Christian Today staff writer

• Tempted by horoscopes and fortune telling? Christ is better, says Pope Francis

  Pope Francis issued a warning against horoscopes and fortune telling rather than God on Sunday, in a repeat of a frequent message.

• Maximilian Kolbe: The priest who volunteered to starve to death

  Kolbe remembered as a saint and martyr because he volunteered to die in the place of another prisoner.

• Can Christians have sex if the wedding date is set? John Piper weighs in

  Can Christians cohabit and have sex if their wedding date is already set? That was the question put to famed US pastor John Piper this week on the Ask Pastor John podcast, published at Desiring God today.

• Catholics now largest faith group in England and Wales prisons

  For the first time in British history Catholicism is the largest religious denomination of prisoners in England and Wales, a position previously held by the Anglican Church.

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  'May God change hearts': Evangelical groups call on Christians to pray for peace in Korean Peninsula

  The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), along with the World Council of Churches and the World Communion of Reformed Churches, have called on churches to observe tomorrow as 'Sunday of prayer for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.'

• Was this Egyptian Coptic soldier murdered because of his Christian faith?

  The family of an Egyptian Coptic Christian soldier who died last month on his first day at work says he was murdered because of his Christian faith. The soldier died in the same regiment where another Copt died in mysterious circumstances in November 2015, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).

• Rev Richard Coles to join Strictly Come Dancing lineup

  Anglican priest and TV presenter Rev Richard Coles has been announced as a contestant in the next series of hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.

• Pope Francis has the highest Twitter following of all world leaders – but could Trump overtake?

  Pope Francis currently has the highest Twitter following of all the world's leaders, though Donald Trump could soon overtake him.

• Pioneer of women's ministry honoured by United Reformed Church

  The United Reformed Church is to celebrate a hundred years since the ordination of the first woman to become a minister in a British mainstream denomination.

• Bradford Cathedral's historic bells to be restored with £79,000 lottery grant

  The First World War memorial bells of Bradford Cathedral will be restored after a £79,100 lottery grant made to the diocese.

• Christian worshippers at Greenbelt can learn Islamic worship chants

  Christian worshippers at this year's Greenbelt Festival will have the opportunity to learn Islamic worship chants – thanks to an organisation which says its primary aim is to 'guide seekers of Allah'.

• Diana would have married Dodi, says priest who talked to her before fatal crash

  A priest close to Princess Diana has said the royal enquired whether she would be allowed to marry a Muslim man shortly before she died. The priest is convinced that Diana would have gone on to marry Muslim boyfriend Dodi Fayed.