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• Canon J John attacks BBC for bias against Christians

  In a long blog post, J John accuses the BBC of discriminating against 'mainstream, Bible-based, 'traditional' Christianity.

• Pope Francis: Anyone who uses prostitutes has 'sick mentality' and is 'torturing women'

  Pope Francis has appealed for forgiveness for all Christians who buy sex from women, describing it as torture.

• Bishop of Shrewsbury praised for 'humble' decision to step down

  The bishop of Shrewsbury will quit his role and return to being a humble rural priest.

• Kazakh woman found not guilty after being charged over downloading Bible on her phone

  A court in Kazakhstan has acquitted a woman charged with illegal missionary activity after she showed another person how to download the Bible on a smartphone, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty reported.

• Southern Baptist missionary couple die in car crash

  IMB missionaries Randy and Kathy Arnett, from Missouri, worked with Congo4Christ and were on their way to conduct a training session when they were involved in the accident.

• Polish archbishop rebukes priest who wished Pope Francis a 'quick' death

  A Catholic Polish archbishop has criticised a conservative priest who wished Pope Francis a 'quick' death if he did not open his heart to 'wisdom' on issues such as migrants and refugees.

• Nun with cancer says she's broke after legal fight with Katy Perry over California convent

  A nun suffering from breast cancer while in a legal battle with the pop singer Katy Perry over the sale of a convent in California has no money for groceries or health insurance, she told the Daily Mail.

• 'Passion' star Jim Caviezel: God has called me to make Christian films

  Hollywood's Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, has said he feels called by God to make Christian films to share the gospel.

• What is truth? Fake news, from Putin and Trump to the Vatican

  It was only in January this year that Pope Francis most recently spoke publicly about the evil of 'fake news', the term so beloved of Donald Trump.

• Iceland's conversion to Christianity was thanks to volcanic eruption

  Iceland's conversion to Christianity was thanks, in part, to a volcanic eruption, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge.

• UK's Cardinal Keith O'Brien dies aged 80 after fall

  Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who was formerly the Catholic Church's most senior cleric in the UK, has died at the age of 80.

• Richard Dawkins plans to give away 'The God Delusion' free to Muslims

  Richard Dawkins is planning to make a number of his books available free of charge to the Islamic world after it emerged that an Arabic translation of The God Delusion was downloaded illegally millions of times, The Times reported.