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• More churches closed down in Algeria amid growing pressure on Christians

  Two more churches have been closed down by local authorities in Algeria's north-western city of Oran amid growing pressure on Christians in the north African country, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).

• How to watch Billy Graham's funeral live

  Billy Graham's funeral takes place on Friday, March 2, after the great evangelist died aged 99 last week.

• Warring Pittsburgh Anglicans come to terms in battle over church property

  The US-based Episcopal Church's diocese of Pittsburgh and the breakaway Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh have announced a 'comprehensive agreement' over the future of 9 parishes which seceded from the diocese in October 2008, the Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) reported.

• Ed Sheeran plans to build private chapel on country estate

  Ed Sheeran is planning to built a chapel in the grounds of his Suffolk country estate.

• Scottish Episcopal Church consecrates controversial first female bishop

  The Scottish Episcopal Church will today consecrate its first female Bishop, the Rev Canon Anne Dyer.

• James Hudson Taylor: 9 quotes from China's pioneering pastor

  On this day in 1854, the famed evangelist James Hudson Taylor entered China as a missionary. Taylor was only 22, but here he began a work that in the following decades would transform the church in China.

• St David's Day service is cancelled because of the snow. But who was this miracle-working saint?

  A St David's Day church service in Cardiff for civic leaders across Wales, to have featured a sermon by the Archbishop of Wales John Davies, has been cancelled this morning 'due to the snow'.

• Cardinal Zen blasts proposed Vatican 'surrender' to Chinese regime, blames papal advisers

  Cardinal Joseph Zen of China has issued another strong critique of the rumoured Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops, calling it an act of 'suicide' and a 'shameless surrender' to the communist government.

• Oprah Winfrey says she'll only run for president if God tells her to

  Oprah Winfrey has said she would only run for US president in 2020 if God made it absolutely clear that she should.

• BBC's Songs of Praise accused of 'snubbing' Bangor Cathedral choir

  Members of Bangor Cathedral choir in Wales claim they have been 'snubbed' by the BBC's Songs of Praise after they were not asked to perform in the programme which is due to be recorded in Bangor on March 5.

• Billy Graham's grand-daughter blasts evangelicals: 'You've lost the plot'

  Billy Graham's grand-daughter blasted white evangelicals this week, saying they are making God in their own 'ivory image'.

• Bishop issues '10 commandments of Artificial Intelligence'

  Steven Croft, who as bishop of Oxford sits on the House of Lords' artificial intelligence committee, has published a list of ten commandments on AI