office over extraordinary letter to Christian asylum seeker

  The Bishop of Durham has slammed the Home Office over an extraordinary letter rejecting an Iranian Christian's request for asylum.

• Christian charities slam politicians' 'anti-aid' agenda

  Britain spends 0.7 per cent of its gross national income on aid, an international target achieved under David Cameron but unpopular among many Conservatives.

• CARE backs trafficking victims, urges support for Modern Slavery bill

  Campaigners handed in a petition to the Home Office and then marched to 10, Downing St to hand in a petition there.

• 'Words cannot convey our distress': New Zealand church leaders respond to mosque killings

  'No religious organisation or group deserves to be the target of someone's hate – regardless of beliefs.'

• As the war in Syria enters its 9th year, what will it take to heal the wounds?

  The humanitarian cost of this fruitless war is immense, with nearly 12 million Syrians either refugees in other countries or internally displaced in Syria itself.

• Why do men abuse women? It's probably not what you think

  Gender justice specialist Natalie Collins has written 'Out of Control: Couples, Conflict and the Capacity for Change' to guide Christians through issues of domestic abuse.

• How North Korea's food shortages are stunting children's growth

  The economy has been badly damaged by years of mismanagement and international sanctions aimed at putting pressure on the country over its nuclear ambitions.

• The hidden message in the last words of Jesus: A BBC Lent series

  A powerful story of forgiveness launches a BBC Radio 4 Lent series on Sunday themed around the idea of hospitality.

• Wakefield and women's ministry: CofE's reviewer finds against cathedral

  How far should a cathedral committed to the equal ministry of men and women go in accommodating faithful Anglicans who don't agree?

• Former Archbishop of York John Habgood dies aged 81

  He served as the Church of England's second most senior archbishop from 1983-1995, having formerly served as Bishop of Durham.