Harry Farley

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  Steve Chalke: The Church is being left behind by culture

  The church is being left behind by a culture that is "re-calibrating," said Steve Chalke today.

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  Torture, beatings and electric shocks: Iraqi prisoners speak about captivity under ISIS

  Iraqi prisoners, rescued from ISIS last week, have spoken of their treatment at the hands of the militants.

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  'Defender of true marriage,' Lillian Ladele dies

  Lillian Ladele, who has been hailed a "defender of true marriage," has died.

• Faith groups must work together in the face of 'brazen persecution' say religious leaders

  Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis have written a joint article calling for people of different faiths to work together.

• North Korea: Catholic mass celebrated in Pyongyang as families reunite

  South Korean priests have celebrated mass in North Korea's capital after some of the families split by the war were reunited after over 60 years.

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  ISIS 'blows up three men tied to Roman columns' in Palmyra

  ISIS have executed three captives by binding them to ancient columns in Palmyra and blowing them up, a monitoring group has said.

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  China: Mother of captured Christian human rights lawyer writes emotional open letter to her son

  The mother of Chinese Christian human rights lawyer, Zhang Kai, has published a harrowing open letter to her son

• 'My captivity was like being born again': Catholic priest who miraculously escaped ISIS speaks out

  Father Jacob Murad, the Syriac Catholic priest who was captured by ISIS, has spoken of his experience as a prisoner

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  Over a third of Americans avoid Halloween or its pagan elements, new research shows

  Over a third of Americans choose not to celebrate Halloween or at least avoid its pagan elements, new research has found.

• Catholic leaders issue unprecedented appeal to UN on climate change

  Roman Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops have issued an unprecedented appeal to the UN to produce a "truly transformational" agreement to tackle climate change when it meets at the long awaited conference in Paris.

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  ISIS claims deady suicide attack on mosque in Saudi Arabia

  Militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia.

• Obama urged to hold Indonesia to account over religious persecution

  Religious intolerance should be high on the agenda in President Obama's meetings with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, a religious freedom charity has said.