James Macintyre

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  With so few children attending church, is the CofE's very existence in danger?

  Just three children attend the average Church of England church, while the smallest 25 per cent of churches have none at all, according to the latest Statistics for Mission highlighted by the Church Times.

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  British men who 'look Muslim' face abuse, says study

  In an indication of what Muslims in the UK have experienced after Brexit and the terrorist attacks, a new study has shown that non-Muslim men have suffered verbal, physical and emotional abuse because they 'look Muslim'.

• For the first time, most Americans now say you can be good without God

  Most people in the US now accept individuals can have morality without religion as, for the first time, a majority of Americans — 56 percent — say it is possible to be a good person without believing in God.

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  Pope Benedict isn't dying: secretary slams fake news

  The personal secretary of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, has rejected reports that the former pontiff is close to death and said that a quote attributed to him that hinted as much on social media is false.

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  Four month spike in hate crime - including religiously motivated attacks - as Home Office vows to protect places of worship

  A four-month spike in 'hate crime' –- including religiously motivated offences –- following this year's terrorist attacks in the UK peaked at a higher level than the same form of crime after last year's divisive EU referendum, according to Home Office figures.

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  Abortion row between Catholic hierarchy and The Tablet escalates as another Bishop wades in

  The row over abortion between the English Catholic Church heirarchy and a respected Catholic journal has escalated this week after a bishop said that Catholics – including on newspapers – cannot claim to be true to their faith if they question Church teaching on the issue.

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  Lost 200-seat Roman theatre revealed near Jerusalem's Western Wall

  Archaeologists have discovered an ancient, 200-seat Roman theatre inside the Old City of Jerusalem, along with a large section of the Western Wall that had been buried underground for 1,700 years.

• Prime Minister backs C of E's battle-plan to tackle 'barbaric crime' of modern slavery

  The Prime Minister, Theresa May has backed the launch today of a project aimed at mobilising the Church of England's 12,000 parishes in the battle to eradicate modern slavery.

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  Mike Pence wants to 'hang' all gay people, according to Donald Trump

  Donald Trump said that his Vice President, Mike Pence, 'wants to hang them all' while joking about gay people, according to a profile of Pence in the respected journal the New Yorker.

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  Income from C of E parishes tops £1 billion for the first time

  Church of England parishes raised income which topped £1 billion for the first time in 2015, despite an apparently ongoing decline in church attendance.

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  Female church leader named as new top pastor at Willow Creek

  A woman will take over as lead pastor of the evangelical megachurch Willow Creek Community Church.

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  As Israeli PM hails evangelical 'best friends,' a heartfelt cry from Bethlehem's mayor over the 'strangling' of Jesus' birthplace

  The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday told a group of Christian media representatives that Israel has no better friend than the world's Christian communities. The message has caused criticism from the mayor of Bethlehem.