James Macintyre
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Is an atheist more likely to be a serial killer? Most people think so
Most people around the world presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, according to a new study which appears to reveal a 'bias' against non-believers.
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Twitter didn't delete these hate tweets â so a German-Israeli artist has stencilled them outside its HQ
A Jewish German-Israeli artist who has accused Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands - by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company's Hamburg headquarters.
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Pope's letter to gay couple was not an endorsement of their marriage, says Vatican
A congratulatory letter sent by Pope Francis to a same-sex couple about the baptism of their children was a standard set letter sent to all who write to the pope, a Vatican source has clarified.
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Canadian Pastor Lim is 'released' from prison in North Korea, state news agency says
A Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea since 2015 has been released on humanitarian grounds because of his ill health, according to the country's state news agency.
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A Catholic and a Protestant separately predict apocalyptic judgment on America. But are they interpreting events to suit their agendas?
Just weeks after a Vatican-approved article hit out at the 'ecumenism of hate' in the US between ultra-conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants, leading figures from those two Christian strands have formed an unlikely alliance in using imagery signalling the end times.
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Christian gypsy minister hits back at reports of annual gathering 'taking over' Oxfordshire field
A senior minister from an evangelical gypsy church that has been accused by the media of 'taking over' an Oxfordshire field has accused the press and police of racism.
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'God has given Trump the authority to take out Kim Jong Un,' says senior US evangelical pastor
A senior evangelical pastor has said that 'God had given [Donald] Trump the authority to take out Kim Jong-Un' of North Korea, in a controversial statement issued as tensions are heightened between the two countries.
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Iraqi Kurdish leader seeks to reassure Christians over independence vote
The Iraqi Kurdish leader Masud Barzani has sought to assure Christians in the region that they will be protected in the wake of the independence referendum coming on 25 September.
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Politician turned preacher? Hillary Clinton prepares finally to 'come out' as a Christian leader
Hillary Clinton wants to preach. That was the simple introduction to a revelatory news feature in The Atlantic this week, which claimed that the Democrat former presidential candidate said this to Bill Shillady, her long-time pastor, at a recent photo shoot for his new book about the daily devotionals he sent her during the 2016 campaign.
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Drought, government neglect and the threat of violence: How high are the stakes in today's Kenya elections?
The former US president Barack Obama has broken his relative silence to intervene, calling for them to be 'peaceful and credible', while faith leaders act as peace negotiators working to prevent the eruption of tribal violence that the country has seen in the past, ahead of the fractious elections.
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Thirsty priests: Welsh pub renames beer after mistaking seminarians for stag do in fancy dress
The Cardiff pub which initially turned away a group of seven seminarians because they were mistaken for a stag party in fancy dress has renamed one of its beers, calling it the 'Thirsty Priests'.
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More than 1,500 sign petition calling on Manchester to move books by Holocaust denier David Irving
More than 1,500 people have signed a petition calling on Manchester University to move books by the Holocaust denier David Irving from open display on library shelves or to label them as 'Holocaust denial' literature.