Florence Taylor

• Mother Teresa's dark night of the soul: What can you learn from God's silence

  For more than 50 years of her life, "Mother Teresa was wrapped in a dark, pitiless silence", according the soon-to-be-saint's biographer, David Scott.

• Mass murderer Anders Breivik gives Nazi salute in court

  Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who claimed to be Christian, made a Nazi salute when he returned to court today to argue that his isolation breaches human rights.

• Shakespeare's handwritten plea for humane treatment of refugees to go online

  Shakespeare's only surviving play-script, in which he begs for the humane treatment of refugees, is to be made available online by the British Library.

• Global indifference to refugees deserves 'vengeance' from God - Italian cardinal

  An Italian cardinal has lamented the plight of refugees seeking to enter Europe, comparing their situation to that of Lazarus in Luke 16.

• Islamic State's senior military commander confirmed dead

  A man thought to be ISIS' most senior military commander has been confirmed dead, after being injured in a US air strike last week in Syria, the Pentagon confirmed yesterday.

• Vicar conducts impromptu funeral service in a car for mourners stuck in traffic

  A vicar conducted an impromptu funeral service in the back of a car, after getting stuck in a traffic jam en route.

• Greece set to become country-wide refugee camp, Catholic relief agency warns

  Greece is effectively being converted into a refugee camp by tighter border restrictions in Europe, the Catholic Church's relief and development agency has said.

• Syrian pastor: 'God is waking up a sleeping Church', more people becoming Christians than ever before

  More people, including Muslims, are coming to Christ in Syria than ever before, as the five year anniversary of the civil war approaches, according to a persecution charity.

• 2,000 Catholics pray at Planned Parenthood centre in Denver

  Almost 2,000 Christians gathered to peacefully prayer walk around a Planned Parenthood centre in Denver last Saturday.

• Photo of teenager praying for homeless man goes viral

  A photo of a teenage boy who prayed for a sleeping homeless man on the street has gone viral.

• German authorities are ignoring the abuse of Christian refugees, persecution charity says

  Christians refugees are being psychologically abused, physically mistreated and denied food at Muslim-dominated camps in Germany, according to a Christian persecution organisation.

• ISIS document leak: 'Good Christian boy' revealed as British jihadist

  A British former "church boy" was among the 1,763 ISIS jihadists whose recruitment forms were leaked this week.