Julian Mann
Pro-life group seeks investigation into police officer's response to alleged assault
Pro-life group, Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR UK), is calling for an investigation into a Norfolk police sergeant who said that causing offence through anti-abortion displays could be deemed equivalent to assaulting a person.
Churches step up to help Afghan refugees in the UK
Dr Krish Kandiah was speaking at the Church Leader Emergency Afghanistan Event on Wednesday joined by around 200 church workers and volunteers.
Will the Church of England soon follow the Church in Wales on same-sex marriage?
Allowing vicars to bless same-sex civil marriages while not yet permitting them to take full marriage services for same-sex couples looks like the sort of compromise that would play well in the Church of England General Synod.
Doctors involved in euthanasia experience 'deep distress'
"After euthanasia, there is a chilling silence in the ward, nothing like the reflective silence following a natural death, even when it has been difficult," says one palliative care doctor.
Christians in Nigeria are living in fear of another attack
"There has been so much bloodshed and property burnt and more people displaced and also crops destroyed. We pray that God will stop it from happening again."
Church leaders tell Boris Johnson: do not introduce Covid-19 vaccine passports
The organisers report that more than 1,800 Christian leaders have now added their names to the letter to Boris Johnson.
North Korea's 'campaign to exterminate' Christians 'has been brutally effective' - report
The North Korean Communist dictatorship is as determined as ever to stamp out Christianity, a new report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has found.
Islamic extremists feared to be among Afghan refugees making their way to neighbouring countries
Islamic extremists are feared to be among the more than 12,000 Afghan refugees pouring into the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan, according to an Open Doors expert on the region.
Majority of Irish support protection of single-sex spaces
The first gender poll of the Irish public shows a majority in favour of single-sex spaces, services and sports but also reveals substantial support for transgender expression.
Blanket ban on conversion therapy 'would imprison many in their misery'
The Christian Medical Fellowship has warned the Scottish Government that a "blanket ban" on conversion therapy "would imprison many in their misery".
Can the Church of England's parishes be saved?
Even if Save the Parish succeeds in stemming the alleged tide of central posts and re-diverting financial resources back to the parishes, the basic problem will not go away. And that is the fact that not enough people across England want to go to a parish church on a Sunday.
Paul, same-sex marriage and the slavery argument
Francis Spufford says he has changed his mind about same-sex marriage and is now in favour it, but here's why I disagree.
Christian migrants from South America, Asia and Africa are boosting evangelism in Europe - report
"Europe is perhaps the greatest challenge in world mission today," writes Jim Memory, lecturer in European mission at All Nations Christian College.
Church of England leaders increasingly embracing 'ultra-progressive values' - report
Church of England leaders are increasingly taking on the mantras of the radical Left about "systemic racism" or "alarmist calls for a climate emergency", a new report from religion think tank Civitas claims.
Government expects to deliver on all persecution report recommendations by 2022
The government said good progress is being made in the implementation of all 22 recommendations contained within the Truro report, which warned that the persecution of Christians is "at near genocide levels".
'You are the glue of our communities,' Andy Burnham tells faith leaders
The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has told a group of church leaders that "faith can reach areas that politicians never can" in helping communities to recover from the Covid crisis.