Christian Today staff writer

• Egypt kills 19 militants following attack on Coptic pilgrims

  Egypt said yesterday it had killed 19 Islamist militants after the attack on Coptic Christians two days earlier.

• Priest who developed Big Bang theory honoured by International Astronomical Union

  Following an electronic vote among all members of the IAU Hubble's Law is to be renamed the Hubble-Lemaître Law.

• Murdered St Thomas Becket's bloodstained tunic to return to Canterbury Cathedral

  It is believed the bloodstained tunic was given to the pope in 1485 by Henry VII

• Charity hits back at claims IVF has impacted adoption rates

  National adoption charity Home for Good has rejected a claim that the rise in IVF success has led to a collapse in adoption.

• Church leaders back 'real' Living Wage

  Sixty-five religious leaders including senior figures from the Anglican, Catholic and Methodist Churches published a letter in the Sunday Times yesterday backing the real Living Wage

• 7 Coptic Christian pilgrims reported dead in terror attack

  At least seven people have been killed after unknown gunmen shot at a bus transporting a group of Coptic Christians in Egypt's Minya governorate on Friday, according to Ahram Online.

• Tracey Crouch resignation: Church leaders back 'principled' position over FOBTs

  Leaders of churches and Christian organisations have spoken out in support of Tracey Crouch following her resignation as the minister responsible for gambling.

• Churches called to mark Adoption Sunday

  The campaign comes at a time when there is a need for a further 8,100 foster carers to meet the need in the UK. In England.

• Pakistan Christians fear for their safety as Islamists block roads to protest Asia Bibi acquittal

  Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) said talks with the government have failed, and called upon its followers to get ready for a showdown.

• Christians Who Make a Difference: New Tearfund report shows how believers respond to poverty

  Four out of five Christians (87 per cent) have taken action on poverty in the past year – a far higher proportion than the general population

• £10,000 prize for Tonbridge church in Ecclesiastical volunteering competition

  Ecclesiastical, the UK's leading church insurer, ran the competition to celebrate the role of church volunteers who devote their time and energy to support their local communities and church.

• Seafarers in crisis: How a Christian ministry is dealing with the fallout from piracy and abandonment

  Sailors' Society's Crisis Response Network (CRN) provided support to its 100th case this week, with piracy, death at sea and abandonment accounting for almost two-thirds (59 per cent) of those supported.