Christian Today staff writer

• Vatican is to investigate Cardinal George Pell over sex abuse conviction

  The case of jailed Australian Cardinal George Pell is to be investigated by the Vatican, a spokesman said yesterday.

• CARE backs Labour plans to limit online gambling

  A Christian social policy charity has welcomed Labour proposals to introduce limits on how much internet gamblers can stake and spend online.

• Calvin Samuel resigns from London School of Theology

  The principal of London School of Theology (LST), Rev Dr Calvin Samuel, has resigned from his position following an internal investigation into his conduct.

• United Methodist Church gay marriage decision reveals deep fractures

  The United Methodist Church has voted in favour of maintaining the status quo on same-sex marriage and gay clergy, endorsing the 'Traditional Plan' at its General Conference.

• Now protect Nigeria's Christians, charity tells new president

  Christians are under pressure from the Islamist Boko Haram movement and from Muslim Fulani herdsmen.

• Vandals steal head of 800-year-old mummy from Dublin church

  Vandals have desecrated a Dublin church and stolen the head of an 800-year-old mummified body known as 'the Crusader'.

• Christian parliamentarians call for Venezuela's Maduro to go

  Oil-rich Venezuela has seen its economy collapse through mismanagement.

• Buying sex should be illegal, says CARE

  The charity's 'not for sale' campaign argues that a way of protecting people in prostitution is to criminalise the purchase of sex

• 'Don't take my Bible' says street preacher as police arrest him

  The unidentified man is confronted by two police officers who say that if he refuses to leave the area he will be arrested for a breach of the peace.

• More Christians targeted for faith, says Evangelical Fellowship of India

  The RLC recorded 325 incidents where Christians had been targeted using violence, intimidation or harassment.

• CofE backs further action on climate change

  'Climate change cannot be a matter of indifference for any of us and we cannot underestimate the seriousness of this.'

• CofE issues LGBTI+ 'prompts' for churches

  The Church of England has launched a set of guidelines at its General Synod to help church communities navigate different approaches to questions of human sexuality.