James Macintyre

• Neville Lawrence takes 'hardest' decision to forgive son Stephen's racist murderers, credits Christian faith

  The father of Stephen Lawrence has forgiven his son's racist murderers thanks to his Christian faith in the hardest decision of his lifetime ahead of the 25th anniversary of the killing.

• World Vision questions Penny Mordaunt's overseas aid policy relaunch, calls for focus on children

  A leading Christian charity has called on the government to put the world's most vulnerable children at the heart of overseas aid policy following a speech from the international development secretary in which she shifted its emphasis onto UK interests.

• Shane Claiborne on Jerry Falwell Jr, Donald Trump and a 'brood of vipers'

  The Christian social activist Shane Claiborne has hit out at Jerry Falwell Jr's failure to challenge the 'un-Christian' policies and 'lifestyle' of Donald Trump, and invoked Jesus's words about the religious elite being like a 'brood of vipers'.

• Death sentence for 36 accused of plotting deadly Egypt church attacks

  Thirty-six people were sentenced to death yesterday by an Egyptian military court for their role in a number of deadly church bombings and attacks on security personnel, while a mood of sadness and forgiveness prevails among the country's resilient Christian community.

• 'I have made serious mistakes': Pope Francis admits failures over sex abuse crisis in Chile

  Pope Francis has apologised for underestimating the seriousness of the sexual abuse scandal in Chile and admitted making 'serious mistakes' following a recent investigation into allegations regarding Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno.

• French president Macron faces backlash from secularists after calling for closer ties between church and state

  The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has come under fire from political and secularist critics after calling for the country's notoriously divided Church and state to 'mend' their 'damaged' relationship.

• Pope Francis says helping the poor and immigrants is as important as opposing abortion

  Pope Francis risked further alienating conservatives in the Catholic Church today by urging opponents of abortion to show equal passion for the oppressed and stating that 'excessive importance' should not be given to certain Church rules while others are disregarded.

• Hungary's nationalist PM Viktor Orban underlines his mission to protect 'Christian' Europe from Islam

  Hungary's controversially right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, claimed that Poles and Hungarians have a common goal in maintaining Christianity in their countries ahead of yesterday's election from which he is expected to win a third consecutive term in power.

• Inside Egypt: How a Christian broadcaster is helping millions retain hope across the region

  To get a flavour of how resilient the minority Christian community is in Egypt you could do worse than attend a service at the Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church (KDEC) on Sheikh Rihan Street in downtown Cairo.

• Czech missionary Petr Jasek tells of suffering for Christ in Sudan prison

  The Czech missionary held in Sudan, Petr Jasek, has described how God gave him a 'supernatural peace' in the face of waterboarding torture from Islamic State extremists and eventually used him to lead fellow inmates to Christ during his 14-month imprisonment.

• 'Jesus sends me consolation': Tears and hope one year on from Egypt's church bombings

  Mary Edwar was holding hands with her husband Kareem Ghattas outside St Mark's Coptic cathedral in Alexandria after the packed service with some 700 families a year ago when the bomb went off and they were both thrown into the air.

• Now even US evangelical leaders criticise Trump for 'immoral' spending bill

  In an extremely rare move, a group of US evangelical leaders has issued a statement criticising Donald Trump's White House and Republican lawmakers for passing what they call an 'immoral' spending bill in 'a moment of weakness'.