James Macintyre
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Why Pope Francis may not be particularly welcome in Poland
Beneath the surface, there is a tension between this Pope and a country which has veered towards a hard-right approach to immigration and which still sees John Paul II as "the Pope"
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Jacques Hamel: The humble priest who was 'treasured' by the community
Father Jacques Hamel, 84, was celebrating Mass with two nuns and two other worshippers inside the church in Saint-Ãtienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen in northern France when they came under attack.
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Turkey: Amnesty claims evidence of torture and rape among post-coup detainees
Amnesty International has said it has credible and "extremely alarming" evidence that post-coup detainees in Turkey are being beaten and tortured, including by rape, the use of stress positions and starvation
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#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire: 'I am not abandoning Zimbabwe'
Evan Mawarire has become a national hero but said he has to "rethink" his return to the country after Mugabe named him and questioned whether he is serving God
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Channel 4 News presenter complains to press watchdog over hijab row
The Channel 4 News presenter Fatima Manji has complained to the press watchdog over comments made by Kelvin MacKenzie in his column for the Sun questioning her suitability to co-present the programme wearing a hijab during the Nice attack.
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US cardinal says Islam 'wants to govern the world'
Cardinal Raymond Burke, a Rome-based prelate, said he was not seeking to be "disrespectful" to Islam or to "generate hostility", adding that Muslims "are lovely people" and can speak "in a very peaceful manner about questions of religion."
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Christian woman gives Muslim butcher £1,000 after attack which left him seriously injured
A Christian woman in Bradford gave a Muslim butcher a cheque for £1,000 enclosed in a note about the teachings of Jesus after the butcher suffered serious injuries and the loss of £3,000 when his shop was robbed
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Pope Francis marries young deaf couple in his private chapel
Teodoro Pisciottani and Paulina Szczepanska, the daughter of a Vatican employee, were married on July 9 in the only wedding service conducted by Pope Francis at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae
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Top evangelical leader Tony Perkins backs Trump
Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins, who has up to now held back from declaring his support in the presidential race, last night took to the stage at the Quickens Loan Arena to support the candidate
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Pope Francis may help mediate in Venezuela crisis
Pope Francis played a key role in facilitating the recent rapprochement between Cuba and the US, and he made a highly significant visit to the Central African Republic last November despite frequent outbreaks of violence there
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Ted Cruz defends refusal to endorse Trump: I'm not a 'servile puppy dog'
Republican Senator and former presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has defended his decision not to endorse Donald Trump, saying today that he was not the candidate's "servile puppy dog" in a damaging rift at the party's convention ahead of the election on 8 November
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School exclusions in England on the rise, especially among disadvantaged pupils
Latest statistics from the Department for Education show that the number of permanent exclusions across all state-funded primary, secondary and special schools has increased from 4,950 in 2013/14 to 5,800 in 2014/15