Harry Farley

• Priest banned from ministry to defend George Bell at Church of England's headquarters

  A disgraced priest barred from ministry for abusing colleagues and making malicious allegations against his superiors is to speak at the Church of England's headquarters in London on Thursday.

• Church of England calls for ban on daytime gambling adverts amid warnings of 'moral crisis'

  The Church of England is warning of a 'moral crisis' facing children and young people as a study revealed two in three teenagers feels bombarded by adverts for betting firms.

• Evangelicals celebrate Trump's announcement of pathway for Dreamers

  Evangelicals leaders are celebrating Donald Trump's announcement of a 'pathway' that could allow hundreds of thousands of people, brought into the US illegally as children, to apply for citizenship.

• Brawling and abuse banned as Church of England's synod told to play nicely

  The Church of England's General Synod is not known for its propensity for all-out brawls but officials are taking no chances, telling members to play nicely when they gather in Westminster next week.

• Psephizo: Does theology matter in the Church of England any more?

  In the age of echo chambers and the Twitterati, the Psephizo blog is something of an enigma.

• Church has 'shot itself in the foot' over trans liturgy

  The Church of England has shot itself in the foot and 'missed an opportunity' by refusing to write a new liturgy specifically for people transitioning gender, a leading member of its General Synod has said.

• Archbishop of Canterbury blasts 'inward looking' Church of England

  Justin Welby has expressed immense frustration at the Church of England's inward focus, urging churchgoers to instead focus on 'outrageous inequality' as well as oppression, cruelty and abuse.

• Pope Francis: Fake news is from Satan

  Pope Francis has criticised fake news, saying it is spawned from the devil and comparing it to the snake in the Garden of Eden.

• Welby condemns Presidents Club charity dinner as 'sickening and horrendous sexual harassment'

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has described a charity dinner where women were groped and sexually abused as 'sickening and horrendous sexual harassment'.

• Bishop of Peterborough breaks ranks over Church's handling of George Bell case

  The Bishop of Peterborough has broken ranks after the Archbishop of Canterbury declined to rescind a statement saying a 'significant cloud' hung over the late Bishop George Bell's reputation after he was accused of abusing a young girl.

• 'Dangerous' or a 'great friend': What do persecuted Christians think of Donald Trump?

  What worries many Christian leaders in the region is that Trump's overt support of persecuted Christians may cause them to be attacked even more, such is the hatred for him among Muslim fanatics.

• Bolivia's ban on evangelism causing mounting concern around the world

  Concern is mounting rapidly among Protestant Christians in Bolivia over a new law that threatens to ban evangelism.