Christian Today staff writer

• Chilean bishops to face Pope Francis in Rome over clerical abuse scandal

  More than 30 bishops from Chile's Roman Catholic Church have said they will meet next week with Pope Francis in a bid to make amends over damage caused by the clerical sex abuse scandal that has long dominated the Chilean Catholic Church.

• Church leaders brand 'America First' as 'heresy', plan White House march

  Christian leaders are set to march on the White House this month as part of an ecumenical movement aimed at 'reclaiming Jesus'.

• Andrew Brunson's lawyers protest 'outlandish' evidence brought against US pastor

  Lawyers defending Andrew Brunson, the US pastor jailed in Turkey, have protested the treatment of his case by the court, expressing 'serious concerns' about the evidence presented by the prosecution, and opposing the refusal to release Brunson to house arrest.

• Paige Patterson apologises for 'failure to be thoughtful'

  Paige Patterson, the under-fire president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has apologised for comments that have seen thousands of Southern Baptists call for him to be disciplined by his denomination.

• Free schools will still have cap on faith admissions, government confirms

  The government has gone back on its manifesto promise to remove the cap on faith-based free schools which stops them allocating more than 50 per cent of their places on the grounds of religion.

• The price paid by a Northern Irish pastor for friendship with IRA leader Martin McGuinness

  A northern Irish Presbyterian minister has said that as many as 30 families left his church because of his friendship with former IRA leader and politician Martin McGuinness.

• Charities warn of 'scenario of despair' in South Sudan

  A Catholic aid network has warned of a 'forgotten crisis' in South Sudan and said the country is 'heading towards a scenario of despair'.

• Prince Charles meets head of Greece's Orthodox Church

  Prince Charles yesterday met with the head of Greece's Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos, in an official royal visit to Athens.

• Indonesian pastor sentenced to 4 years for witnessing to Christian faith

  An Indonesian court has sentenced a Protestant pastor to four years in prison for religious defamation after he discussed Christianity with a Muslim taxi driver.

• 'The goal of human life is not death but resurrection': 9 quotes from theologian Karl Barth

  Today is the birthday of Karl Barth, a Swiss pastor, enigmatic thinker, and arguably the greatest theologian of the 20th century.

• Sharp drop in Protestant affiliation in US, including white evangelicals

  Protestant affiliation has dropped sharply in the US over the past 15 years, with only 36 per cent of Americans identifying themselves as Protestant last year compared to 50 per cent in 2003, according to a new analysis for ABC News.

• 'There But Not There': £2m for WW1 Tommies silhouettes campaign in places of worship

  A £2 million boost was today given by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to a First World War remembrance campaign in which faith groups and schools will now be able to host installations of 'There But Not There' silhouettes.