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• Tearfund honoured for project tackling gender-based violence

  Tearfund's project is based in KwaZulu-Natal, where a high proportion of men – 46 per cent – admit to perpetrating gender-based violence.

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  Church in Ireland bans gay couples from membership

  The largest Protestant church in Ireland has adopted a new policy meaning anyone in a gay relationship cannot be a full member and children of same-sex couples cannot be baptised.

• Supreme Court challenges Northern Ireland abortion law – but shuts down bid to change it

  Britain's Supreme Court said today that Northern Ireland's strict abortion legislation was incompatible with human rights, but that the court did not have the powers to rule that the law be changed.

• The reason Trump will be re-elected: Evangelicals hail US Supreme Court victory in gay cake case

  The US Supreme Court has backed a Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on the grounds of his religious belief.

• Royal wedding preacher Michael Curry opens Britain's Got Talent finale with special blessing

  Michael Curry, who rocketed to fame following his stirring address at the Royal wedding, opened the Britain's Got Talent final last night with a special blessing to contestants.

• Southwark Cathedral hosts services marking one year since London Bridge attacks

  Southwark Cathedral is marking the first anniversary of the attack on London Bridge and the Borough Market throughout the day today. Visitors with gather for the 11am Eucharist or simply to come in to light a candle.

• Nicaragua police end deadly church siege after Catholic Church intervenes

  Police in Nicaragua have ended the siege of a church where opposition supporters had sought refuge after being attacked by riot police and pro-government militias, the BBC reported.

• Simon Thomas: I was clinging on to my faith by one finger after my wife died

  Simon Thomas, the ex-Sky Sports and Blue Peter presenter who lost his wife Gemma to a rare form of leukaemia, has admitted he has been clinging to his faith 'by one finger'.

• MPs step up campaign for nationwide ban on prayer outside abortion clinics

  MPs have stepped up their campaign for a nationwide ban on prayers and vigils outside abortion clinics.

• Pope Francis openly admits to 'culture of abuse and cover-up' in the Catholic Church

  Pope Francis became the first pontiff to openly admit to and condemn a 'culture of abuse and cover-up' in the Catholic Church.

• If God punished Mo Salah for breaking his fast, we're all in trouble

  Now we know: it wasn't Sergio Ramos who was behind Mo Salah spraining his shoulder during the Champions League final, but a higher power altogether.

• Televangelist who says God wants him to have $54 million jet says he'll donate old plane

  The televangelist Jesse Duplantis has sought to defend himself after his claim that God told him he needed a $54 million new private jet in order to preach the gospel around the world was widely ridiculed.