James Macintyre

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  Meet the young Christian entrepreneur whose stylish sock range is helping Britain's homeless

  'Jollie's' is a collection of jazzy socks on sale across the UK including at John Lewis branches. But this is no ordinary fashion item: every pair bought results in a contribution for another, rather thicker, pair of hardy hiking socks donated to are donated to a homeless person local to the purchaser through Jollie's network of 52 UK homeless charities.

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  An old-fashioned Christian in the Twitter age: Why Gordon Brown was underrated

  Gordon Brown's autobiography is not out until next week, and we do not yet know from the current extracts published today by the Mirror how much and even whether he discusses what is his genuinely strong Christian faith

• Welby vs Campbell: The GQ interview tells us more about both of them

  Campbell has sat down for a fascinating, 40 minute interview for GQ with the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less.

• 'It is as if prayer is a crime': Egypt's Christians appeal for help after church closures

  Two churches in separate villages in the southern province of Minya have been shut down by the authorities, a statement by the Minya diocese said.

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  Revealed: Lost Vatican documents condemn communism, a 'false religion without God'

  Lost 'condemnations' of communism prepared for the Second Vatican Council in 1962 but later discarded have been made available to the public for the first time in an English translation by the religious affairs website LifeSiteNews.

• Movers and shakers: Who are Britain's top 100 Catholics?

  Contrary to conventional wisdom, Catholics are highly influential in the UK, with the prime minister's number two and a man widely regarded as a future PM featuring prominently on a list of top members of the faith by the respected journal The Tablet.

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  Jerry Falwell Jr calls on evangelicals to rise up against 'fake Republicans'

  Jerry Falwell Jr, the influential evangelical president of Liberty University in Virginia, has passionately backed Steve Bannon's declaration of 'war' against what Falwell calls 'fake Republicans'.

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  Gay Catholics could be denied proper funerals, leaked email suggests

  A leaked set of directives attributed to a Catholic diocese in Madison, Wisconsin urges priests to minimise 'the risk of scandal and confusion' when asked to conduct the funeral service of a person in a 'notorious homosexual relationship'.

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  Christmas CD combines Sistine chapel choir with Grammy-winning soprano — with proceeds going to the poor

  In a new release of music for this year's Advent and Christmas, multiple Grammy award-winning mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has sung with the Pope's Sistine Chapel choir.

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  Boost for US exorcists in battles against powers of darkness

  US Catholic bishops have released an official English-language translation of a long-standing ritual guide to exorcisms.

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  Slavery thrives because it's hidden: we need to learn to ask questions, says CofE bishop

  A new report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services found that police forces are failing to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking.

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  Tackling the half term hunger gap: How this network of churches and community groups are rising to the challenge

  During the current school half term, with up to 3.2 million children facing the prospect of not having enough food to eat, new research has highlighted the importance of church volunteers when it comes to filling the 'holiday hunger' gap.