Florence Taylor

• Christian leader linked to Duggar family accused of rape and sexual assault

  Ten women have filed a lawsuit against Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles linked to the Duggars, for sexual abuse.

• Catholic Church protests easing of abortion laws in Northern Ireland

  The Catholic church in Northern Ireland is calling for an appeal against the November ruling that will allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality.

• El Salvador to arrest soldiers accused of murdering six priests in 1989

  El Salvador's government has said it will cooperate in arresting 17 former soldiers who were allegedly involved in the killing of six Jesuit priests during the country's civil war.

• Bishops protest death penalty ahead of serial killer's execution

  Florida's Catholic bishops have urged the governor to end the death penalty ahead of the execution of serial killer Oscar Ray Bolin, Jr. scheduled to take place today.

• Syrian town is starving to death under loyalist siege

  Residents of a loyalist-held Syrian town about 30 miles from Damascus are starving to death, according to a Guardian report.

• Pope Francis: The Church only shines when anchored in Christ

  Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church against deceiving itself that it is self-sufficient, instead emphasising the church's dependency on Christ.

• Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Islamist leader

  Bangladesh's Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the country's top Islamist party, for atrocities committed during the country's war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

• Arizona churches offer refuge for Central Americans facing deportation

  Churches across Arizona have united to provide sanctuary for migrants from central America facing deportation.

• Garissa University reopens nine months after massacre, but Christian students too scared to attend

  Garissa University has re-opened nine months after al-Shabaab killed 148 people on the campus in Northern Kenya.

• Charlie Hebdo front cover disrespects all faiths, says Vatican Newspaper

  The Vatican newspaper has condemned the French Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's latest front cover, which depicts God as an assassin, saying it disrespects all believers, of whatever faith.

• Rapper Jahaziel renounces Christian faith

  The UK-based formerly-Christian rapper Jahaziel denounced his 20-year-strong Christian faith on social media just before Christmas.

• Norwegian church shares gospel with refugees through Google Translate and Bibles

  A Church in Norway gave refugees attending their services Bibles in both Arabic and Farsi after the Norwegian Bible Society donated them.