James Macintyre
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Bishops In The Philippines 'Overcome With Grief' After Vote Approves Capital Punishment
Catholic Bishops in the Philippines have said they are 'overcome with grief' after the House of Representatives, the lower house in Congress, overwhelmingly voted in favour of reinstating capital punishment for serious drug offences.
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Should Shows Like 'Homeland' And '24' Portray Muslims As Terrorists?
Should television dramas show Muslims as terrorists? In a divided world, do such series have a wider duty than merely to entertain? These are among the questions being asked after the star of Homeland, Mandy Patinkin, said that the programme had made an 'error' in its coverage of Muslims so far.
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Catholic Commentator Bill Donohue Says Tuam Baby Deaths Are 'Fake News'
A right-wing Catholic commentator has dismissed the Tuam mother and baby home atrocity as 'fake news', as the Irish Prime Minister said the home was a 'chamber of horrors'.
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Not Just Smells And Bells: 10 Reasons To Try A 'High' Church This Season
Here are ten reasons to visit a 'high' or 'Anglo-Catholic' church this Lent and Easter
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'Your Sister In Christ': Chinese Christian Woman Pens Hope-Filled Poem From Prison
An imprisoned Christian woman in China facing five years in jail recently wrote a sad but ultimately hope-filled poem recounting last year which she spent in police custody in the southern Guizhou province.
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Is There A 'Spiritual Battle' Over Donald Trump's Presidency?
The charismatic Christian leader Lou Engle has declared a 'spiritual battle' over Donald Trump's presidency, saying that Trump's opponents have used 'witchcraft' against him.
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Lapsed Catholic Tells Of Being Rescued From Anorexia By Returning To The Faith
A lapsed Catholic has described how returning to a 'Eucharistic faith' saved her from a serious eating disorder.
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To Boldly Go With Jesus: Catholic Astronaut Describes His Mission To Take Communion In Space
An astronaut who recently converted to Catholicism has described his successful attempt to receive the Eucharist in space.
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Furious Backlash As Trump's New Housing Secretary Refers To Black Slaves As 'Immigrants'
Ben Carson, the new Housing and Urban Development Secretary, has faced a backlash after referring to African-American slaves as 'immigrants' in his first address to the agency's staff.
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Christians No Longer Prioritised In Trump's Travel Ban As Evangelical Charity Dismisses It As 'More Of The Same'
Donald Trump has been forced to water down his ban on travel, migration and asylum from seven Muslim-majority countries, excluding Iraq from the list of countries affected and removing a clause which appeared to give priority to Christians.
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Pastor And Four Churchgoers Accused Of Pushing 'Possessed' Woman Into Bonfire Before She Died From Burns
A pastor and four members of his congregation have been arrested in Nicaragua after a mother accused of being 'possessed' by the devil was allegedly pushed into a bonfire before dying.
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Walk Where Jesus Walked: The One Place Every Christian Should Visit
The Holy Land has its problems, today as it did 2000 years ago. But any visit by a Christian will enhance the reality of the Gospels.