James Macintyre

• Jerusalem should be shared capital of Israel and Palestine, Boris Johnson says

  Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of Israeli and Palestinian states, the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Malki.

• Pope Francis locks horns with Trump over Korea, nuclear weapons and Jerusalem in speech to diplomats

  Pope Francis today called for dialogue over Korea, a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons and the retention of the 'status quo' in Jerusalem in his annual speech to diplomats known as his 'state of the world' address.

• Jerusalem Church leader warns 'radical settlers' are driving Christians out of the Holy Land

  The most senior Church leader in Jerusalem has warned that 'radical settlers' are threatening the ancient, religious 'status quo' in the Holy City by which Christians can live and worship in peace despite the stark political divisions there.

• Last men standing: Will evangelical leaders be the only Trump supporters left?

  Trump has won over the leaders of white evangelicals who overwhelmingly voted for him in November 2016, leaving some of us wondering whether evangelicals will, bizarrely, be the last supporters of Trump standing.

• Senior Anglican priest slams opposition to assisted dying as 'pure fatalism and superstition'

  A senior Anglican priest has spoken out in favour of assisted dying, dismissing as 'pure fatalism and superstition' the notion that 'the time of someone's death is purely God's business'.

• Catholic civil war over Communion for the divorced escalates as Pope Francis is attacked by 5 bishops

  The battle between Pope Francis and conservative Catholics over Communion for the divorced and remarried has escalated after five bishops reaffirmed traditional Church teaching on the issue and the Pope was reported to have said they will 'regret it bitterly'.

• If cannabis is legal, does that make it right?

  Evangelical Christians, historically mouthpieces for the so-called 'war on drugs' in America since at least the Ronald Reagan administration, have gradually quietened down about cannabis as it becomes slowly legalised across the US.

• Muslims helped Mosul's Christians re-open church for Midnight Mass

  A group of Muslims helped make it possible to reopen a church for Christmas midnight Mass in Mosul, Iraq's second city, which was only recently liberated from Islamic State, it has emerged.

• Trump lashes out at Palestinian Authority, threatens to cut aid

  Donald Trump has dramatically further alienated the Palestinians by threatening to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority on the grounds that Palestinians are allegedly 'no longer willing to talk peace'.

• Brexit paralysis, a socialist government and the end of Trump: Christian Today's 7 predictions for 2018

  Whoever put the headline on my predictions for this past year written in 2016, had about the right idea: 'Brexit stalemate, early election, fury over Trump: 15 political predictions for 2017.'

• The Archbishop of Wales: It won't be business as usual

  The new Archbishop of Wales, John Davies, has released his Christmas message. Christian Today interviewed the Archbishop today. Below are the questions and answers.

• This newly discovered 4th-century church in Israel has amazing mosaics of birds, fruit trees and fish

  A major Christian church or monastery from 1,500 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists who found extraordinary mosaic floors, crosses and iconic Christian architecture at a site in the central Israeli town of Beit Shemesh.