James Macintyre
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'20 Churches Destroyed' As Airstrikes Continue To Pound Aleppo
Some twenty churches have been destroyed in Aleppo, Syria according to a senior Russian official.
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Slain Mexican Priests Victims Of 'Malicious' Smear Campaign, Church Says
The Catholic Church in Mexico has hit out at the government there over an alleged smear campaign against three priests found dead last week.
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Trump's Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israel's Capital Dashes Hopes For Peace
Donald Trump's pledge to recognise Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Jerusalem means that a two-state solution is highly unlikely under a Trump presidency.
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Justin Welby: Antisemitism 'Entrenched' In UK Culture And Church Is Partly To Blame
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that antisemitism is "entrenched in our thought and culture" and that historically the Church has "compounded the spread of this virus".
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Pope Francis Has Made It Harder To Become A Saint
Pope Francis has approved changes to the way in which healings can be approved by medics as miracles from potential saints.
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Jeremy Corbyn Re-elected As Labour Leader, Calls For Unity
Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour party, beating his rival Owen Smith and winning a slightly bigger mandate than when he succeeded the former leader Ed Miliband last year.
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Justin Welby: Same-Sex Unions A Reality 'Whether We Agree Or Not'
Justin Welby has said that new family structures, including same sex unions, are now a reality "whether we agree or not" in a sermon which dismissed the idea of a Victorian golden age of family values as a "myth".
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Mexico: Pope sends condolences as mourners pack church at funeral of murdered priest
Mourners packed into a church in Mexico's troubled Gulf coast state of Veracruz yesterday for the funeral of one of the two priests found to have been killed there on Monday.
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Trump says he is 'very troubled' by police shooting of pastor Terence Crutcher
Crutcher was first tasered and then fatally shot after police arrived at the scene of his broken down SUV vehicle at around 8pm on Friday.
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Evangelicals in Italy back school head who bans Catholic mass
The Italian Evangelical Alliance (AEI) has expressed its "complete solidarity" with a state school head teacher who refused to give permission for Catholic Mass to be celebrated in school hours.
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Christians in Nepal 'increasingly under threat' as eight charged with trying to convert children
The issue of religious freedom in Nepal has been raised at the UN this week, after the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) jointly highlighted the case of eight Christians who have been charged with proselytising after distributing a pamphlet about Jesus in two schools.
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First openly gay bishop elected by Anglican Church in Toronto
The Anglican Church in Canada has elected Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson, the first openly gay bishop in the diocese of Toronto.