Mark Woods

$Former MI6 head: Pope Francis was right to warn of \'punch\' for people who insult religion$
Former MI6 head: Pope Francis was right to warn of 'punch' for people who insult religion

Sir John Sawers has urged the need for respect for other people's core values.
$Top Christian school is downgraded: head blames new \'British values\' rules$
Top Christian school is downgraded: head blames new 'British values' rules

Grindon Christian School has been put into special measures following a bad Ofsted report.
Christians taken hostage in Central African Republic

Anti-balaka militia are demanding the release of a leader captured on Saturday.
Divorced dad objects to court telling him to take his children to church

A father has been ordered by a judge to take his children to a Catholic mass at Christmas.
Second pastor shot dead in Florida city in two months

Anthony Shinholster was killed in his home on Sunday. He is the second pastor to have been shot in Bradenton, Florida in the past two months.
Eritrean Catholics to get their own Church in break with Ethiopians

Pope Francis' decision could help Catholics in one of the world's most closed countries.
$Nigerian Church leader: \'My people are being killed like animals and the whole world is just watching\'$
Nigerian Church leader: 'My people are being killed like animals and the whole world is just watching'

The international community is failing to act against Boko Haram, according to the president Nigerian Baptist Convention.
Christian Durham Free School closed after damning Ofsted report

The school has been rated as "inadequate" in all areas and will lose its Government funding.
Pakistan: Christians join Muslims in protests against Charlie Hebdo

Christians marched in Peshawar against the French satirical magazine following its controversial "survivor" cover.
Christian militia leader arrested in CAR: charges include murder and rape

A notorious leader of the Central African Republic's anti-balaka militia has been detained by UN peacekeepers.
$Give us guns and we\'ll defend ourselves, say Kenyan pastors$
Give us guns and we'll defend ourselves, say Kenyan pastors

Extremist targeting of Christian ministers has led to some church leaders to demand the right to be armed.
Sex abuse lawsuits drive Archdiocese of Minneapolis to bankruptcy

The Catholic Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis has filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of a string of allegations.