Christian Today staff writer

• French cardinal found guilty of failing to act on sex abuse allegations

  Barbarin is the highest-profile cleric to be caught up in the child sex abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church in France.

• Faitheism: How can Christians and atheists learn to have better conversations?

  'Faitheism: Why Christians and Atheists have more in common than you think' has just been republished in a new pocket-sized edition.

• Parliamentarians call on Britain to double places for vulnerable refugees

  DfID's work in Africa is 'undermined by the approach to refugees and asylum seekers at home'.

• Nigeria counts the cost of terrorism: 205 dead in February

  A total of 205 people died in the attacks launched by Boko Haram and Fulani militants.

• GAFCON gathering claims 'sense of betrayal' at liberal Anglican teaching

  A gathering of conservative Anglicans organised by the former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, has called for liberal bishops not to be invited to the 2020 Lambeth Conference.

• Now CofE's Iranian Christians can celebrate Communion in their own language

  The new Farsi liturgy was authorised by the CofE's House of Bishops and features English and Farsi versions side by side.

• Church of England marks 25 years since first women were ordained to priesthood

  The very first woman to be ordained, Rev Prebendary Angela Berners-Wilson, was in attendance.

• European EA slams 6-year jail sentence for Russian Jehovah's Witness

  Dennis Christensen, a Danish citizen, was found guilty early last month of 'the organisation of extremist activity' and sentenced to six years in prison.

• MP says courts should say whether gay spouses come to Lambeth Conference

  An MP has accused the Church of England of discriminating against gay people after bishops were told same-sex spouses would not be invited to the Lambeth Conference.

• Historic Istanbul church vandalised in graffiti attack

  A historic Armenian church in in Istanbul has been vandalised with graffiti, sparking outrage among Christians and minorities activists.

• Sacked lecturer accuses uni of 'bringing back blasphemy as a crime'

  Dr Chris Hill, formerly a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, was initially suspended after emailing its student union in response to a notice about 'hate speech'.

• Brunson trial drove Turkish hostility to Protestants, church report says

  Turkey's trial of Pastor Andrew Brunson on espionage charges has triggered a significant increase in public hate against the country's small Protestant community