James Macintyre

• Bitterness, snobbery and even antisemitism: Stop bullying speaker John Bercow

  Now, not for the first time, his personality is under fire, as certain Tory MPs seek to push him out over claims, which Bercow emphatically denies, that he bullied his former private secretary Kate Emms, who worked for him between 2010 and 2011.

• Memo to Justin Welby: There is nothing progressive about abolishing tuition fees

  The idea of going to university for free at a cost to ordinary people is nothing short of a scam for the wealthy

• Jill Duff, evangelical with oil industry background, appointed bishop of Lancaster

  The Rev Dr Jillian (Jill) Duff, the director of Mellitus College, North West, has been appointed as bishop of Lancaster in the diocese of Blackburn.

• Justin Welby backs calls for university tuition fees to be scrapped

  The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has strongly criticised cuts to councils' spending which has left them 'really struggling to meet a whole range of needs' and called on churches to open their doors to rough sleepers in response.

• Exclusive: Pope's spokesman Greg Burke on Francis's 'extraordinary' message of love to whole world

  The pope's director of communications has told Christian Today that Francis's legacy five years after being elected is one of spreading love and forgiveness throughout the world, to Catholics and non-Catholics alike, saying the pope 'has done an extraordinary job getting that message out'.

• Francis 5 years on: Pope remains popular but growing numbers say he is 'too liberal' and 'naive'

  Five years into Pope Francis's time in the role he remains highly popular, but growing numbers of American Catholics on the political right view him as 'too liberal' and 'naive' according to a new survey by the respected Pew Research Center.

• Faith schools: Why is the cap issue so sensitive?

  Dr Williams has led a group of 70 public figures, politicians and academics who today argue in a letter that a 50 per cent cap for faith schools on admissions on the basis of religion, introduced in 2010, must not be lifted. So why is the issue so sensitive?

• Former Archbishop of Canterbury lines up with atheists to oppose lifting faith schools admissions cap

  Rowan Williams has led a group of 70 public figures, politicians and academics who today argue in a letter that the 50 per cent cap for faith schools on admissions on the basis of religion must not be lifted.

• Huge taxes, land expropriated: Archbishop Welby, Cardinal Nichols denounce Israeli 'threats' to Christian community

  The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, have expressed their deep concern to the Israeli government over threats to church lands which caused the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

• Israeli PM in talks with Trump as scandal back home threatens his job

  The issue of Iran is likely to dominate talks between the Israeli prime minister and Donald Trump in Washington today, but back home Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a growing crisis over a bribery scandal that threatens to end his premiership.

• Royal first as Prince William set to make official visit to Israel, Palestine and Jordan

  The first ever official royal visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be made by Prince William this summer, when he will also go to Jordan, Kensington Palace has said in an announcement that is already causing diplomatic tensions in the region.

• 'Passion' actor Jim Caviezel says daily prayer guided him playing Luke in new movie

  The Christian movie star Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, has said that daily prayer, Bible reading and Mass helped him to portray Luke in the forthcoming film Paul, the Apostle of Christ.