James Macintyre

 Rachel Held Evans says pro-life Christians should back Clinton
Rachel Held Evans says pro-life Christians should back Clinton

An evangelical writer has urged pro-life Christians to vote for Hillary Clinton, backing the Democrat party line that her policies on poverty, healthcare and childcare will help reduce abortion rates more than pro-life legislators

Rouen Cathedral packed as thousands gather for Jacques Hamel funeral
Rouen Cathedral packed as thousands gather for Jacques Hamel funeral

Thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral of Fr Jacques Hamel who was murdered last week at the altar of his church at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy by self-proclaimed Islamist militants

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson: I\'m a Christian who backs gay marriage
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson: I'm a Christian who backs gay marriage

The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has described herself as "a practising Christian, a Protestant and a Unionist who is engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman" ahead of a speech delivering a "positive message" on gay marriage in Belfast

\'Gay subculture and Grindr\' at Irish seminary: why Dublin archbishop is sending trainee priests to Rome
'Gay subculture and Grindr' at Irish seminary: why Dublin archbishop is sending trainee priests to Rome

The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin has decided to stop sending trainee priests from the diocese to the Irish national seminary because of what he calls "strange goings-on" there

New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: \'I am a religious man and I like to go to church\'
New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: 'I am a religious man and I like to go to church'

Antonio Conte, the new Chelsea manager, has opened up about his strong Christian faith in an interview before fully taking over the club next season

Trump calls Clinton \'the devil\' after row over Muslim soldier\'s parents
Trump calls Clinton 'the devil' after row over Muslim soldier's parents

Donald Trump has directly called Hillary Clinton "the devil" as the Republican steps up his increasingly heated rhetoric against his Democrat opponent

Uganda: Pastor \'killed by group of Muslims\' for evangelising
Uganda: Pastor 'killed by group of Muslims' for evangelising

A pastor was tied up and killed by a group of Muslims in eastern Uganda reportedly for converting Muslims to Christianity and refusing to sell land for the building of a mosque

Theresa May's plan to end modern slavery welcomed

Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the leading charity Hope for Justice praises May's intervention, which came yesterday in the Sunday Telegraph

Belgium: Priest 'stabbed at home by asylum seeker'

A priest in Belgium was reportedly stabbed in his own home after he let in an asylum seeker in to use the shower. There is no suggestion the incident was terrorism-related

Pope says Cardinal George Pell should not be judged - yet - over child abuse claims
Pope says Cardinal George Pell should not be judged - yet - over child abuse claims

Pope Francis has said that people should withhold judgement and not "gossip" about Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of sexually abusing children in Australia during the 1970s

Greece: anarchists raid Cathedral, 26 arrested
Greece: anarchists raid Cathedral, 26 arrested

Greek police have arrested 26 protesters who yesterday raided the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the northern city of Thessaloniki during Mass

Egyptian President praises Christians for \'wisdom and patriotism\'
Egyptian President praises Christians for 'wisdom and patriotism'

The President of Egypt has praised Christians in that country for demonstrating "wisdom and a spirit of patriotism" in response to the sufferings and provocation inflicted on them in recent years.

Row as Clinton\'s Catholic running mate Tim Kaine appears to soften stance on abortion
Row as Clinton's Catholic running mate Tim Kaine appears to soften stance on abortion

Tim Kaine, the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, is under fire for reportedly changing his position to support the overturning of a key amendment in US law which prevents government funding for most abortions

The Holocaust survivors who the Pope met at Auschwitz-Birkenau today
The Holocaust survivors who the Pope met at Auschwitz-Birkenau today

Pope Francis today met former prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, many of whom lost family members at the camps

Pope in silent tribute at Auschwitz
Pope in silent tribute at Auschwitz

Pope Francis has paid a sombre visit to Auschwitz, praying in silence and meeting Holocaust survivors at the Nazi death camp in Poland where 1.1 million people were killed

Nun who escaped Jacques Hamel murder hugged and applauded at memorial
Nun who escaped Jacques Hamel murder hugged and applauded at memorial

A nun who escaped after being held hostage in the attack on the church Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray church near Rouen where Fr Jacques Hamel was killed has been applauded at a memorial for the dead priest