James Macintyre

Justin Welby given rare church honour in Jerusalem as he is made Episcopal Canon

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was given a special church honour in Jerusalem tonight as he was installed as Episcopal Canon at St. George's Anglican Cathedral in the holy city.
$Archbishop of Canterbury in Jerusalem laments \'suffering and persecution,\' says Christians can help heal the region$
Archbishop of Canterbury in Jerusalem laments 'suffering and persecution,' says Christians can help heal the region

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has preached a powerful sermon in Jerusalem declaring that the presence of Christians is 'essential to the life and hope of this whole area'.
$Antisemitism is \'the root of all racism\' says Archbishop of Canterbury in Jerusalem$
Antisemitism is 'the root of all racism' says Archbishop of Canterbury in Jerusalem

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, prayed with the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, before visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum.
Victory at last for Christian florists and bakers? Trump set to sign religious liberty executive order

Donald Trump has invited conservative and faith leaders to the White House tomorrow, the National Day of Prayer, and is expected to sign the long-awaited executive order on religious liberty.
$Top Christian health campaigner savages Trump\'s proposed Obamacare replacement$
Top Christian health campaigner savages Trump's proposed Obamacare replacement

Donald Trump's proposed overhaul of Obamacare amounts to an 'utterly unconscionable' transfer of funds from the poor to the rich, the president of the influential Catholic Health Association has said.
$Manchester University says it is \'likely\' to re-catalogue Holocaust denier\'s books following campaign$
Manchester University says it is 'likely' to re-catalogue Holocaust denier's books following campaign

Manchester University has said that it is 'likely' to re-catalogue books by the Holocaust denier David Irving following a campaign led by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and an eminent Jewish academic, Irene Lancaster.
$Archbishop of Canterbury in Jordan: \'Christians are the past, present and must be the future\'$
Archbishop of Canterbury in Jordan: 'Christians are the past, present and must be the future'

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby appealed for Christians to stay in the Middle East yesterday while meeting Iraqi refugees in Jordan on the first leg of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
The Pope's Egypt visit shows what persecution is doing for the Church

Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II took the major ecumenical step of making a declaration on common baptism.
$Donald Trump is a \'dream president\' for evangelical Christians, says Jerry Falwell Jr$
Donald Trump is a 'dream president' for evangelical Christians, says Jerry Falwell Jr

Speaking to Fox News after Trump's first 100 days in office, the president of Liberty University outlined why evangelicals 'love' Trump and what he is doing in office.
$Church in Ireland feels under \'relentless\' attack, says Archbishop of Dublin$
Church in Ireland feels under 'relentless' attack, says Archbishop of Dublin

Priests and committed Catholics in Ireland 'feel it is time to stand up and respond' to unfair attacks and a 'culture of relentless reminding the church of the sins of its members,' according to the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin.
$\'Miracle\' as 45 worshippers survive unharmed after tornado destroys Texas church$
'Miracle' as 45 worshippers survive unharmed after tornado destroys Texas church

Around 45 churchgoers in Texas are grateful to be alive after a deadly tornado destroyed most of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church as they gathered to honour high school graduates on Saturday night, CNN reported.
With Trump set to visit Israel, is Palestinian militant group Hamas finally coming in from the cold?

In a new policy document leaked to the press in Lebanon and other Arab states, Hamas crucially distinguishes between 'the Jews' and 'the Zionists who occupy Palestine'.